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Linux and Bash Command Cheat Sheet: The Basics

Getting information

# return your user name


whoami

# return your user and group id


id

# return operating system name, username, and other info


uname -a

# display reference manual for a command


man top

# get help on a command


curl --help

# return the current date and time


date

Monitoring performance and status

# list selection of or all running processes and their PIDs


ps
ps -e

# display resource usage


top

# list mounted file systems and usage


df

Working with files

# copy a file
cp file.txt new_path/new_name.txt

# change file name or path


mv this_file.txt that_path/that_file.txt

# remove a file verbosely


rm this_old_file.txt -v

# create an empty file, or update existing file's timestamp


touch a_new_file.txt

# change/modify file permissions to 'execute' for all users


chmod +x my_script.sh

# get count of lines, words, or characters in file


wc -l table_of_data.csv
wc -w my_essay.txt
wc -m some_document.txt

# return lines matching a pattern from files matching a filename pattern - case insensitive and whole words only
grep -iw hello \*.txt

# return file names with lines matching the pattern 'hello' from files matching a filename pattern
grep -l hello \*.txt

Navigating and working with directories

# list files and directories by date, newest last


ls -lrt

# find files in directory tree with suffix 'sh'


find -name '\*.sh'

# return present working directory


pwd

# make a new directory


mkdir new_folder

# change the current directory: up one level, home, or some other path
cd ../
cd ~ or cd
cd another_directory

# remove directory, verbosely


rmdir temp_directory -v

Printing file and string contents

# print file contents


cat my_shell_script.sh

# print file contents page-by-page


more ReadMe.txt

# print first N lines of file


head -10 data_table.csv

# print last N lines of file


tail -10 data_table.csv

# print string or variable value


echo "I am not a robot"
echo "I am $USERNAME"

Compression and archiving

# archive a set of files


tar -cvf my_archive.tar.gz file1 file2 file3

# compress a set of files


zip my_zipped_files.zip file1 file2
zip my_zipped_folders.zip directory1 directory2

# extract files from a compressed zip archive


unzip my_zipped_file.zip
unzip my_zipped_file.zip -d extract_to_this_direcory

Performing network operations

# print hostname
hostname

# send packets to URL and print response


ping www.google.com

# display or configure system network interfaces


ifconfig
ip

# display contents of file at a URL


curl <url>

# download file from a URL


wget <url>

Bash shebang

#!/bin/bash

Pipes and Filters

# chain filter commands using the pipe operator


ls | sort -r

# pipe the output of manual page for ls to head to display the first 20 lines
man ls | head -20

Shell and Environment Variables

# list all shell variables


set

# define a shell variable called my_planet and assign value Earth to it


my_planet=Earth

# display shell variable


echo $my_planet

# list all environment variables


env

# environment vars: define/extend variable scope to child processes


export my_planet
export my_galaxy='Milky Way'

Metacharacters

# comments
# The shell will not respond to this message

# command separator
echo 'here are some files and folders'; ls

# file name expansion wildcard


ls *.json

# single character wildcard


ls file_2021-06-??.json

Quoting

# single quotes - interpret literally


echo 'My home directory can be accessed by entering: echo $HOME'

# double quotes - interpret literally, but evaluate metacharacters


echo "My home directory is $HOME"

# backslash - escape metacharacter interpretation


echo "This dollar sign should render: \$"

I/O Redirection

# redirect output to file


echo 'Write this text to file x' > x

# append output to file


echo 'Add this line to file x' >> x

# redirect standard error to file


bad_command_1 2> error.log

# append standard error to file


bad_command_2 2>> error.log

# redirect file contents to standard input


$ tr “[a-z]” “[A-Z]” < a_text_file.txt

# the input redirection above is equivalent to


$cat a_text_file.txt | tr “[a-z]” “[A-Z]”

Command Substitution

# capture output of a command and echo its value


THE_PRESENT=$(date)
echo "There is no time like $THE_PRESENT"

Command line arguments

./My_Bash_Script.sh arg1 arg2 arg3

Batch vs. concurrent modes

# run commands sequentially


start=$(date); ./MyBigScript.sh ; end=$(date)

# run commands in parallel


./ETL_chunk_one_on_these_nodes.sh & ./ETL_chunk_two_on_those_nodes.sh

Scheduling jobs with Cron


# open crontab editor
crontab -e

# job scheduling syntax


m h dom mon dow command
minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week
* means any

# append the date/time to file every Sunday at 6:15 pm


15 18 * * 0 date >> sundays.txt

# run a shell script on the first minute of the first day of each month
1 0 1 * * ./My_Shell_Script.sh

# back up your home directory every Monday at 3 am


0 3 * * 1 tar -cvf my_backup_path\my_archive.tar.gz $HOME\

# deploy your cron job


Close the crontab editor and save the file

# list all cron jobs


crontab -l

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