\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{Dave Child (DaveChild)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux-command-line.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Dave Child (DaveChild)) /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}{4F8F2B} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F4F8F1} \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}{Dave Child (DaveChild)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/1/cs/49/}}} \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}Dave Child (DaveChild) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/davechild} \\ \uline{\seqsplit{aloneonahill}.com} \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 October, 2011.\\ Updated 29th February, 2020.\\ 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}{x{3.08574 cm} x{1.89126 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?uname"\}\}uname -a & Show system and kernel \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?head"\}\}head -n1 /etc/issue & Show distribution \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?mount"\}\}mount & Show mounted filesystems \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?date"\}\}date & Show system date \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?uptime"\}\}uptime & Show uptime \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?whoami"\}\}whoami & Show your username \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?man"\}\}man {\emph{command}} & Show manual for {\emph{command}} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.89126 cm} x{3.08574 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-c & Stop current command \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-z & Sleep program \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-a & Go to start of line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-e & Go to end of line \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-u & Cut from start of line \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-k & Cut to end of line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-r & Search history \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}!! & Repeat last command \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}!{\emph{abc}} & Run last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}!{\emph{abc}}:p & Print last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}!\$ & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}ALT-. & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}!* & All arguments of previous command \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\textasciicircum{}{\emph{abc}}\textasciicircum{}{\emph{123}} & Run previous command, replacing {\emph{abc}} with {\emph{123}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.78712 cm} x{2.18988 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Variables}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}env & Show environment variables \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?echo"\}\}echo {\emph{\$NAME}} & Output value of {\emph{\$NAME}} variable \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?export"\}\}export {\emph{NAME}}={\emph{value}} & Set {\emph{\$NAME}} to {\emph{value}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\$PATH & Executable search path \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\$HOME & Home directory \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\$SHELL & Current shell \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 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}{IO Redirection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \textless{} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Input of {\emph{cmd}} from {\emph{file}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} \textless{}({\emph{cmd2}})} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Output of {\emph{cmd2}} as file input to {\emph{cmd1}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Standard output (stdout) of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{} /dev/null} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Discard stdout of {\emph{cmd}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{}\textgreater{} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Append stdout to {\emph{file}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} 2\textgreater{} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Error output (stderr) of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} 1\textgreater{}\&2} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}stdout to same place as stderr} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} 2\textgreater{}\&1} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}stderr to same place as stdout} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{noshy\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \&\textgreater{} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Every output of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{cmd}} refers to a command.} \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}{Pipes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} | {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}stdout of {\emph{cmd1}} to {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} |\& {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}stderr of {\emph{cmd1}} to {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Command Lists}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} ; {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Run {\emph{cmd1}} then {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} \&\& {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Run {\emph{cmd2}} if {\emph{cmd1}} is successful} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd1}} || {\emph{cmd2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Run {\emph{cmd2}} if {\emph{cmd1}} is not successful} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{cmd}} \&} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Run {\emph{cmd}} in a subshell} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.08574 cm} x{1.89126 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory Operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?pwd"\}\}pwd & Show current directory \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?mkdir"\}\}mkdir {\emph{dir}} & Make directory {\emph{dir}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?cd"\}\}cd {\emph{dir}} & Change directory to {\emph{dir}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}cd .. & Go up a directory \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?ls"\}\}ls & List files \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) \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}{ls Options}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -a & Show all (including hidden) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} -R & Recursive list \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -r & Reverse order \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} -t & Sort by last modified \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -S & Sort by file size \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} -l & Long listing format \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -1 & One file per line \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} -m & Comma-separated output \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -Q & Quoted output \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Search Files}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?grep"\}\}grep {\emph{pattern}} {\emph{files}} & Search for {\emph{pattern}} in {\emph{files}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}grep -i & Case insensitive search \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}grep -r & Recursive search \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}grep -v & Inverted search \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}grep -o & Show matched part of file only \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?find"\}\}find {\emph{/dir/}} -name {\emph{name}}* & Find files starting with {\emph{name}} in {\emph{dir}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}find {\emph{/dir/}} -user {\emph{name}} & Find files owned by {\emph{name}} in {\emph{dir}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}find {\emph{/dir/}} -mmin {\emph{num}} & Find files modifed less than {\emph{num}} minutes ago in {\emph{dir}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?whereis"\}\}whereis {\emph{command}} & Find binary / source / manual for {\emph{command}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?locate"\}\}locate {\emph{file}} & Find {\emph{file}} (quick search of system index) \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 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}{File Operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?touch"\}\}touch {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Create {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?cat"\}\}cat {\emph{file1}} {\emph{file2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Concatenate files and output} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?less"\}\}less {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}View and paginate {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?file"\}\}file {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Get type of {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?cp"\}\}cp {\emph{file1}} {\emph{file2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Copy {\emph{file1}} to {\emph{file2}}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?mv"\}\}mv {\emph{file1}} {\emph{file2}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Move {\emph{file1}} to {\emph{file2}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm"\}\}rm {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Delete {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?head"\}\}head {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Show first 10 lines of {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?tail"\}\}tail {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Show last 10 lines of {\emph{file1}}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?tail"\}\}tail -F {\emph{file1}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Output last lines of {\emph{file1}} as it changes} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Watch a Command}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?watch"\}\}watch -n 5 'ntpq -p'} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Issue the 'ntpq -p' command every 5 seconds and display output} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Process Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?ps"\}\}ps & Show snapshot of processes \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?top"\}\}top & Show real time processes \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?kill"\}\}kill {\emph{pid}} & Kill process with id {\emph{pid}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?pkill"\}\}pkill {\emph{name}} & Kill process with name {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?killall"\}\}killall {\emph{name}} & Kill all processes with names beginning {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.14011 cm} x{2.83689 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nano Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Files}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}Ctrl-R & Read file \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}Ctrl-O & Save file \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}Ctrl-X & Close file \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Cut and Paste}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}ALT-A & Start marking text \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-K & Cut marked text or line \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-U & Paste text \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Navigate File}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}ALT-/ & End of file \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A & Beginning of line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-E & End of line \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-C & Show line number \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-\_ & Go to line number \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Search File}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-W & Find \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}ALT-W & Find next \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-\textbackslash{} & Search and replace \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{More nano info at: \newline http://www.nano-editor.org/docs.php} \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}{Screen Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html"\}\}screen} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Start a screen session.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}screen -r} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Resume a screen session.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}screen -list} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Show your current screen sessions.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Activate commands for screen.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A c} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Create a new instance of terminal.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A n} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Go to the next instance of terminal.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A p} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Go to the previous instance of terminal.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A "} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Show current instances of terminals.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}CTRL-A A} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Rename the current instance.} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{More screen info at: \newline http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/} \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}{File Permissions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?chmod"\}\}chmod 775 {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Change mode of {\emph{file}} to 775} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?chmod"\}\}chmod -R 600 {\emph{folder}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Recursively chmod {\emph{folder}} to 600} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}\{\{popup="http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?chown"\}\}chown {\emph{user}}:{\emph{group}} {\emph{file}}} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}Change {\emph{file}} owner to {\emph{user}} and group to {\emph{group}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) \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}{File Permission Numbers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{First digit is owner permission, second is group and third is everyone.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Calculate permission digits by adding numbers below.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 4 & read (r) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 2 & write (w) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1 & execute (x) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}