\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{River L. (Tamaranth)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (basic-linux-commands.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (River L. 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(Tamaranth) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/tamaranth} \\ \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 2nd May, 2019.\\ 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*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{0.912 cm} x{3.344 cm} x{3.344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{General Commands \& Navigation Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Command}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Options}} & {\bf{Explanation}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{echo}}` & `{\bf{echo}} {\bf{"}}This text will be displayed.{\bf{"}}` & displays whatever's inside " " \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{cat}}` & `{\bf{cat}} {[}file{]}` & displays contents of a file or multiple files \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{cd}}` & & change directory \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{ls}}` & \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} & list contents \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-a}}` & \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-l}}` & \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} & \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} & \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{\textasciitilde{}}} & & current user's home directory \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{..}} & & up one directory \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.356 cm} x{2.66 cm} x{2.584 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{"Show Commands" (The Linux Version)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Command \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Syntax \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} What It Displays \textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{cat}}` & `{\bf{cat}} {[}file{]}` & displays contents of a file or multiple files \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}` `Volumes/Volume Groups` `\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{\textless{} Command \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Options \textgreater{}}} & {\emph{\textless{} What It Displays \textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{pvscan`}} & - - - - - - & list of physical volumes \& associated volume groups \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{lvscan`}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{vgscan`}}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{pvs`}} / `{\bf{vgs`}} / `{\bf{lvs`}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{pvdisplay`}} / `{\bf{lvdisplay`}}} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{vgdisplay`}}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 0) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}` `File System Information` `\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}}}} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{\textless{} Command \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Options \textgreater{}}} & {\emph{\textless{} What It Displays \textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{mount}}`} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 0) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}` `Hardware/System Information` `\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}}}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{\textless{} Command \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Options \textgreater{}}} & {\emph{\textless{} What It Displays \textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 0) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{lsusb`}} & `lsusb {[}opt{]}` & info on all connected USB devices \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.356 cm} x{2.66 cm} x{2.584 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{"Show Commands" (The Linux Version) (cont)}} \tn % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-v`}} & verbose \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} & \{\{nobreak\}\}`{\bf{-s {[}bus name{]}`}} & info for a specific USB \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-t`}} & shows device hierarchy as a tree \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 0) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}` `Packages/Device Driver Information` `\textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{}}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{\textless{} Command \textgreater{}}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\emph{\textless{} Options \textgreater{}}} & {\emph{\textless{} What It Displays \textgreater{}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{dpkg-query}}` & `dpkg-query {[}opt{]} {[}file or pkg{]}`\{\{nobreak\}\} & installation status, version, dependencies, \& description \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-L}} {[}pkg name{]}` & files installed by the package \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 28 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-S}} {[}file{]}` & which package installed the file \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 29 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{apt-cache stats}}`\{\{nobreak\}\} & - - - - - - & statistics from the `apt` package cache \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 30 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{rpm}}` & `{\bf{-qa}}` & list of all installed packages \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 3) % Row 31 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-q}} {[}pkg name{]}` & whether a specific package is installed \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.356 cm} x{2.66 cm} x{2.584 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{"Show Commands" (The Linux Version) (cont)}} \tn % Row 32 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-ql}} {[}pkg name{]}` & files installed by the package \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 33 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-qf}}` & which package installed the file \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 34 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}`{\bf{yum info}} {[}pkg name{]}` & -or-` ``{\bf{rpm -qi}} {[}pkg name{]}` & general info about the package \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.672 cm} x{2.964 cm} x{2.964 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Searching}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Command}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Searches For:}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Reports:}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{whereis`}} & anywhere the pattern is found (files AND commands) & location of the binary, the source, \& the documentation \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{which`}} & location of shell command & location of the binary \& if an alias is being used \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{locate`}} & faster/easier method\{\{nl\}\}{\emph{Note: May not be current! (use `{\bf{updatedb}}` cmd)}} & \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{`{\bf{find`}}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{grep`}} & searches within a file & \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{type}}` & commands (?) & aliases, functions, \& commands built-in to the shell \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.672 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{3.116 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Filtering \& Manipulating Output}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Command}} & {\bf{Syntax/Options}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{Explanation}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{head}}` & `head {[}options{]} {[}value{]}` & displays first line(s) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-n`}} & specify \# of lines to display \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{tail}}` & `tail {[}opt{]} {[}value{]}` & displays last line(s) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-n`}} & specify \# of lines to display \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{sort}}` & \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} \textasciitilde{} & sorts output (alphabetically by default) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-r`}} & reverse order \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-k`}} & by key (can do multiple at once) \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-k6 -M`}} & sort 6th column by month \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-k7n`}} & sort 7th column numerically \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{tr`}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}`tr {[}opt{]} {[}from X{]} {[}to Y{]}` & translates (changes) output from another command (must be used w/ pipe) \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{wc`}} & \{\{nobreak\}\}`wc {[}opt{]} {[}file{]}` & prints the number of lines, words, \& bytes \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-l`}} & prints only number of lines \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.672 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{3.116 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Filtering \& Manipulating Output (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-w`}} & prints only word count \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-c`}} & prints only byte count \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & `{\bf{-m`}} & prints character count \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} & `{\bf{-L`}} & prints length of longest line \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{tee}}` & \{\{nobreak\}\}`{[}command{]} | tee {[}file{]}` & displays \& writes to file simultaneously \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.432 cm} x{2.28 cm} x{2.888 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Vi Editor}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{nobreak\}\}\textasciitilde{} {\bf{Command}} \textasciitilde{} & \textasciitilde{} {\bf{Mode}} \textasciitilde{} & \textasciitilde{} \{\{nobreak\}\}{\bf{What It Does}} \textasciitilde{} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `{\bf{u}}` & Insert & undo \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 0) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{\{\{nobreak\}\}To Enter Insert Mode}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `{\bf{a}}` & appends text after cursor & \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}