--- title: "Bash cheat sheet: Top 25 commands and creating custom commands" url: https://daily.dev/posts/bash-cheat-sheet-top-25-commands-and-creating-custom-commands-a2z9-8ajf source_url: https://www.educative.io/blog/bash-shell-command-cheat-sheet type: article source: "DZone" published: 2021-09-25T13:59:20.374Z updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z tags: ["bash"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 48 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bash cheat sheet: Top 25 commands and creating custom commands **[DZone](https://daily.dev/sources/dz)** · 8 min read · 48 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The command line is something every developer should learn and implement into their daily routine. It has become a Swiss Army knife of features behind deceptively simple commands. In this post we’ll look at the Bash Shell, which is a command-line interface (CLI) and is currently the most widely used shell. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fnova** · 0 upvotes > Nice! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bash-cheat-sheet-top-25-commands-and-creating-custom-commands-a2z9-8ajf)