\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{inajer29} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (inajer29) /Subject (Linux 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}{8F0000} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FBF7F7} \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 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{inajer29} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/174738/cs/36708/}}} \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}inajer29 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/inajer29} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 25th January, 2023.\\ 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{0.74655 cm} x{4.23045 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Basic Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} | & Pipe command (to redirect output) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} sudo & Run commands as root user \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd dir & Change directory to dir \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} cd .. & Go up a directory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !! & Repeat the last command \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} w & Display who is online \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{history} & Displays all the commands run in the terminal by the user in the current session \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls -al & Display all information on files/directories \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} pwd & path of current working directory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mkdir {[}dir\_name{]} & Create directory \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} rmdir {[}dir\_name{]} & Remove directory \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} rm -r {[}dir-path{]} & Remove directory recursively \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} touch {[}file-name{]} & Create file \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mv file1 file2 & Move/Rename source to destination \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} cat \textgreater{} file & Place standard input into file (Rewrite) \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cat \textgreater{}\textgreater{} file & Append standard input into file \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} wc & Print number of bytes, words and lines in file \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} head -n file & Output beginning of file \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} tail -n file & Output ending of file \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} more (or less) & Output the contents of a file, one page at a time \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} ln -s file link & Create symbolic link "link" to file \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.84609 cm} x{4.13091 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{System info}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} date & Show current date/time \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} cal & Show present month's calender \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{uptime} & Show uptime \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{whoami} & Prints current user id \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} free & Show memory and swap usage \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} man & Manual for any command \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} df & Show disk usage \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} du & Show directory space usage \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.89586 cm} x{4.08114 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Process management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ps & Display currently active processes \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} kill pid & kills process with id "pid" \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} fg & Brings most recent job to foreground \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} bg & Lists stopped/background jobs \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File permission}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chmod & Change file permission \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Add number / acronym & User \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 2 / w & Write \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} 1 / x & Execute \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 4 / r & Read \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} chgrp & Change group \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chown & Change ownership \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} chmod 777 & rwx for all \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 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}{User management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo useradd username & Add new user \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} sudo passwd -l username & Change password of user \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo userdel -r username & Delete user \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} sudo usermod -a -G groupname user & To add a user to a group \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo deluser user groupname & Remove user from group \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.74195 cm} x{3.23505 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Network}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ifconfig & Displays IP addresses \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ping host & ping host and output results \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wget file & download file \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} wget -c file & continue a stopped download \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dpkg -i pkg.deb & install a package (debian) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.74195 cm} x{3.23505 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Searching}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep pattern file & Search for the pattern in the file \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} grep -r pattern dir & Search recursively for pattern in dir \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} locate file & find all instances of file \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} command | grep pattern & search for the pattern in the output of the command \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \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}{Compression}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tar cf file.tar files & Create a tar named file.tar containing files \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} tar xf file.tar & Extract the files from file.tar \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tar czf file.tar.gz files & Create a tar with Gzip compression \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} tar xzf file.tar.gz & Extract a tar using Gzip \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \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}{Terminal}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ctrl+C} & Halt current command \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Ctrl+Z} & Pause Current command \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ctrl+D} & Logout \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Ctrl+W} & Remove a word from current line \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ctrl+U} & Remove current line \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Ctrl+A} & Go to the beginning of the current line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Ctrl+E} & Go to the end of the current life \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}