\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{datamansam} \pdfinfo{ /Title (bash-scripting.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (datamansam) /Subject (BASH Scripting 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}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \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{BASH Scripting Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{datamansam} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/139410/cs/32170/}}} \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}datamansam \\ \uline{cheatography.com/datamansam} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 28th May, 2022.\\ Updated 30th May, 2022.\\ 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*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.54747 cm} x{4.42953 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lists and List Options}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls & List all values in present working directory \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ls -R & List all files in sub-directories as well \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls -a & List hidden files as well \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.09034 cm} x{2.88666 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Moving and Renaming Files}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mv file "new file path" & Moves the files to the new location \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mv filename new\_file\_name & Renames the file to a new filename \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Insert mode}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} i & insert at cursor \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} a & Write after cursor \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A & Write at end of line \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ESC & Terminate insert mode \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} u & Undo last change \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} U & undo change to entire last line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{For loop}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\# For loop in Bash; Basic \newline for x in 1 2 3 \newline do \newline echo \$x \newline done \newline 1 \newline 2 \newline 3 \newline \newline \# For loop in Bash; Range \newline \{START..STOP..INCREMENT\} \newline for x in \{1..5..2\} \newline do \newline echo \$x \newline done \newline Output: \newline 1 \newline 2 \newline 5 \newline \newline \newline \# For loop; Three expression \newline for ((x=2;x\textless{}=4;x+=2)) \newline do \newline echo \$x \newline done \newline \newline Output: \newline 2 \newline 4} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.79632 cm} x{4.18068 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Home Directory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd & Navigate to home directory \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} cd .. & Move one level up \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd / & Move to root directory \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.64701 cm} x{4.32999 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Process Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ps & Display currently running processes \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ps -ef & Display currently running processes on system \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Search Files}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep pattern files & grep 'word' filename \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} grep -i & Case insensitive search \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep -R 'httpd' & Look for all files in the current directory and in all of its subdirectories \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} grep -c 'nixcraft' frontpage.md & Search and display the total number of times that the string 'nixcraft' appears in a file \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory with a for loop}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\# Search for books in the book directory that contain air \newline \newline for book in \$(ls books/ | grep -i 'air') \newline do \newline echo \$book \newline done \newline \newline AirportBook.txt \newline FairMarketBook.tx} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Case Statements}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{case 'STRING' in \newline PATTERN1) \newline COMMAND1;; \newline PATTERN2) \newline COMMAND2;; \newline {\emph{) \newline DEFAULT COMMAND;; \newline esac \newline \newline case \$(cat \$1) in \newline }}sydney{\emph{) \newline mv \$1 sydney/ ;; \newline }}melbourne{\emph{|}}brisbane{\emph{) \newline rm \$1 ;; \newline }}canberra{\emph{) \newline mv \$1 "IMPORTANT\_\$1" ;; \newline }}) \newline echo "No cities found" ;; \newline esac} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.18528 cm} x{1.79172 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Creating and viewing a file}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Creates a new file & cat \textgreater{} filename \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Displays the file content & cat filename \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.88666 cm} x{2.09034 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{BASH variables}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Set with an equal sign & \seqsplit{greeting="Hello"} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Access with a \$ & echo \$greeting \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.53827 cm} x{2.43873 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Control Flow}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Direct Output of Second command to first & 1st\_command \$ 2nd Command \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Runs the 2nd command only if the 1st command runs successfully. & 1stcommand \&\& 2nd Command \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Runs the 2nd command only if the 2nd command does not run successfully. & A || B \# Run B if and only if A failed \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{While Statement}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set a condition which is tested at each iteration: \newline \newline x=1 \newline while {[} \$x -le 3 {]}; \newline do \newline echo \$x \newline ((x+=1)) \newline done} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{if, then, else statement}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{if then else: \newline x="Queen" \newline if {[} CONDITION {]}; \newline if {[} \$x == "King" {]}; \newline then \# SOME CODE \newline then echo "\$x is a King!" \newline else \# SOME OTHER CODE \newline else echo "\$x is not a King!" \newline fi \newline fi} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.74655 cm} x{4.23045 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Navigating With Cursor}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alt + b & move backward one word \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Alt + f & move forward one word \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alt + u & make entire word after cursor uppercase \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Alt + c & make first letter after cursor uppercase \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alt + d & delete word after cursor \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \textasciicircum{}a & beginning of line \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \textasciicircum{}e & end of line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}