\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{alessandro.grassi} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux-command-line.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (alessandro.grassi) /Subject (Linux command line Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{60A39A} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F5F9F8} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Linux command line Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{alessandro.grassi} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/31567/cs/9591/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}alessandro.grassi \\ \uline{cheatography.com/alessandro-grassi} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 24th October, 2016.\\ Updated 24th October, 2016.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory Operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pwd & Show current directory \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mkdir {\emph{\textless{}dir\textgreater{}}} & Make directory {\emph{\textless{}dir\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd {\emph{\textless{}dir\textgreater{}}} & Change directory to {\emph{\textless{}dir\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} cd .. & Go up one directory \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls & List files \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cat {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & print the contents of {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} cat {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{} \textless{}file2\textgreater{}}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & concatenate {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{}}} and\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{\textless{}file2\textgreater{}}} and print the result \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} less {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & view and paginate {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} cp {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{} \textless{}file2\textgreater{}}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & copy {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{}}} to {\emph{\textless{}file2\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mv {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{} \textless{}file2\textgreater{}}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & move {\emph{\textless{}file1\textgreater{}}} to {\emph{\textless{}file2\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} rm {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & delete {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} head {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & show the first 10 lines of \{\{nl\}\}{\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} tail {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & show the last 10 lines of \{\{nl\}\}{\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nano {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} & edit the contents of {\emph{\textless{}file\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} CTRL-c & Stop current command \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} CTRL-a & Go to start of line \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} CTRL-e & Go to end of line \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} CTRL-r & Search history \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} TAB & Auto-complete current command or filename \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} TAB TAB\{\{nobreak\}\} & Show possible completion options \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{fa-hand-o-right\}\}\{\{ar\}\} & {\bf{Use TAB completion as much as possible, it both makes typing faster and prevents typing errors!}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Important tip}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Most commands which perform an operation (cp, mv, rm, touch...) do not print any output when they are successful. If they do, {\emph{probably there is an error}}. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 4) In any case, {\bf{always check the output}} of your commands carefully, to be sure that no error occurred.% Row Count 7 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{1.2 cm} x{6.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nano Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Saving files}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Ctrl-O} & Save file (confirm with Y) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ctrl-X} & Close file (confirm saving with Y) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Cut and paste}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ALT-A & Start marking text \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-K} & Cut marked text or line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-U} & Paste text \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Navigate file}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-A} & Beginning of line \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-E} & End of line \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-C} & Show line number \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-\_} & Go to line number \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Search}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-W} & Find text \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ALT-W & Find next occurrence \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Network management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ifconfig & Display current network configuration \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ifconfig {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} up & activate interface {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ifconfig {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} down & deactivate interface {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ifconfig {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} {\emph{\textless{}ip\textgreater{}}} netmask {\emph{\textless{}mask\textgreater{}}} & configure interface {\emph{\textless{}iface\textgreater{}}} with given {\emph{\textless{}ip\textgreater{}}} and {\emph{\textless{}mask\textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ping {\emph{\textless{}ip\textgreater{}}} & check if {\emph{\textless{}ip\textgreater{}}} is reachable \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{IO Redirection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{command}} \textless{} {\emph{file}} & Input of {\emph{command}} from {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{command}} \textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Output of {\emph{command}} to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{command}} \textgreater{} /dev/null & Discard output of {\emph{command}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{command}} \textgreater{}\textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Append output of {\emph{command}} to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}