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    This document provides a summary of common Unix/Linux commands organized into categories such as file commands, system info commands, process management commands, file permissions commands, network commands, installation commands, SSH commands, searching commands, and keyboard shortcuts. Some example commands listed include ls to list directory contents, date to show the current date and time, top to display running processes, chmod to change file permissions, ping to ping a host, tar for archiving and compressing files, and grep for searching files.

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    This document provides a summary of common Unix/Linux commands organized into categories such as file commands, system info commands, process management commands, file permissions commands, network commands, installation commands, SSH commands, searching commands, and keyboard shortcuts. Some example commands listed include ls to list directory contents, date to show the current date and time, top to display running processes, chmod to change file permissions, ping to ping a host, tar for archiving and compressing files, and grep for searching files.

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    This document provides a summary of common Unix/Linux commands organized into categories such as file commands, system info commands, process management commands, file permissions commands, network commands, installation commands, SSH commands, searching commands, and keyboard shortcuts. Some example commands listed include ls to list directory contents, date to show the current date and time, top to display running processes, chmod to change file permissions, ping to ping a host, tar for archiving and compressing files, and grep for searching files.

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    File Commands System Info
    ls directory listing date show the current date and time
    ls -al formatted listing with hidden files cal show this month's calendar
    cd dir change directory to dir uptime show current uptime
    cd change to home w display who is online
    cd - change back to previous directory whoami who you are logged in as
    pwd show current directory finger user display information about user
    mkdir dir create a directory dir uname -a show kernel information
    rm file delete file cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu information
    rm -r dir delete directory dir cat /proc/meminfo memory information
    rm -f file force remove file man command show the manual for command
    rm -rf dir force remove directory dir * df show disk usage
    cp file1 file2 copy file1 to file2 du show directory space usage
    cp -r dir1 dir2 copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it free show memory and swap usage
    doesn't exist whereis app show possible locations of app
    mv file1 file2 rename or move file1 to file2 which app show which app will be run by default
    if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into type app show which app or builtin will be run
    directory file2
    ln -s file link create symbolic link link to file Compression
    touch file create or update file tar cf file.tar files create a tar named
    cat > file places standard input into file file.tar containing files
    more file output the contents of file tar xf file.tar extract the files from file.tar
    head file output the first 10 lines of file tar czf file.tar.gz files create a tar with
    tail file output the last 10 lines of file Gzip compression
    tail -f file output the contents of file as it tar xzf file.tar.gz extract a tar using Gzip
    grows, starting with the last 10 lines tar cjf file.tar.bz2 create a tar with Bzip2
    compression
    Process Management tar xjf file.tar.bz2 extract a tar using Bzip2
    ps display your currently active processes gzip file compresses file and renames it to
    top display all running processes file.gz
    kill pid kill process id pid gzip -d file.gz expands file.gz back to file
    killall proc kill all processes named proc *
    jobs lists stopped or background jobs Network
    bg resume a stopped job in the background ping host ping host and output results
    fg brings the most recent job to foreground whois domain get whois information for domain
    fg n brings job n to the foreground dig domain get DNS information for domain
    File Permissions dig -x host reverse lookup host
    wget file download file
    chmod octal file change the permissions of file
    wget -c file continue a stopped download
    to octal, which can be found separately for user,
    group, and world by adding: Installation
    4 read (r) Install from source:
    2 write (w) ./configure
    1 execute (x) make
    Examples: make install
    chmod 777 read, write, execute for all dpkg -i pkg.deb install a package (Debian)
    chmod 755 rwx for owner, rx for group and world rpm -Uvh pkg.rpm install a package (RPM)
    For more options, see man chmod.
    SSH Shortcuts
    Ctrl+C halts the current command
    ssh [-p port] user@host connect to host as user,
    Ctrl+Z stops the current command, resume with
    optionally on custom port port
    fg in the foreground or bg in the background
    scp [-P port] user@host:path1 path2 copy the
    Ctrl+D log out of current session, similar to exit
    remote file at path1 to local location path2
    Ctrl+W erases one word in the current line
    ssh-copy-id user@host add your key to host for
    Ctrl+U erases the whole line
    user to enable a keyed or passwordless login
    Ctrl+R type to bring up a recent command
    Searching !! - repeats the last command
    grep pattern files search for pattern in files exit log out of current session
    grep -r pattern dir search for pattern in dir
    command | grep pattern search for pattern in the
    output of command * use with extreme caution.
    locate file find all instances of file

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