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Linux Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by [deleted]

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Basic Networking

Listing Network Adapters
CMD
ip address (ip add)
Setting Static IP
PATH
/etc/s­ysc­onf­ig/­net­wor­k-s­cripts/
 

File Managment

rm
removes a file
rm -R
removes a dir (Recur­sive)
cat
displays the content of a file
cat >
adds the contents of a file to another file
cat >>
Appends the contents of a file to another file
ln FILE LINKNAME
Hard Link
ln -s FILE LINKNAME
Soft Link
tar -cvf
Create a .tar to a file location
tar -czvf
same as tar -cvf but also gzip's
 

Permis­sions

Change Mode
chmod
Syntax
chmod [options] mode[,­mode] file1
Switches
-R recursive | -f force |-v verbose|
User, Group, Other
ugo
Read, Write, Execute
rwx
r--
4
-wx
3
-w-
2
--x
1
Example 1
chmod 777 test.txt
Example 2
chmod -R 755 /scripts
SUDO
usermod -aG wheel username

Help

man -f
whatis
man -k
apropos