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.