Linux & Git Cheat Sheet by RohitKadolkar

pwd

shows Present working directory

cd ~

changes directory to home

ls

shows list of direct­ories and files in current working directory

ls -a

shows all files and directoies including hidden ones

ls -lS > file.txt

saves list in long form to txt file in pwd

cat <te­xtf­ile­nam­e>

Displays content of file or files

cat > test.txt

Creates a file named test.txt and records data given below

cat >> test.txt

appends data

mkdir [direc­tor­yname]

creates a directory

mkdir -p [dir]/­{su­bdi­r1,­sub­dir­2,s­ubdir3}

Create multiple subdir­ect­ories in one directory

rmdir -p a/b/c/d/e

removes entire directory path

rm

removes file

cp -r

copies recurs­ively

mv [file1.txt] [dirname]

move file1.txt from current dir to specified directory

touch <ex­ist­ing­fil­e>

updates time stamp of file

vim

opens vim file editor

top

displays processes running on the computer

i (in top menu)

shows idle processes

pid of

finds process id of process using name

kill -9 [PID]

Force stop

ps -aux

Gives list of all running processes and finds PIDs

ps -C

to know the instances of that program

chmod

Utility to change permission of the file

sudo apt -get update

updates system

ssh -i ./[file] [usern­ame­]@[ip]

establ­ishes ssh connection

apt-get install git

installs git on linux

git add <file name>

stages file for commitment

git commit -m "­<no­te>­"

commits staged files

git branch

shows all branches

git switch <branch name>

switches branch

git merge <branch name>

merges the specified branch with current branch

git stash

used to store changes when we want to move to a different directory without committing current changes

git --help

shows all commands