This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Bash Shortcuts
CTRL-c |
Stop current command |
CTRL-z |
Sleep program |
CTRL-a |
Go to start of line |
CTRL-e |
Go to end of line |
CTRL-u |
Cut from start of line |
CTRL-k |
Cut to end of line |
CTRL-r |
Search history |
!! |
Repeat last command |
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Nano Shortcuts
Files |
Ctrl-R |
Read file |
Ctrl-O |
Save file |
Ctrl-X |
Close file |
Cut and Paste |
ALT-A |
Start marking text |
CTRL-K |
Cut marked text or line |
CTRL-U |
Paste text |
Navigate |
ALT-/ |
End of file |
CTRL-A |
Beginning of line |
CTRL-E |
End of line |
CTRL-C |
Show line number |
CTRL-_ |
Go to line number |
Search File |
CTRL-W |
Find |
ALT-W |
Find next |
CTRL-\ |
Search and replace |
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Basic Commands
man <Command> |
Show manual for command |
<Command> --help |
Show manual for command |
clear or reset |
Clear the terminal |
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Directory Operations
pwd |
Show current directory |
cd <dir name> |
Change directory to dir |
cd .. |
Go up a directory |
mkdir <dir name> |
Make directory dir |
rmdir <dir name> |
Delete empty directories |
ls <dir> |
List files of stated dir else current dir |
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ls Options
-a |
Show all (including hidden) |
-R |
Recursive list |
-r |
Reverse order |
-t |
Sort by last modified |
-S |
Sort by file size |
-l |
Long listing format |
-1 |
One file per line |
-m |
Comma-separated output |
-Q |
Quoted output |
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SSH
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connect to host as user |
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connect to host on certain port as user |
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File Operations
touch <filename> |
Create file |
cp file1 file2 |
Copy file1 to file2 |
mv file1 file2 |
Move file1 to file2 |
rm file1 |
Delete file1 |
file <filename>
Example:
file ./-file0* to get all the file type of ./file01, ./file02 etc |
Get the type of file |
cat <file>
Examples of how to print weird files:
1. cat < -
2. cat ./-
3. cat "spaces in this filename"
4. cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename
5. cat .hiddenfile |
concatenate files and print on the standard output |
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Search Files
find -options |
Find files based on options |
grep -options |
Search for pattern in files |
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IO Redirection
cmd < file |
Input of cmd from file |
cmd1 < (cmd2) |
Output of cmd2 as file input to cmd1 |
cmd > file |
Standard output (stdout) of cmd to file |
cmd > /dev/null |
Discard stdout of cmd |
cmd >> file |
Append stdout to file |
cmd 2> file |
Error output (stderr) of cmd to file |
cmd 1>&2 |
stdout to same place as stderr |
cmd 2>&1 |
stderr to same place as stdout |
cmd &> file |
Every output of cmd to file |
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