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Linux Basics Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

My most common commands

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

Direct­ories

Mkdir w/ full privileges
mkdir -m 777 <di­rna­me>
Delete directory
rmdir
Delete directory & contents
rm -r <di­rna­me>
List files in directory
ls <di­r>
Tild ~ is /home/user
  

Moving contents

Copy file
cp
cp <OG> <newname>
Copy dir
cp -r
cp -r <OG> <newname>
Move file
mv
mv <file> <dir>
 

System

machin­e/sys info
uname -a
Sys monitor
top (press q to exit)
Linux release info
lsb-re­lease -a
List network interfaces
ip addr