\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{Yuvraj Verma (yuvrajverma01)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (terminal-linux-commands.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Yuvraj Verma (yuvrajverma01)) /Subject (Terminal 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}{4F8F2B} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F4F8F1} \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{Terminal Linux Commands Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Yuvraj Verma (yuvrajverma01)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/127622/cs/24868/}}} \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}Yuvraj Verma (yuvrajverma01) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/yuvrajverma01} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 20th October, 2020.\\ Updated 20th October, 2020.\\ 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{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} date & Show system date \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} uptime & Show uptime \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} uname -a & Show system and kernel \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} whoami & Show your username \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} finger {\emph{user}} & Display information about user \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} cat /proc/cpuinfo & Cpu information \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cat /proc/meminfo & Memory information \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} head -n1 /etc/issue & Show distribution \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} mount & Show mounted filesystems \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} man {\emph{command}} & Show manual for command \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{export NAME=value}} & Set \$NAME to value \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \$PATH & Executable search path \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \$HOME & Home Directory \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \$SHELL & Current Shell \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} x{7.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ls Options}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -a & Show all (including hidden) \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} -R & Recursive list \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -r & Reverse order \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} -t & Sort by last modified \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -S & Sort by file size \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} -l & Long listing format \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -1 & One file per line \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} -m & Comma-separated output \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} -Q & Quoted output \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SSH}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ssh {\emph{user@host}} & Connect to host as user \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} ssh -p port {\emph{user@host}} & Connect to host on port as user \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ssh-copy-id {\emph{user@host}} & Add your key to host for user to enable a keyed or passwordless login \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.08 cm} x{5.92 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Process Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ps & Show snapshot of processes \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} top & Show real time processes \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} kill {\emph{pid}} & Kill process with id {\emph{pid}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} pkill {\emph{name}} & Kill process with name {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} killall {\emph{name}} & Kill all processes with names beginning with {\emph{name}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} fg & Brings the most recent job to foreground \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} fg -n & Brings job n to the foreground \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{IO Redirection}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{cmd}} \textless{} {\emph{file}} & Input of {\emph{cmd}} from {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{cmd}} \textless{} ({\emph{cmd2}}) & Output of {\emph{cmd2}} as file input to {\emph{cmd1}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Standard output (stdout) of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{} /dev/null & Discard stdout of {\emph{cmd}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{cmd}} \textgreater{} \textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Append stdout to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{cmd2}} \textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Error output (stderr) of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{cmd1}} \textgreater{} \&2 & stdout to same place as stderr \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{cmd2}} \textgreater{} \&1 & stderr to same place as stdout \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{cmd}} \&\textgreater{} {\emph{file}} & Every output of {\emph{cmd}} to {\emph{file}} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.36 cm} x{6.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bash Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-c} & Stop current command \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-z} & Sleep program \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-a} & Go to start of line \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-e} & Go to end of line \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{CTRL-u} & Cut from start of line \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{CTRL-k} & Cut to end of line \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{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} !abc & Run last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} !abcp & Print last command starting with {\emph{abc}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !\$ & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} ALT-. & Last argument of previous command \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} !* & All arguments of previous command \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \textasciicircum{}abc\textasciicircum{}123 & Run previous command, replacing {\emph{abc}} with {\emph{123}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.56 cm} x{5.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} pwd & Show current directory \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} mkdir {\emph{dir}} & Make directory dir \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cd {\emph{dir}} & Change directory to dir \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} cd .. & Go up a directory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ls & List files \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ls -al & Formatted listing with hidden files \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} rm {\emph{file}} & Delete file \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} cp {\emph{file1}} {\emph{file2}} & Copy file1 to file2 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cp -r {\emph{dir1}} {\emph{dir2}} & Copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn't exist \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} mv {\emph{file1}} {\emph{file2}} & Rename or move file1 to file2 if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into directory file2 \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} touch & Create or update file \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} cat & View file contents \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} more & Output the contents of file \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} head & Output the first 10 lines of file \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} tail & Output the last 10 lines of file \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} tail -f & Output the contents of file as it grows, starting with the last 10 lines \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Searching}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep {\emph{pattern files}} & Search for pattern in files \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} grep -r {\emph{pattern dir}} & Search recursively for pattern in dir \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep -i & Case insensitive search \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} grep -r & Recursive search \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} grep -v & Inverted search \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} grep -o & Show matched part of file only \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} locate {\emph{file}} & Find all instances of file \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} find /dir/ -user {\emph{name}} & Find files owned by name in dir \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} find /dir/ -mmin {\emph{num}} & Find files modified less than num minutes ago in dir \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} whereis {\emph{command}} & Find binary / source / manual for command \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.96 cm} x{5.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File Permissions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chmod 775 {\emph{file}} & Change mode of {\emph{file}} to 775 \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} chmod -R 600 {\emph{folder}} & Recursively chmod {\emph{folder}} to 600 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} chown {\emph{user.group file}} & Change {\emph{file}} owner to {\emph{user}} and group to {\emph{group}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{First digit is owner permission, second is group and third is everyone.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Calculate permission digits by adding numbers below.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} 4 & read (r) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 2 & write (w) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} 1 & execute (x) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Network}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ping {\emph{host}} & Ping host and output results \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} whois {\emph{domain}} & Get whois information for domain \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dig {\emph{domain}} & Get DNS information for domain \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} dig -x {\emph{host}} & Reverse lookup host \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} wget {\emph{file}} & Download file \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} wget -c {\emph{file}} & Continue a stopped download \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{1.68 cm} x{6.32 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{NANO Shortcuts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\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{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Cut 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{8.4cm}}{{\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{8.4cm}}{{\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} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}