Useful Raspberry Pi Commands | Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide

Last Updated on September 10, 2020 by itsubuntu

List Of Useful Raspberry Pi Commands | Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide

Without any explanations, let’s dig into the list of useful Raspberry Pi commands for beginners. This is an absolute beginner’s guide for using Raspberry Pi.

Useful Raspberry Pi Commands | Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide

1) Command To Update Package List

apt-get update

2) Command to upgrade the package or software

apt-get upgrade

3) Command to install a package in Raspberry Pi

apt-get install <package_name>

4) Command to remove a package in Raspberry Pi

apt-get remove <package_name>

5) Command to get the list of the running services

 ps aux

6) Command to kill the running process in Raspberry pi

kill <pid>

7) Command to display the content of the particular file

cat filename.txt

8) Command to copy the file from one directory to another location

 cp /home/pi/directoryname/file-name.txt /home/pi/directoryname/

9) Command to create a new directory

mkdir new_directory_name

10) Command to remove a directory

rmdir directory_name

11) Command to get the temperature detail

vcgencmd measure_temp

12) Command to get the USB information

lsusb

13) Command to start or stop any service in Raspberry

sudo service service-name start
sudo service service-name stop