\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{mrenesca} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux-troubleshooting-cheat-sheet.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (mrenesca) /Subject (Linux Troubleshooting 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}{2296A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F8F9} \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 Troubleshooting Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{mrenesca} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/216356/cs/47253/}}} \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}mrenesca \\ \uline{cheatography.com/mrenesca} \\ \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 30th October, 2025.\\ 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{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Disk Usage Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} df -h & Check free and use space on mounted systems. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} df -i & Show free inodes on mounted file systems. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} fdisk -l & Display disk partitions, sizes, and types with the command. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} du -ah & See disk usage for all files and directories. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} du -sh & Show disk usage of the current directory. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} mount & Show currently mounted file systems. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} findmnt & Display target mount point for all file systems. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} mount {[}device\_path{]} {[}mount\_point{]} & Mount a device. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 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}{Services that are on and off Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} service -{}-status-all & List all services. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} systemctl list-units -{}-type=service & List all services. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} systemctl list-units -{}-type=service -{}-all & List all services. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} systemctl list-units -{}-type=service -{}-state=running & List all running services. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} systemctl list-units -a -{}-state=active & List all active services. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} systemctl list-units -a -{}-state=inactive & List inactive service units. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} systemctl list-units -{}-state=failed & List failed services for troubleshooting. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} systemctl list-unit-files -{}-type=service -{}-state=enabled & Show services enabled on Linux boot. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} sudo systemctl list-units -{}-type=service -{}-state=exited & List every loaded service that is in the exited state. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 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}{Memory Usage Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} lscpu & See CPU information. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} lsblk & See information about block devices. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} lspci -tv & Show PCI devices (graphics card, network card, etc.) in a tree-like diagram. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} lsusb -tv & Display USB devices in a tree-like diagram. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} lshw & List hardware configuration information. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} cat /proc/cpuinfo & Show detailed CPU information. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cat /proc/meminfo & View detailed system memory information. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} cat /proc/mounts & See mounted file systems. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} free -h & Display free and used memory. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} sudo dmidecode & Show hardware information from the BIOS. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} hdparm -i /dev/{[}device\_name{]} & Display disk data information. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} hdparm -tT /dev/{[}device\_name{]} & Conduct a read speed test on the device/disk. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} badblocks -s /dev/{[}device\_name{]} & Test for unreadable blocks on the device/disk. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} fsck /dev/{[}device\_name{]} & Run a disk check on an unmounted disk or partition. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \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}{Running Processes Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ps & List active processes. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} pstree & Show processes in a tree-like diagram. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pmap & Display a memory usage map of processes. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} top & See all running processes. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} htop & Interactive and colorful process viewer. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} kill {[}process\_id{]} & Terminate a Linux process under a given ID. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pkill {[}process\_name{]} & Terminate a process under a specific name. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} killall {[}label{]} & Terminate all processes with a given label. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} prgrep {[}keyword{]} & List processes based on the provided keyword. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} pidof {[}process\_name{]} & Show the PID of a process. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} bg & List and resume stopped jobs in the background. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} fg & Bring the most recently suspended job to the foreground. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} fg {[}job{]} & Bring a particular job to the foreground. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} lsof & List files opened by running processes with lsof command. \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} trap "{[}commands{]}" {[}signal{]} & Catch a system error signal in a shell script. Executes provided commands when the signal is caught. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.94103 cm} x{3.03597 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Running Processes Commands (cont)}} \tn % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wait & Pause the terminal or a Bash script until a running process is completed. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} nohup {[}command{]} \& & Run a Linux process in the background. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}