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Online Commands Shortcuts Variables Redirection
Official Website
uname -a CTRL-c env cmd < file
Download Show system and kernel Stop current command Show enviro-nment variables Input of cmd from file
Linux Command Line Tips head -n1 /etc/issue CTRL-z echo $NAME cmd1 <(cmd2
Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sh Show distri-bution Sleep program Output value of $NAME variabl Output of cmd2 as file input to c
eet [.pdf] mount CTRL-a e md1
Linux Administrator's Quick Ref Show mounted filesy-stems Go to start of line export NAME-=v-alue cmd > file
erence [.pdf] date CTRL-e Set $NAME to value Standard output (stdout) of cmd
Command Line Interface Comm Show system date Go to end of line $PATH to file
ands [.jpg] uptime CTRL-u Executable search path cmd
Show uptime Cut from start of line $HOME Discard stdout of cmd
Related whoami CTRL-k Home directory cmd >> file
chmod Show your username Cut to end of line $SHELL Append stdout to file
Debian man command CTRL-r Current shell cmd 2> file
Fedora Show manual for command Search history Error output (stderr) of cmd to fil
Red Hat !! e
Ubuntu Repeat last command cmd >&2
Unix !abc stdout to same place as stderr
Run last command starting with Pipes cmd 2>&1
Command abc
!abc:p Anchros
stderr to same place as stdout
cmd &> file

Directory Lists Print last command starting with

abc
cmd1 | cmd2
stdout of cmd1 to cmd2
Every output of cmd to file

!$
Operations cmd1 ; cmd2
Run cmd1 then cmd2 Last argument of previous com
cmd1 |& cmd2
stderr of cmd1 to cmd2
mand
pwd cmd1 && cmd2
Show current directory
Run cmd2 if cmd1 is successful
ALT-.
Last argument of previous com ls Options
mkdir dir cmd1 || cmd2 mand
Run cmd2 if cmd1 is not succes -a
!*
Make directory dir
cd dir
sful
cmd
All arguments of previous com Search Files Show all (including hidden)
Change directory to dir mand -R
Run cmd in a subshell
^abc-^-123 grep pattern files Recursive list
cd ..
Go up a directory Run previous command, replaci
Search for pattern in files -r
ng abc with 123 grep -i Reverse order
ls
List files
Case insens-itive search -t
grep -r Sort by last modified
File Recursive search
grep -v
-S
Sort by file size
Operations Inverted search -l
Nano touch file1
Process grep -o
Show matched part of file only -1
Long listing format

Shortcuts Create file1

cat file1 file2
Management find /dir/ -name name*
Find files starting with name in -m
One file per line

Concat-enate files and output ps dir Comma--sep-arated output

Files less file1 find /dir/ -user name
Show snapshot of processes -Q
Ctrl-R View and paginate file1 top Find files owned by name in dir Quoted output
Read file file file1 find /dir/ -mmin num
Show real time processes
Ctrl-O Get type of file1 kill pid Find files modifed less than nu
Save file m minutes ago in dir
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