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\author{TheMan (GorkemKonuk)}
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    \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Linux Cheat Sheet}}}} \\
    \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{TheMan (GorkemKonuk)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/218662/cs/48372/}}}
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  \vspace{-2pt}TheMan (GorkemKonuk) \\
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   \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\
   Updated 16th August, 2026.\\
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory / Navigation}}  \tn
% Row 0
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ls & List files and directories \tn 
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ls -a & List all files and directories (shows hidden files) \tn 
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ls -l & List files and directories in long format (shows permissions) \tn 
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ls -h & List the sizes in human readable \tn 
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ls -r & Reverse Listing \tn 
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ls -t & Sort by modified time \tn 
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ls -S & Sort by file size (can be used with -r) \tn 
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% Row 7
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ls -R & Recursive listing \tn 
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% Row 8
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find . & Recursive listing \tn 
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% Row 9
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tree & Recursive listing \tn 
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% Row 10
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cd & Change Directory \tn 
% Row Count 14 (+ 1)
% Row 11
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cd .. & Move up one directory \tn 
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% Row 12
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cd ../.. & Move up two directories / or more \tn 
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% Row 13
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cd - & Change to previous directory \tn 
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\SetRowColor{LightBackground}
cd \textasciitilde{} & Change directory to home \tn 
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% Row 15
\SetRowColor{white}
cd / & Change directory to root directory \tn 
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% Row 16
\SetRowColor{LightBackground}
pwd & Print working directory \tn 
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find & Searches the file in current directory \tn 
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find / -name "file" & Searches the file starting from root directory \tn 
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find / -iname "file" & Searches the file starting from root directory regardless of case sensitivity \tn 
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\SetRowColor{white}
find -size +100M & See files and directories larger than a specified size in a directory \tn 
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locate & Searches the file in whole disk \tn 
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updatedb & Updates locate's index \tn 
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grep hello file.txt & Searches the term in a file \tn 
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grep hello *.txt & Searches hello in every .txt file \tn 
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which command & Search the command path in the \$PATH environment variable \tn 
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whereis command & Find the source, binary, and manual page for a command \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{System Management}}  \tn
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uname -a & See kernel release information \tn 
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% Row 1
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uptime & Display how long the system has been running, including the load average \tn 
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hostname & View system hostname. \tn 
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date & See current time and date \tn 
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\seqsplit{timedatectl} & See date and time zone \tn 
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w & List logged-in users. \tn 
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whoami & See which user you are using \tn 
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finger & Show information about a particular use \tn 
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shutdown {[}hh:mm{]} & Schedule a system shutdown \tn 
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shutdown now & Shut down the system immediately \tn 
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reboot & Restart the OS \tn 
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dmesg & Show bootup messages. \tn 
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cat & Show the contents of the file \tn 
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cat -n & Number all output lines \tn 
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mkdir & Create a new directory \tn 
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mkdir -p dir/dir/dir & Create a dir with child \tn 
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mkdir -p parent/\{child, child2\} & Create a dir with childs \tn 
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mkdir -p parent/\{dir1/\{child1,child2\},dir2 & Create a parent dir with 2 dirs 2 childs \tn 
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rm & Remove a file \tn 
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rm -r & Remove a directory \tn 
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rm -rf & Remove a directory without confirmation \tn 
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rm -rf . & Remove the current directory \tn 
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cp file file & Copy content of the file to another file \tn 
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mv file dir & Move or rename file or dirs \tn 
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touch & Create a new file \tn 
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% Row 14
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cat file \textgreater{}\textgreater{}file & Append file contents to another file \tn 
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\textgreater{}file.txt & Truncates the content after ctrl+c. If not pressed and stay in continuation prompt, all input goes to the file like echo \tn 
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head & Show the first ten lines of a file \tn 
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tail & Show the last ten lines of a file \tn 
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head/tail -n 5 file & Show the last/first five lines of a file \tn 
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tail -f & Streams the last 10 lines \tn 
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tail -f -s 2 & Sleep for approximately 2 seconds \tn 
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more & Display contents of a file page by page \tn 
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less & Show the contents of a file with navigation \tn 
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\SetRowColor{white}
gpg -c file & Encrypt a file \tn 
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gpg file.gpg & Decrypt an encrypted .gpg file \tn 
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wc & Shows line, word and byte amount \tn 
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wc -l & Shows number of lines \tn 
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wc -w & Shows number of words \tn 
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wc -c & Shows number of bytes (file byte) \tn 
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cut & Learn the usage of this command \tn 
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shred & Overwrite a file to prevent its recovery \tn 
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shred -u & Overwrite a file to prevent its recovery, then delete it \tn 
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\SetRowColor{white}
shred -n 3 & Overwrite a file 3 times to prevent its recovery \tn 
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ls | tee list.txt / ls\textgreater{}list.txt | tee & List it and writes the output to list.txt \tn 
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echo "hello" & Prints hello to terminal \tn 
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echo "hello"\textgreater{} file.txt & Writes hello to the file.txt \tn 
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echo "world"\textgreater{}\textgreater{}file.txt & Adds world to file.txt without removing the file content \tn 
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ps & List active processes. \tn 
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% Row 1
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ps aux & List active processes in detail \tn 
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% Row 2
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pstree & Show processes in a treelike diagram. \tn 
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top & See all running processes. \tn 
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% Row 4
\SetRowColor{LightBackground}
kill PID & Terminate a Linux process under a given ID \tn 
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\SetRowColor{white}
kill -9 PID & Force terminate a Linux process under a given ID \tn 
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\SetRowColor{LightBackground}
pkill {[}process\_name{]} & Terminate a process under a specific name \tn 
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killall {[}process\_name{]} & Terminate all processes with a given label \tn 
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\SetRowColor{LightBackground}
pidof {[}process\_name{]} & Show the PID of a process. \tn 
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