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30 Bash Commands Cheat Sheet

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30 Bash Commands Cheat Sheet

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30 Bash Commands Cheat Sheet

Basic File and Directory Operations Changing Permissions Control Operations

kill Command terminates processes by sending kill [options] pid…


ls Command lists all files and directories in the ls [options] [file|dir] chmod Command modifies file and directory chmod [options] [mode] [file]
current directory permissions signals to them

history Command displays a list of recently history [options]


changes the current directory to changes the ownership of files
cd Command cd [directory] chown Command chmod [options] [mode] [file] executed commands
the specified one and directories
exit Command ends a terminal session or script exit [n]

pwd Command prints the path of the current


pwd [options] connects the standard output of
working directory Archiving and Compression pipe Utility one command to the standard |
input of another
controls the input and output of >, >>, 2>, <, <<
tar Command creates, extracts, and tar [options] [archive-file] [file | dir...] Redirect Operator
File Manipulation commands
manipulates archive files

gzip Command gzip compression utility gzip [options] [file...]


cat Command print a file's contents in the cat [options] [file path]
terminal Viewing File and System Details
gunzip Command utility for decompressing gzip
“ gunzip [options] [file...]
create a new, empty file touch [file] files
touch Command
head Command shows the beginning section of a head [options] [file...]
text file or input stream
rm Command removes files or directories rm [options] [file|dir path]
shows the ending portion of a
Searching and Sorting tail Command text file or input stream tail [options] [file...]

mkdir Command creates a new, empty directory mkdir [options] [dir] displays text or variables on the
echo Command terminal echo [options] [string]
find Command searches for files or a specific find [location] [expression] [options]
rmdir Command removes only empty directories rmdir [options] [dir] string of characters
date Command prints the system date and time date [options] [+format]
searches files for lines that match grep [options] [search pattern] [file]
grep Command
cp Command copy files and directories using cp [options] [source] [destination] a regular expression
df Command displays information about disk df [options] [filesystem]
the CLI space usage
sorts the lines in text files in a sort [options] [file]
sort Command
mv Command move files and directories mv [options] [source] [destination] specific order du Command displays the disk space usage of du [options] [file]
files and directories

ps Command provides information about


currently running processes ps [options]

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