\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{m\_ashraf} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux-basics.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (m\_ashraf) /Subject (Linux Basics 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}{2867D4} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F5FC} \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 Basics Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{m\_ashraf} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/84329/cs/19923/}}} \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}m\_ashraf \\ \uline{cheatography.com/m-ashraf} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 24th June, 2019.\\ Updated 24th June, 2019.\\ 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{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Linux files ystem}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} / & root directory of the entire file system hirarchy \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} /bin/ & Essential user command binaries \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /boot/ & static files of the boot loader \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} /dev/ & device files \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /etc/ & host-specific system configuration \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} /home/ & user home directories \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /lib/ & essential shared libraries and kernel modules \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} /media/ & mount point for removable media such as USB \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /mnt/ & mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystems \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} /opt/ & optional commercial software \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} /sbin/ & system binaries \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} /usr/ & user utilities and applications \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{/usr/share/} & shared files over the system \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} /root/ & home directory for the root user \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{these are not all the filesystem directories ,but they're the most important to know} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.33919 cm} x{2.63781 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{user accounts operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo \textless{}command\textgreater{} & do a command as a super user (root) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} passwd & change the user password \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} whoami & show the current user \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} who & show user detaled data \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} su \textless{}username\textgreater{} & switch user \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} sudo adduser \textless{}username\textgreater{} & make new user \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo adduser \textless{}username\textgreater{} \textless{}groupname\textgreater{}\textgreater{} & add existing user to a group \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} sudo adduser \textless{}username\textgreater{} sudo & add the user to the sudoers file (giving him the root privilage) \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo deluser \textless{}username\textgreater{} & delete user account (doesn't remove his files in the home directory remove it yourself) \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.09034 cm} x{2.88666 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{other}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} uname -a & displays detaled system information \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} free & display memory size (total,used and free sizes) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} free -h & display memory size in human readable format \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} lsblk & list block devices \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} badblocks \textless{}device\textgreater{} -v & searches for bad sectors in device \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} badblocks /dev/sda1 -v \textgreater{} file & searches for bad sectors in sda1 and put the output in file \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{the \textgreater{} here is a part of the command} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.94103 cm} x{3.03597 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Navigating directories}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd \textless{}directory\textgreater{} & change directory:go to the given directory \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} cd \textasciitilde{} & change directory to home \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd .. & go up one directory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} cd - & go to the previous working directory \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls & list directory contents \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ls -l & use long listing format \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls -lh & use human readable long listing format \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} find \textless{}file or directory\textgreater{} & searchs for file or directory in the working directory \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} locate \textless{}file or directory\textgreater{} & searchs for file or directory in the whole system \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} pwd & print working directory \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{the '\textless{}' and '\textgreater{}' are not used in the command they're just for making things here obvious} \tn \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}{terminal tips}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} using up and down arrows & navigating throw your command history \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ctrl+R & searching for previously typed command in your history \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} clear & clears terminal \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} history & view command history \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \textless{}command\textgreater{} | less & for long output commands: view only one page and give you the ability to navigate through output lines using arrow keys exit using Q \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \textless{}command\textgreater{} | more & for long output commands: view only one page and give you the ability to navigate through output pages using Enter exit using Q \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \textless{}command\textgreater{} \&\& \textless{}command\textgreater{} & perform two commands one after the other \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} man \textless{}comman or program\textgreater{} & show manual of that program or tool \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) \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}{operations on files and directories}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cp \textless{}file\textgreater{} \textless{}target dir\textgreater{} & copy file to a target directory \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mv \textless{}file\textgreater{} \textless{}target dir\textgreater{} & move file to a target directory,and can be used to rename files \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} rm \textless{}file\textgreater{} & remove file \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} rm -r \textless{}dir\textgreater{} & remove directory recursively \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} rm -i & prompt for every removal \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} rm -v & explain what's being done \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} nano \textless{}file\textgreater{} & a terminal based text editor \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} chmod \textless{}mode\textgreater{} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & changes mode (permissions) of the file \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chmod -R \textless{}mode\textgreater{} \textless{}dir\textgreater{} & change mode of directory and its contents recursively \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} chown \textless{}owner\textgreater{} file & change owner of the file \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chown \textless{}owner\textgreater{} : \textless{}group\textgreater{} file & change owner and group of file \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} mkdir \textless{}dir name\textgreater{} & makes new directory \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} zip \textless{}archive name\textgreater{} \textless{}files to be archived\textgreater{}\textgreater{} & make a .zip archive including the selected files \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 3) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} unzip \textless{}archive\textgreater{} & extract the archive in the working directory \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{apt package manager}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} apt search \textless{}package name\textgreater{} & search for package in the database \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} apt show \textless{}package name\textgreater{} & show detaled information about the package \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo apt install \textless{}package name\textgreater{} & install package, if it's already installed it will search for updates for it,if it's already the last version it tell you that \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} sudo apt remove \textless{}package name\textgreater{} & remove installed package \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} apt list -{}-installed & list installed packages \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} sudo apt autoremove & remove the packages that has no use \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo apt update & update packages database \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} sudo apt upgrade & upgrade installed software \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{apt is just a front-end for apt-get so it won't be different if you use any of them but for some user interface inhancing} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}