\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{Sue Whelan} \pdfinfo{ /Title (linux-commands.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Sue Whelan) /Subject (Linux Commands 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}{E52A6F} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FDF1F6} \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 Commands Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Sue Whelan} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/47090/cs/13580/}}} \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}Sue Whelan \\ \uline{cheatography.com/sue-whelan} \\ \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 November, 2017.\\ 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*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.72093 cm} x{2.71207 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nano Seacrhes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Files}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-R & Read File \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-O & Save file \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-X & Close File \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Copy and Paste}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Alt- A & Start Marking Text \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-K & Cut marked text or Line \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-U & Paste Text \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Navigate File}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} ALT-/ & End of file \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-A & Beginning of line \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-E & End of line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-C & Show line number \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-\_ & Go to line number \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Search File}}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-W & Find \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Alt-W & Find Next \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-\textbackslash{} & Search and Replace \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.09856 cm} x{2.33444 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Getting Help}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} command -{}-help & displays help message \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} man command & shows manual for that command \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} who am i & gives full details of the user \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} whoami & gives name of user \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{0.85825 cm} x{2.57475 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Standard Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls & list directory content \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} cd.. & change directory \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cp & copy files \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} mv & move files \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} echo & Echo text \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} cat & display file content \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls-{}-help & accessing help \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} rm & delete file \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} clear & screen clear \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} touch {\emph{file1}} & file creation \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mkdir & create directory \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} ls & list the content of the current directory \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} la -a & lists all files including hidden files \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} ls -1 & displays permissions, owners,size, date etc \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -R & copies a directory its files and subdirectories to a destination directory \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} rmdir & remove an empty directory \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} touch file & create an empty file \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} find & starts a find from the directory and searches the whole subtree from that point on \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} locate & check the database to see if a file matches the supplied name, won't work on recent files as database is only updated once a day \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.16722 cm} x{2.26578 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-c & Stop current command \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-z & Sleep program \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-a & Go to start of line \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-e & Go to end of line \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-u & Cut from start of line \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-k & Cut to end of line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-r & Search history \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} !! & Repeat last command \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !{\emph{abc}} & Run last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} !{\emph{abc}}:p & Print last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !\$ & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} ALT-. & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !* & All arguments of previous command \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \textasciicircum{} abc 123 & Run previous command replacing {\emph{abc}} with {\emph{123}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Bash Variables}}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} env & Show environment variables \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} echo \${\emph{NAME}} & Output value of \${\emph{NAME}} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} export {\emph{NAME}}={\emph{value}} & Set \${\emph{NAME}} to {\emph{value}} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \$PATH & Executable search path \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} \$HOME & Home Directory \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \$SHELL & Current Shell \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{0.89258 cm} x{2.54042 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Screen Shortucts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} screen & Start a screen session \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} screen -r & Resume a screen session \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} screen -list & Show your current screen sessions \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-A & Activate commands for screen \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-A c & Create a new instance of terminal \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl- A n & Go to the next instance of a terminal \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl-A p & Go to the previous instance of a terminal \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Ctrl-A " & show current instances of terminals \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ctrl - A A & Rename the current instance \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{{\bf{Process Management}}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ps & Show snapshot of processes \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} top & Show real time processes \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} kill {\emph{pid}} & Kill processes with id {\emph{pid}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} pkill {\emph{name}} & Kill process with name {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} killall {\emph{name}} & Kill all processes with names beginning with {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}