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Linuxcheat Sheet

This document contains a list of over 50 useful Linux commands along with examples and descriptions of what each command does.

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Linuxcheat Sheet

This document contains a list of over 50 useful Linux commands along with examples and descriptions of what each command does.

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Linux Cheat sheet

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Certainly! Here are some advanced Linux commands:

1. **find**: Search for files in a directory hierarchy.


```
find /path/to/search -name "filename"
```

2. **grep**: Search for patterns in files.


```
grep "pattern" /path/to/file
```

3. **awk**: Text processing tool for pattern scanning and processing.


```
awk '{print $2}' filename
```

4. **sed**: Stream editor for filtering and transforming text.


```
sed 's/old_text/new_text/g' filename
```

5. **tar**: Create or extract tar archives.


```
tar -cvzf archive.tar.gz /path/to/folder
```

6. **rsync**: Remote file and directory synchronization.


```
rsync -avz /source/path/ user@remote:/destination/path/
```

7. **ssh**: Secure Shell for accessing remote machines.


```
ssh user@hostname
```

8. **chmod**: Change file permissions.


```
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chmod permissions filename
```

9. **chown**: Change file ownership.


```
chown user:group filename
```

10. **df**: Display free disk space.


```
df -h
```
11. **top**: Display and manage system processes in real-time.
```
top
```

12. **htop**: Interactive process viewer, an advanced alternative to top.


```
htop
```

13. **lsof**: List open files and the processes that opened them.
```
lsof /path/to/file
```

14. **netstat**: Display network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade
connections, etc.
```
netstat -an
```

15. **du**: Estimate file space usage.


```
du -sh /path/to/directory
```

16. **fdisk**: Partition table manipulator for Linux.


```
fdisk /dev/sdX
```

17. **curl**: Command-line tool for transferring data with URLs.


```
curl -O https://example.com/file.tar.gz
```

18. **wget**: Non-interactive network downloader.


```
wget https://example.com/file.zip
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```

19. **journalctl**: Query and display messages from the journal, managed by `systemd-journald`.
```
journalctl -xe
```

20. **iptables**: Administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT.
```
iptables -L
```
21. **ps**: Display information about active processes.
```
ps aux
```

22. **kill**: Terminate a process by its process ID (PID).


```
kill -9 PID
```

23. **ifconfig**: Display or configure network interface parameters.


```
ifconfig
```

24. **route**: Show or manipulate the IP routing table.


```
route -n
```

25. **ping**: Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts.


```
ping example.com
```

26. **traceroute**: Print the route that packets take to a network host.
```
traceroute example.com
```

27. **useradd**: Create a new user account.


```
useradd username
```

28. **passwd**: Change user password.


```
passwd username
```
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29. **groupadd**: Create a new group.
```
groupadd groupname
```

30. **usermod**: Modify a user account.


```
usermod -aG groupname username
```

31. **tar**: Extract files from an archive.


```
tar -xvf archive.tar.gz
```

32. **scp**: Secure copy files between hosts.


```
scp user@source:/path/to/file user@destination:/path/to/destination
```

33. **awk**: Perform text pattern scanning and processing.


```
awk '{print NF}' filename
```

34. **sed**: Stream editor for filtering and transforming text.


```
sed -n '1,10p' filename
```

35. **grep**: Search for patterns in files.


```
grep -r "pattern" /path/to/search
```

36. **mount**: Mount a file system.


```
mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt
```

37. **umount**: Unmount a file system.


```
umount /mnt
```

38. **lsblk**: List information about all available block devices.


```
lsblk
```

39. **df**: Display free disk space.


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```
df -h
```

40. **date**: Display the current date and time.


```
date
```

41. **cal**: Display a calendar.


```
cal
```

42. **uptime**: Display how long the system has been running.
```
uptime
```

43. **history**: Display the command history.


```
history
```

44. **file**: Determine file type.


```
file filename
```

45. **curl**: Transfer data with URLs.


```
curl https://example.com
```

46. **wget**: Non-interactive network downloader.


```
wget https://example.com/file.txt
```

47. **find**: Search for files and directories.


```
find /path/to/search -type f -name "*.txt"
```

48. **sort**: Sort lines of text files.


```
sort filename
```

49. **uniq**: Report or omit repeated lines in a file.


```
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uniq filename
```

50. **nmcli**: Command-line client for NetworkManager.


```
nmcli connection show

51. **crontab**: Schedule tasks to run at fixed times.


```
crontab -e
```

52. **at**: Execute commands at a specified time.


```
at now + 1 hour
```

53. **du**: Display disk usage statistics for a directory.


```
du -h /path/to/directory
```

54. **df**: Display file system disk space usage.


```
df -h
```

55. **journalctl**: Query and display messages from the journal.


```
journalctl
```

56. **lshw**: List hardware information.


```
lshw
```

57. **lsusb**: List USB devices.


```
lsusb
```

58. **lspci**: List PCI devices.


```
lspci
```

59. **uptime**: Show how long the system has been running.
```
uptime
```
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60. **who**: Display information about logged-in users.
```
who
```

61. **wc**: Count lines, words, and characters in a file.


```
wc filename
```

62. **watch**: Execute a program periodically and display the result.


```
watch -n 1 command
```

63. **chroot**: Run a command or interactive shell with a different root directory.
```
chroot /path/to/new/root command
```

64. **ldd**: Print shared library dependencies.


```
ldd /path/to/executable
```

65. **nm**: List symbols from object files.


```
nm /path/to/object/file
```

66. **free**: Display amount of free and used memory in the system.
```
free -h
```

67. **killall**: Kill processes by name.


```
killall process_name
```

68. **renice**: Alter priority of running processes.


```
renice +5 PID
```

69. **ulimit**: Control user-level resource limits.


```
ulimit -n
```
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70. **lscpu**: Display information about CPU architecture.
```
lscpu
```

71. **echo**: Display a message or value.


```
echo "Hello, World!"
```

72. **ssh-keygen**: Generate an SSH key pair.


```
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
```

73. **scp**: Copy files securely between hosts on a network.


```
scp user@source:/path/to/file user@destination:/path/to/destination
```

74. **sftp**: Securely transfer files over SSH.


```
sftp user@hostname
```

75. **chmod**: Change file permissions.


```
chmod 644 filename
```

76. **chown**: Change file ownership.


```
chown user:group filename
```

77. **find**: Search for files and directories.


```
find /path/to/search -name "*.txt"
```

78. **xargs**: Build and execute command lines from standard input.
```
find /path/to/search -type f | xargs rm
```

79. **tail**: Display the last part of a file.


```
tail -n 10 filename
```

80. **head**: Display the first part of a file.


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```
head -n 10 filename
```

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