Linux Cheat Sheet <CentOS/Fedora based> Cheat Sheet

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Built-in manuals and info Navigation

man <Command> Show manual for the command cd <Path> Change directory

info <Command> Show wide info about the command (Can be pwd Present/print working directory
secondary to man)
ls List directory contents
<Command> --help Short comman​d/tool usage
ls -la Long list directory contents
and hidden files and wide info
System info
find /home/user -name '*.txt' Search and print
uname -a Show system and kernel version all the .txt files
under the user directory
history Show current user bash commands history
mount show or mount filesy​stems
date Show current date and time
umount unmount file systems
cal Show calendar

uptime Show system uptime

File manipu​lation
df -h Show all mounted file systems
touch Update the file last modifi​cation date, if the file
du -h <Path> Show disk usage, to get better unders​tanding what
does not exist, touch will create a new file
is taking all the disk space
cp Copy files
free -h Show available memory and usage
mv Move files, also used to rename a file
which <Command> Show the binary​/script location if it is under the
rm Delete files or direct​ories ( can be used with -r
$PATH
for recursive)
top Show running processes on realtime
mkdir Create new directory
ps -aux Capture all running processes and print in terminal
rmdir Delete directory (Only if empty)
dmesg Print or control the kernel ring buffer
chmod Change file mode/p​erm​issions r=4 w=2 x=1
cat /var/log/syslog Show system logs
chown <owner:group> Change file ownership
journalctl Query the systemd journal
cat Print file content

Bash Variables head Show first 10 lines of a file

tail Show last 10 lines of a file

env Show enviro​​nment variables
tail -F Output last lines of the file as it changes
echo $HOME Home directory
file Show info about the file such as file type
echo $PATH Executable search path

echo $SHELL Current shell

Users and groups management

whoami Show current user

sudo adduser <Username> Create a new user

sudo userdel -rf <Username> Delete user ( Including the home directory
)

sudo passwd <Username> Change user password

id Show user uid, groups and info

who Show current logged in users

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Users and groups management (cont) VIM Editor

sudo usermod -aG <Group> <User> Add user to group Delete character

sudo groupdel <Group> Delete group

VIM Editor
cat /etc/group List all groups

cat /etc/passwd List all users :x + enter Save and quit

:q! + enter exit, discard changes

Disk utils x Delete character

i Insert text

a append text
IO Redire​​ction
dw Delete word
cmd < file Input to cmd from file
d$ Delete to the end of the line
cmd1 <(cmd2) Output of cmd2 as file input to cmd1
0 (Zero) Move to the start of the line
cmd > file stdout of cmd to file
2w Jump 2 words
cmd > /dev/null Discard stdout of cmd
d2w Delete 2 words
cmd >> file Append stdout to file
dd Delete a whole line
cmd 2> file stderr of cmd to file
2dd Delete 2 whole lines
cmd 1>&2 stdout to same place as stderr
u Undo previous actions
cmd 2>&1 stderr to same place as stdout
U Undo all the changes on a line
cmd &> file Every output of cmd to file
CTRL-R Undo the undo's
cmd = Command
r Replace character
stdout = Standard output
stderr = Error output

Package management

dnf upgrade Upgrade a package or packages on your system

dnf search <Package> Search package details for the given string

dnf remove <Package> Remove a package or packages from your

system

dnf repolist Display the configured software reposi​tories

rpm -i <Package> Install rpm package

rpm -e <Package> Uninstall rpm package

Networking

ifconfig -a Show all network interfaces and more

netstat Print network connec​tions, routing tables, interface statis​tics,

masquerade connec​tions, and multi-cast member​ships

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