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ls ⇒ directory listing

ls -al ⇒ formatted listing with hidden files

cd dir ⇒ change directory to dir

cd ⇒ change to home

pwd ⇒ shows current directory

mkdir dir ⇒ create a directory dir

rm file ⇒ delete the file
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rm -r dir ⇒ delete directory dir

rm -f file ⇒ force remove the file
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rm -rf dir ⇒ force remove directory dir *
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cp file1 file2 ⇒ Copy file1 to file2
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cp -r dir1 dir2 ⇒ copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it is not present.

mv file1 file2 ⇒ rename or move file1 to file2 if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into
directory file2

ln -s file link ⇒ create a symbolic link to file

touch file ⇒ create or update file

cat > file ⇒ places standard input into the file

more file ⇒ output the contents of the file

head file ⇒ output the first 10 lines of the file

tail file ⇒ output the last 10 lines of the file

tail -f file ⇒ output the contents of the file as it
grows, starting with the last 10 lines

chmod ⇒ modify file access rights

su ⇒ temporarily become the superuser

sudo ⇒ temporarily become the superuser

chowm ⇒ change file ownership

chgrp ⇒ change a file’s group ownership

date ⇒ shows the current date and time

cal ⇒ show this month’s calendar

uptime ⇒ show current uptime

w ⇒ display who is online

whoami ⇒ who you are logged in as

finger user ⇒ display information about user

uname -a ⇒ show kernel information

cat /proc/cpuinfo ⇒ cpu information

cat /proc/meminfo ⇒ memory information

man command ⇒ show the manual for command

df ⇒ show disk usage

du ⇒ show directory space usage

free ⇒ show memory and swap usage

whereis app ⇒ show possible locations of app
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which app ⇒ show which app will be run by default

ps ⇒ display your currently active processes

top ⇒ display all running processes

kill pid ⇒ kill process id pid

killall proc ⇒ kill all processes named proc *

bg ⇒ lists stopped or background jobs; resume a
stopped job in the background

fg ⇒ brings the most recent job to foreground

fg n ⇒ brings job n to the foreground

sshuser@host ⇒ connect to host as the user

ssh -p port user@host ⇒ connect to host on port
port as user

ssh-copy-id user@host ⇒ add your key to host for
user to enable a keyed or passwordlesslogin

grep pattern files ⇒ search for pattern in files

grep -r pattern dir ⇒ search recursively for
pattern in dir


command | grep pattern ⇒ search for pattern in the output of the command

locate file ⇒ find all instances of file

ping host ⇒ ping host and output results

whois domain ⇒ get whoisinformation for domain

dig domain ⇒ get DNS information for domain

dig -x host ⇒ reverse lookup host

wget file ⇒ download file

wget -c file ⇒ continue a stopped download

Install from source:

./configure
make
make install
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dpkg-i pkg.deb ⇒ install a package (Debian)

♦ Ctrl+C ⇒ halts the current command
♦ Ctrl+Z ⇒ stops the current command, resume with
fgin the foreground or bgin the background
♦ Ctrl+D ⇒ log out of current session, similar to exit
♦ Ctrl+W ⇒ erases one word in the current line
♦ Ctrl+U ⇒ erases the whole line
♦ Ctrl+R ⇒ type to bring up a recent command
♦ !! ⇒ repeats the last command
♦ exit ⇒ log out of current session
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