Most of these commands are basic Linux shell commands that are the same for all Linux/Unix distro's. But I don't think you need many to run a program.
After all, how many powershell or cmd commands do you need to run a program in Windows? None. Just type notepad in the command prompt and it works. More or less the same in Linux.
How much commands are enough to start penetration testing on kali linux. i have gone through this article on kali Linux commands by searching google.
Let me know how much commands are enough to start doing penetration testing with kali linux.

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