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Raspberry Pi: The most important commands at a glance

  • Sep 21, 2025
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If you have taken your Raspberry Pi in operation, offers a variety of possibilities. The most important commands for the Raspberry Pi, we have selected for you in this practical tip.

Raspberry Pi: Important System Information

With the following commands, you can quickly find all the important information about your System:
  • df -h: This command shows you the current memory usage of your system.
  • free -h: this Command tells you the current usage of your memory.
  • uptime: So you know how long your Raspberry Pi is already switched on.
  • who: Shows you the currently logged-on user on your Raspberry Pi.
  • load: This command shows the recent Logins on your System.
  • top: List all currently running processes on.
Raspberry Pi: important commands

Raspberry Pi Basic functions and commands

  • sudo apt-get install "package name": allows you to install packages from the official package list.
  • cd "folder name"/: With this command you can navigate in the folder "folder name".
  • cd ..: To go one folder level back.
  • sudo cp "file name", "destination": Copies the file "file name" to "target".
  • "Command" --help: Displays the help for the command "command".
  • ls: With this command you can display the contents of the current folder.
  • logout: allows you to log out of the console.
  • sudo mkdir "folder name": This command creates the folder "folder name".
  • sudo rm "file name": Deletes the file "file name".
  • sudo rm -r "folder name": Deletes the entire folder "folder name".
  • Startx: Start the graphical user interface.
  • sudo shutdown-h now: With this command, you can run your Raspberry Pi down.
  • sudo reboot: Restarts your Raspberry Pi new.
How to make your Raspberry Pi update, we will show you in the next article.

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