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Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

This document provides a summary of common Unix/Linux commands organized into categories such as file commands, system info commands, process management commands, and networking commands. It lists commands for viewing directories and files, managing permissions, installing software packages, connecting via SSH, searching, and more. Shortcut keys are also included at the bottom for halting, stopping, and editing commands.

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Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

This document provides a summary of common Unix/Linux commands organized into categories such as file commands, system info commands, process management commands, and networking commands. It lists commands for viewing directories and files, managing permissions, installing software packages, connecting via SSH, searching, and more. Shortcut keys are also included at the bottom for halting, stopping, and editing commands.

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Unix/Linux Command Reference

File Commands System Info


ls – directory listing date – show the current date and time
ls -al – formatted listing with hidden files cal – show this month's calendar
cd dir - change directory to dir uptime – show current uptime
cd – change to home w – display who is online
pwd – show current directory whoami – who you are logged in as
mkdir dir – create a directory dir finger user – display information about user
rm file – delete file uname -a – show kernel information
rm -r dir – delete directory dir cat /proc/cpuinfo – cpu information
rm -f file – force remove file cat /proc/meminfo – memory information
rm -rf dir – force remove directory dir * man command – show the manual for command
cp file1 file2 – copy file1 to file2 df – show disk usage
cp -r dir1 dir2 – copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it du – show directory space usage
doesn't exist free – show memory and swap usage
mv file1 file2 – rename or move file1 to file2 whereis app – show possible locations of app
if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into which app – show which app will be run by default
directory file2
ln -s file link – create symbolic link link to file Compression
touch file – create or update file tar cf file.tar files – create a tar named
cat > file – places standard input into file file.tar containing files
more file – output the contents of file tar xf file.tar – extract the files from file.tar
head file – output the first 10 lines of file tar czf file.tar.gz files – create a tar with
tail file – output the last 10 lines of file Gzip compression
tail -f file – output the contents of file as it tar xzf file.tar.gz – extract a tar using Gzip
grows, starting with the last 10 lines tar cjf file.tar.bz2 – create a tar with Bzip2
compression
Process Management tar xjf file.tar.bz2 – extract a tar using Bzip2
ps – display your currently active processes gzip file – compresses file and renames it to
top – display all running processes file.gz
kill pid – kill process id pid gzip -d file.gz – decompresses file.gz back to
killall proc – kill all processes named proc * file
bg – lists stopped or background jobs; resume a
stopped job in the background Network
fg – brings the most recent job to foreground ping host – ping host and output results
fg n – brings job n to the foreground whois domain – get whois information for domain
File Permissions dig domain – get DNS information for domain
dig -x host – reverse lookup host
chmod octal file – change the permissions of file
wget file – download file
to octal, which can be found separately for user,
wget -c file – continue a stopped download
group, and world by adding:
● 4 – read (r) Installation
● 2 – write (w) Install from source:
● 1 – execute (x) ./configure
Examples: make
chmod 777 – read, write, execute for all make install
chmod 755 – rwx for owner, rx for group and world dpkg -i pkg.deb – install a package (Debian)
For more options, see man chmod. rpm -Uvh pkg.rpm – install a package (RPM)
SSH
ssh user@host – connect to host as user Shortcuts
ssh -p port user@host – connect to host on port Ctrl+C – halts the current command
port as user Ctrl+Z – stops the current command, resume with
ssh-copy-id user@host – add your key to host for fg in the foreground or bg in the background
user to enable a keyed or passwordless login Ctrl+D – log out of current session, similar to exit
Ctrl+W – erases one word in the current line
Searching Ctrl+U – erases the whole line
grep pattern files – search for pattern in files Ctrl+R – type to bring up a recent command
grep -r pattern dir – search recursively for !! - repeats the last command
pattern in dir exit – log out of current session
command | grep pattern – search for pattern in the
output of command
locate file – find all instances of file * use with extreme caution.

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