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Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

Burr Sutter and Bob Reselman

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The Linux operating system offers a multitude of commands, which can be overwhelming for beginners.  This cheat sheet helps you get familiar with over 30 basic Linux command-line executables frequently used by developers. You’ll find easy-to-learn shortcuts and code examples to help you find your way around the Linux command line.

With the Linux Commands Cheat Sheet, you’ll learn basic commands for:

  • Application and process management:
    • which
    • yum
  • Console and output management, working with data sent to stdout or displayed in a terminal window:
    • cat
    • clear
    • echo
    • top
  • Creating and exporting environment variables:
    • env
    • export
    • printenv
    • source
  • Working with files and directories:
    •  cd
    • cp
    • find
    • grep
    • ls
    • mkdir
    • more
    • mv
    • pwd
    • rm
    • tar
  • Accessing command-line help documentation:
    • man
  • Working with networks on and from a Linux computer:
    • curl
    • ip
    • netstat
    • ssh
    • wget
  • Process management:
    • &&
    • kill
    • ps
  • System control:
    • poweroff
    • restart
  • User management:
    • whoami

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find

sudo find <starting/directory> -name <file/directory name>

Finds a file or directory by name.

Example:

The following command finds a file named hostname starting from the root ( / ) directory of the computer’s filesystem. Note that the command starts with sudo in order to access files restricted to the root user:

$ sudo find / -name hostname

/proc/sys/kernel/hostname

/etc/hostname

/var/lib/selinux/targeted/active/modules/100/hostname

/usr/bin/hostname

/usr/lib64/gettext/hostname

/usr/share/licenses/hostname

/usr/share/doc/hostname

/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/hostname

/usr/share/selinux/targeted/default/active/modules/100/hostname

/usr/libexec/hostname

grep

grep <search_expression> <input>

$ less -N ~/.bashrc

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