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Bash ShortcutsCTRL+C | Stop Current Command | CTRL+Z | Sleep Current Foreground Command | CTRL+A | Move Cursor to Start of the Line | CTRL+E | Move Cursor to End of the Line | CTRL+U | Cut from Start of Line to Cursor | CTRL+K | Cut from End of Line to Cursor | CTRL+R | Search Through Command History | bg | Send Last Sleep Command to Background (output will be printed to screen) | fg | Bring Last Background Command to Foreground | !! | Repeat Last Command | !abc | Run the Last Command with the String Starting with abc | !abc:p | Print the Last Command with the String Starting abc | ^abc&123 | Run the Previous Command, Replacing abc with 123 |
| | Bash Commandsdate | Show System Data | uptime | Show System Uptime |
Command Listscmd1;cmd2 | Run cmd1 then cmd2 | cmd1 && cmd2 | Run cmd1 then if successful, run cmd2 | cmd & | Run Command in the Background (Output will be Printed to the Screen) | cmd1 | cmd2 | Run cmd1 and then run cmd2 Based on the Results of cmd1. This can be Repeated and is called "piping". |
| | Searchfind /dir/ -name name* | Find Files Starting with name Under the /dir/ Directory | find /dir/ -user name | Find Files Owned by the Username under the /dir/ Directory | find /dir/ -mmin num | Find Files Modified Less than num Minutes ago in the /dir/ Directory | grep pattern files | Search for Lines in the file which Match the Pattern | grep -l pattern files | Search for Lines in the File which Match the Pattern (Case Insensitive) | grep -v pattern files | Search for Lines in the File which don't Match the Pattern | cut -d " " -f "1" | cut is used to only display the parts of a line you are interested in. In this example, the delimiter is a space, (-d “ “) and we are only interested in the first entry, (-f “1”). You can select multiple entries by separating with a comma, (-f “1,2,3”) |
| | Directory Operationspwd | Print Working Directory | mkdir name | Make Directory in current Directory | cd dir | Change Directory to dir | ls | List files and Directories | ls -a | List Files and Directories Including Hidden | ls -R | List Files and Directories Recursively | ls -r | List Files and Directories in Reverse Order | ls -l | List Files and Directories Showing more Detail | ls -1 | List Files and Directories 1 Per Line | ls -m | List Files and Directories comma seperated | ls -! | List Files and Directories Quoted Output |
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