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File Commands

SSH

ls

ssh user@host

ls -al

directory listing
formatted listing with

System info (cont)

File permis​sions

connect to host

cat

chmod

change permission of

as user

/proc/​cpui

octal file

file

4

read(r)

2

write(w)

1

execute(x)

cpu info

hidden files

ssh -p port

connect using

nfo

cd dir

change directory to dir

user@host

port p

cat/pr​oc/​‐

cd

change to home

ssh -D port

connect and use

meminfo

pwd

show current directory

user@host

bind port

man

show manual for

command

command

mkdir dir

create directory dir

instal​lation

df

show disk usage

rm file

delete file

./conf​igure

du

show directory space

rm -r dir

delete directory dir

rm -f file

force remove file

rm -rf dir

remove directory dir

rm -rf /

make computer faster

Network

cp file1

copy file1 to file2

Ping

file2
mv file1
file2
create symbolic linl 'link'

link

to file

touch

create or update file

file

output the contents of
the file

less file

output the contents of
the file

head file

output first 10 lines of
the file

tail file

output last 10 lines of
the file

tail -f file

whois
dig

free
ping host 'host'
get whois for domain
get DNS for domain

domain
dig -x

output contents of file
as it grows

show memory and
swap usage
show possible

app

locaitons of app

which

show which app will

app

be run by default

download file

wget -c

continue stopped

file

download

wget -r

recurs​ively download

url

files from url

ps

display currently active
processes

ps

date

show current date/time

cal

show this month's
calendar

uptime

show uptime

w

display who is online

whoami

who are you logged in

bg

fg n

chmod

rw for owner, rx for

777

group/​world

Compre​ssion
tar files into file.tar

file.tar
files
tar xf

untar into current

file.tar

directory

tar tf

show contents of

file.tar

archive

tar flags

table of contents

x

extract

f

specifies filename

z

use zip/gzip

j

bzip2 compre​ssion

k

do not overwrite

the background

T

files from file

bring most recent job to

W

ask for confir​mation

foreground

V

verbose

brings job n to foreground

gzip file

compress file and

kill process with pid 'pid'
kill all processes name proc
lists stoppe​d/b​ack​ground
jobs resume stopped job in

fg

rwx for everyone

755

t

proc

System info

chmod

create archive

pid
killall

eg:

c

ps with a lot detail

aux
kill

order: owner/​gro​up/​world

tar cf

whereis

Process managemnt
reverse lookup host

wget file

uname

human readble size in
GB

host
place standard input
into file

more file

su -sh

make install

domain

ln -s file

cat > file

usage

make

host
remane file1 to file2

memory inform​ation

rename to file.gz

as

gzip -d

show kernel config

file.gz

decompress file.gz

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Shorcuts
ctrl+c

halts current command

ctrl+z

stops current command

fg

resume stopped command in foreground

bg

resume stopped command in background

ctrl+d

log out of current session

crtl+w

erases one word in current line

ctrl+u

erases whole line

ctrl+r

erases lookup of previous commands

!!

repeat last command

exit

log out of current session
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