| instruction,input,output |
| What is chgrp command,,"# chgrp |
| > Change group ownership of files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chgrp. |
| * Change the owner group of a file/directory: |
| `chgrp {{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Recursively change the owner group of a directory and its contents: |
| `chgrp -R {{group}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Change the owner group of a symbolic link: |
| `chgrp -h {{group}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Change the owner group of a file/directory to match a reference file: |
| `chgrp --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is more command,,"# more |
| > Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/more. |
| * Open a file: |
| `more {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Open a file displaying from a specific line: |
| `more +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display help: |
| `more --help` |
| * Go to the next page: |
| `<Space>` |
| * Search for a string (press `n` to go to the next match): |
| `/{{something}}` |
| * Exit: |
| `q` |
| * Display help about interactive commands: |
| `h`" |
| What is git-hash-object command,,"# git hash-object |
| > Computes the unique hash key of content and optionally creates an object |
| > with specified type. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-hash- |
| > object. |
| * Compute the object ID without storing it: |
| `git hash-object {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compute the object ID and store it in the Git database: |
| `git hash-object -w {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compute the object ID specifying the object type: |
| `git hash-object -t {{blob|commit|tag|tree}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compute the object ID from `stdin`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | git hash-object --stdin`" |
| What is id command,,"# id |
| > Display current user and group identity. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id. |
| * Display current user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong: |
| `id` |
| * Display the current user identity as a number: |
| `id -u` |
| * Display the current group identity as a number: |
| `id -g` |
| * Display an arbitrary user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong: |
| `id {{username}}`" |
| What is nl command,,"# nl |
| > A utility for numbering lines, either from a file, or from `stdin`. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nl. |
| * Number non-blank lines in a file: |
| `nl {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Read from `stdout`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | nl {{options}} -` |
| * Number only the lines with printable text: |
| `nl -t {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number all lines including blank lines: |
| `nl -b a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number only the body lines that match a basic regular expression (BRE) pattern: |
| `nl -b p'FooBar[0-9]' {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-check-ignore command,,"# git check-ignore |
| > Analyze and debug Git ignore/exclude ("".gitignore"") files. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ignore. |
| * Check whether a file or directory is ignored: |
| `git check-ignore {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Check whether multiple files or directories are ignored: |
| `git check-ignore {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Use pathnames, one per line, from `stdin`: |
| `git check-ignore --stdin < {{path/to/file_list}}` |
| * Do not check the index (used to debug why paths were tracked and not ignored): |
| `git check-ignore --no-index {{path/to/files_or_directories}}` |
| * Include details about the matching pattern for each path: |
| `git check-ignore --verbose {{path/to/files_or_directories}}`" |
| What is tcpdump command,,"# tcpdump |
| > Dump traffic on a network. More information: https://www.tcpdump.org. |
| * List available network interfaces: |
| `tcpdump -D` |
| * Capture the traffic of a specific interface: |
| `tcpdump -i {{eth0}}` |
| * Capture all TCP traffic showing contents (ASCII) in console: |
| `tcpdump -A tcp` |
| * Capture the traffic from or to a host: |
| `tcpdump host {{www.example.com}}` |
| * Capture the traffic from a specific interface, source, destination and destination port: |
| `tcpdump -i {{eth0}} src {{192.168.1.1}} and dst {{192.168.1.2}} and dst port |
| {{80}}` |
| * Capture the traffic of a network: |
| `tcpdump net {{192.168.1.0/24}}` |
| * Capture all traffic except traffic over port 22 and save to a dump file: |
| `tcpdump -w {{dumpfile.pcap}} port not {{22}}` |
| * Read from a given dump file: |
| `tcpdump -r {{dumpfile.pcap}}`" |
| What is users command,,"# users |
| > Display a list of logged in users. See also: `useradd`, `userdel`, |
| > `usermod`. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/users. |
| * Print logged in usernames: |
| `users` |
| * Print logged in usernames according to a given file: |
| `users {{/var/log/wmtp}}`" |
| What is git-rev-list command,,"# git rev-list |
| > List revisions (commits) in reverse chronological order. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-list. |
| * List all commits on the current branch: |
| `git rev-list {{HEAD}}` |
| * Print the latest commit that changed (add/edit/remove) a specific file on the current branch: |
| `git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- {{path/to/file}}` |
| * List commits more recent than a specific date, on a specific branch: |
| `git rev-list --since={{'2019-12-01 00:00:00'}} {{branch_name}}` |
| * List all merge commits on a specific commit: |
| `git rev-list --merges {{commit}}` |
| * Print the number of commits since a specific tag: |
| `git rev-list {{tag_name}}..HEAD --count`" |
| What is lpr command,,"# lpr |
| > CUPS tool for printing files. See also: `lpstat` and `lpadmin`. More |
| > information: https://www.cups.org/doc/man-lpr.html. |
| * Print a file to the default printer: |
| `lpr {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print 2 copies: |
| `lpr -# {{2}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print to a named printer: |
| `lpr -P {{printer}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print either a single page (e.g. 2) or a range of pages (e.g. 2–16): |
| `lpr -o page-ranges={{2|2-16}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print double-sided either in portrait (long) or in landscape (short): |
| `lpr -o sides={{two-sided-long-edge|two-sided-short-edge}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Set page size (more options may be available depending on setup): |
| `lpr -o media={{a4|letter|legal}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print multiple pages per sheet: |
| `lpr -o number-up={{2|4|6|9|16}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is lp command,,"# lp |
| > Print files. More information: https://manned.org/lp. |
| * Print the output of a command to the default printer (see `lpstat` command): |
| `echo ""test"" | lp` |
| * Print a file to the default printer: |
| `lp {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print a file to a named printer (see `lpstat` command): |
| `lp -d {{printer_name}} {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print N copies of file to default printer (replace N with desired number of copies): |
| `lp -n {{N}} {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print only certain pages to the default printer (print pages 1, 3-5, and 16): |
| `lp -P 1,3-5,16 {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Resume printing a job: |
| `lp -i {{job_id}} -H resume`" |
| What is uptime command,,"# uptime |
| > Tell how long the system has been running and other information. More |
| > information: https://ss64.com/osx/uptime.html. |
| * Print current time, uptime, number of logged-in users and other information: |
| `uptime`" |
| What is git-count-objects command,,"# git count-objects |
| > Count the number of unpacked objects and their disk consumption. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-count-objects. |
| * Count all objects and display the total disk usage: |
| `git count-objects` |
| * Display a count of all objects and their total disk usage, displaying sizes in human-readable units: |
| `git count-objects --human-readable` |
| * Display more verbose information: |
| `git count-objects --verbose` |
| * Display more verbose information, displaying sizes in human-readable units: |
| `git count-objects --human-readable --verbose`" |
| What is git-shortlog command,,"# git shortlog |
| > Summarizes the `git log` output. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-shortlog. |
| * View a summary of all the commits made, grouped alphabetically by author name: |
| `git shortlog` |
| * View a summary of all the commits made, sorted by the number of commits made: |
| `git shortlog -n` |
| * View a summary of all the commits made, grouped by the committer identities (name and email): |
| `git shortlog -c` |
| * View a summary of the last 5 commits (i.e. specify a revision range): |
| `git shortlog HEAD~{{5}}..HEAD` |
| * View all users, emails and the number of commits in the current branch: |
| `git shortlog -sne` |
| * View all users, emails and the number of commits in all branches: |
| `git shortlog -sne --all`" |
| What is pv command,,"# pv |
| > Monitor the progress of data through a pipe. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pv. |
| * Print the contents of the file and display a progress bar: |
| `pv {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Measure the speed and amount of data flow between pipes (`--size` is optional): |
| `command1 | pv --size {{expected_amount_of_data_for_eta}} | command2` |
| * Filter a file, see both progress and amount of output data: |
| `pv -cN in {{big_text_file}} | grep {{pattern}} | pv -cN out > |
| {{filtered_file}}` |
| * Attach to an already running process and see its file reading progress: |
| `pv -d {{PID}}` |
| * Read an erroneous file, skip errors as `dd conv=sync,noerror` would: |
| `pv -EE {{path/to/faulty_media}} > image.img` |
| * Stop reading after reading specified amount of data, rate limit to 1K/s: |
| `pv -L 1K --stop-at --size {{maximum_file_size_to_be_read}}`" |
| What is nl command,,"# nl |
| > A utility for numbering lines, either from a file, or from `stdin`. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nl. |
| * Number non-blank lines in a file: |
| `nl {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Read from `stdout`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | nl {{options}} -` |
| * Number only the lines with printable text: |
| `nl -t {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number all lines including blank lines: |
| `nl -b a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number only the body lines that match a basic regular expression (BRE) pattern: |
| `nl -b p'FooBar[0-9]' {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-svn command,,"# git svn |
| > Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-svn. |
| * Clone an SVN repository: |
| `git svn clone {{https://example.com/subversion_repo}} {{local_dir}}` |
| * Clone an SVN repository starting at a given revision number: |
| `git svn clone -r{{1234}}:HEAD {{https://svn.example.net/subversion/repo}} |
| {{local_dir}}` |
| * Update local clone from the remote SVN repository: |
| `git svn rebase` |
| * Fetch updates from the remote SVN repository without changing the Git HEAD: |
| `git svn fetch` |
| * Commit back to the SVN repository: |
| `git svn dcommit`" |
| What is grep command,,"# grep |
| > Find patterns in files using regular expressions. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html. |
| * Search for a pattern within a file: |
| `grep ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions): |
| `grep --fixed-strings ""{{exact_string}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, showing line numbers of matches, ignoring binary files: |
| `grep --recursive --line-number --binary-files={{without-match}} |
| ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Use extended regular expressions (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`), in case-insensitive mode: |
| `grep --extended-regexp --ignore-case ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print 3 lines of context around, before, or after each match: |
| `grep --{{context|before-context|after-context}}={{3}} ""{{search_pattern}}"" |
| {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print file name and line number for each match with color output: |
| `grep --with-filename --line-number --color=always ""{{search_pattern}}"" |
| {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text: |
| `grep --only-matching ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search `stdin` for lines that do not match a pattern: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | grep --invert-match ""{{search_pattern}}""`" |
| What is systemd-run command,,"# systemd-run |
| > Run programs in transient scope units, service units, or path-, socket-, or |
| > timer-triggered service units. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-run.html. |
| * Start a transient service: |
| `sudo systemd-run {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Start a transient service under the service manager of the current user (no privileges): |
| `systemd-run --user {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Start a transient service with a custom unit name and description: |
| `sudo systemd-run --unit={{name}} --description={{string}} {{command}} |
| {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Start a transient service that does not get cleaned up after it terminates with a custom environment variable: |
| `sudo systemd-run --remain-after-exit --set-env={{name}}={{value}} {{command}} |
| {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Start a transient timer that periodically runs its transient service (see `man systemd.time` for calendar event format): |
| `sudo systemd-run --on-calendar={{calendar_event}} {{command}} {{argument1 |
| argument2 ...}}` |
| * Share the terminal with the program (allowing interactive input/output) and make sure the execution details remain after the program exits: |
| `systemd-run --remain-after-exit --pty {{command}}` |
| * Set properties (e.g. CPUQuota, MemoryMax) of the process and wait until it exits: |
| `systemd-run --property MemoryMax={{memory_in_bytes}} --property |
| CPUQuota={{percentage_of_CPU_time}}% --wait {{command}}` |
| * Use the program in a shell pipeline: |
| `{{command1}} | systemd-run --pipe {{command2}} | {{command3}}`" |
| What is tput command,,"# tput |
| > View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/tput. |
| * Move the cursor to a screen location: |
| `tput cup {{row}} {{column}}` |
| * Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color: |
| `tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}` |
| * Show number of columns, lines, or colors: |
| `tput {{cols|lines|colors}}` |
| * Ring the terminal bell: |
| `tput bel` |
| * Reset all terminal attributes: |
| `tput sgr0` |
| * Enable or disable word wrap: |
| `tput {{smam|rmam}}`" |
| What is link command,,"# link |
| > Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the `ln` |
| > command. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/link. |
| * Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file: |
| `link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}`" |
| What is logname command,,"# logname |
| > Shows the user's login name. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/logname. |
| * Display the currently logged in user's name: |
| `logname`" |
| What is iconv command,,"# iconv |
| > Converts text from one encoding to another. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/iconv. |
| * Convert file to a specific encoding, and print to `stdout`: |
| `iconv -f {{from_encoding}} -t {{to_encoding}} {{input_file}}` |
| * Convert file to the current locale's encoding, and output to a file: |
| `iconv -f {{from_encoding}} {{input_file}} > {{output_file}}` |
| * List supported encodings: |
| `iconv -l`" |
| What is paste command,,"# paste |
| > Merge lines of files. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste. |
| * Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter: |
| `paste -s {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter: |
| `paste -s -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using TAB as delimiter: |
| `paste {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using the specified delimiter: |
| `paste -d {{delimiter}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Merge two files, with lines added alternatively: |
| `paste -d '\n' {{file1}} {{file2}}`" |
| What is ls command,,"# ls |
| > List directory contents. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ls. |
| * List files one per line: |
| `ls -1` |
| * List all files, including hidden files: |
| `ls -a` |
| * List all files, with trailing `/` added to directory names: |
| `ls -F` |
| * Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files: |
| `ls -la` |
| * Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB): |
| `ls -lh` |
| * Long format list sorted by size (descending): |
| `ls -lS` |
| * Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first): |
| `ls -ltr` |
| * Only list directories: |
| `ls -d */`" |
| What is mktemp command,,"# mktemp |
| > Create a temporary file or directory. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/mktemp.html. |
| * Create an empty temporary file and print the absolute path to it: |
| `mktemp` |
| * Create an empty temporary file with a given suffix and print the absolute path to file: |
| `mktemp --suffix ""{{.ext}}""` |
| * Create a temporary directory and print the absolute path to it: |
| `mktemp -d`" |
| What is git-range-diff command,,"# git range-diff |
| > Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch). More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-range-diff. |
| * Diff the changes of two individual commits: |
| `git range-diff {{commit_1}}^! {{commit_2}}^!` |
| * Diff the changes of ours and theirs from their common ancestor, e.g. after an interactive rebase: |
| `git range-diff {{theirs}}...{{ours}}` |
| * Diff the changes of two commit ranges, e.g. to check whether conflicts have been resolved appropriately when rebasing commits from `base1` to `base2`: |
| `git range-diff {{base1}}..{{rev1}} {{base2}}..{{rev2}}`" |
| What is quilt command,,"# quilt |
| > Tool to manage a series of patches. More information: |
| > https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt. |
| * Import an existing patch from a file: |
| `quilt import {{path/to/filename.patch}}` |
| * Create a new patch: |
| `quilt new {{filename.patch}}` |
| * Add a file to the current patch: |
| `quilt add {{path/to/file}}` |
| * After editing the file, refresh the current patch with the changes: |
| `quilt refresh` |
| * Apply all the patches in the series file: |
| `quilt push -a` |
| * Remove all applied patches: |
| `quilt pop -a`" |
| What is nohup command,,"# nohup |
| > Allows for a process to live when the terminal gets killed. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup. |
| * Run a process that can live beyond the terminal: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Launch `nohup` in background mode: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} &` |
| * Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal: |
| `nohup {{path/to/script.sh}} &` |
| * Run a process and write the output to a specific file: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} &`" |
| What is expand command,,"# expand |
| > Convert tabs to spaces. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand. |
| * Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to `stdout`: |
| `expand {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert tabs to spaces, reading from `stdin`: |
| `expand` |
| * Do not convert tabs after non blanks: |
| `expand -i {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8: |
| `expand -t={{number}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions: |
| `expand -t={{1,4,6}}`" |
| What is strace command,,"# strace |
| > Troubleshooting tool for tracing system calls. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/strace. |
| * Start tracing a specific process by its PID: |
| `strace -p {{pid}}` |
| * Trace a process and filter output by system call: |
| `strace -p {{pid}} -e {{system_call_name}}` |
| * Count time, calls, and errors for each system call and report a summary on program exit: |
| `strace -p {{pid}} -c` |
| * Show the time spent in every system call: |
| `strace -p {{pid}} -T` |
| * Start tracing a program by executing it: |
| `strace {{program}}` |
| * Start tracing file operations of a program: |
| `strace -e trace=file {{program}}`" |
| What is cmp command,,"# cmp |
| > Compare two files byte by byte. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Invoking-cmp.html. |
| * Output char and line number of the first difference between two files: |
| `cmp {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Output info of the first difference: char, line number, bytes, and values: |
| `cmp --print-bytes {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Output the byte numbers and values of every difference: |
| `cmp --verbose {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare files but output nothing, yield only the exit status: |
| `cmp --quiet {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is chmod command,,"# chmod |
| > Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chmod. |
| * Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it: |
| `chmod u+x {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory: |
| `chmod u+rw {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup: |
| `chmod g-x {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute: |
| `chmod a+rx {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup: |
| `chmod o=g {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Remove all rights from [o]thers: |
| `chmod o= {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite: |
| `chmod -R g+w,o+w {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files and e[X]ecute permissions to sub-directories within a directory: |
| `chmod -R a+rX {{path/to/directory}}`" |
| What is chsh command,,"# chsh |
| > Change user's login shell. More information: https://manned.org/chsh. |
| * Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively: |
| `chsh` |
| * Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user: |
| `chsh -s {{path/to/shell}}` |
| * Set a login [s]hell for a specific user: |
| `chsh -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}` |
| * [l]ist available shells: |
| `chsh -l`" |
| What is coredumpctl command,,"# coredumpctl |
| > Retrieve and process saved core dumps and metadata. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/coredumpctl.html. |
| * List all captured core dumps: |
| `coredumpctl list` |
| * List captured core dumps for a program: |
| `coredumpctl list {{program}}` |
| * Show information about the core dumps matching a program with `PID`: |
| `coredumpctl info {{PID}}` |
| * Invoke debugger using the last core dump of a program: |
| `coredumpctl debug {{program}}` |
| * Extract the last core dump of a program to a file: |
| `coredumpctl --output={{path/to/file}} dump {{program}}`" |
| What is git-check-mailmap command,,"# git check-mailmap |
| > Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-mailmap. |
| * Look up the canonical name associated with an email address: |
| `git check-mailmap ""<{{email@example.com}}>""`" |
| What is top command,,"# top |
| > Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. More |
| > information: https://ss64.com/osx/top.html. |
| * Start `top`, all options are available in the interface: |
| `top` |
| * Start `top` sorting processes by internal memory size (default order - process ID): |
| `top -o mem` |
| * Start `top` sorting processes first by CPU, then by running time: |
| `top -o cpu -O time` |
| * Start `top` displaying only processes owned by given user: |
| `top -user {{user_name}}` |
| * Get help about interactive commands: |
| `?`" |
| What is unshare command,,"# unshare |
| > Execute a command in new user-defined namespaces. More information: |
| > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/unshare.html. |
| * Execute a command without sharing access to connected networks: |
| `unshare --net {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Execute a command as a child process without sharing mounts, processes, or networks: |
| `unshare --mount --pid --net --fork {{command}} {{command_arguments}}`" |
| What is git-switch command,,"# git switch |
| > Switch between Git branches. Requires Git version 2.23+. See also `git |
| > checkout`. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-switch. |
| * Switch to an existing branch: |
| `git switch {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create a new branch and switch to it: |
| `git switch --create {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create a new branch based on an existing commit and switch to it: |
| `git switch --create {{branch_name}} {{commit}}` |
| * Switch to the previous branch: |
| `git switch -` |
| * Switch to a branch and update all submodules to match: |
| `git switch --recurse-submodules {{branch_name}}` |
| * Switch to a branch and automatically merge the current branch and any uncommitted changes into it: |
| `git switch --merge {{branch_name}}`" |
| What is dpkg command,,"# dpkg |
| > Debian package manager. Some subcommands such as `dpkg deb` have their own |
| > usage documentation. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see |
| > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: |
| > https://manpages.debian.org/latest/dpkg/dpkg.html. |
| * Install a package: |
| `dpkg -i {{path/to/file.deb}}` |
| * Remove a package: |
| `dpkg -r {{package}}` |
| * List installed packages: |
| `dpkg -l {{pattern}}` |
| * List a package's contents: |
| `dpkg -L {{package}}` |
| * List contents of a local package file: |
| `dpkg -c {{path/to/file.deb}}` |
| * Find out which package owns a file: |
| `dpkg -S {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is m4 command,,"# m4 |
| > Macro processor. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/m4. |
| * Process macros in a file: |
| `m4 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Define a macro before processing files: |
| `m4 -D{{macro_name}}={{macro_value}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-check-ref-format command,,"# git check-ref-format |
| > Checks if a given refname is acceptable, and exits with a non-zero status if |
| > it is not. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ref-format. |
| * Check the format of the specified refname: |
| `git check-ref-format {{refs/head/refname}}` |
| * Print the name of the last branch checked out: |
| `git check-ref-format --branch @{-1}` |
| * Normalize a refname: |
| `git check-ref-format --normalize {{refs/head/refname}}`" |
| What is date command,,"# date |
| > Set or display the system date. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/date.html. |
| * Display the current date using the default locale's format: |
| `date +%c` |
| * Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format: |
| `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ` |
| * Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch): |
| `date +%s` |
| * Display a specific date (represented as a Unix timestamp) using the default format: |
| `date -r 1473305798`" |
| What is git-rebase command,,"# git rebase |
| > Reapply commits from one branch on top of another branch. Commonly used to |
| > ""move"" an entire branch to another base, creating copies of the commits in |
| > the new location. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase. |
| * Rebase the current branch on top of another specified branch: |
| `git rebase {{new_base_branch}}` |
| * Start an interactive rebase, which allows the commits to be reordered, omitted, combined or modified: |
| `git rebase -i {{target_base_branch_or_commit_hash}}` |
| * Continue a rebase that was interrupted by a merge failure, after editing conflicting files: |
| `git rebase --continue` |
| * Continue a rebase that was paused due to merge conflicts, by skipping the conflicted commit: |
| `git rebase --skip` |
| * Abort a rebase in progress (e.g. if it is interrupted by a merge conflict): |
| `git rebase --abort` |
| * Move part of the current branch onto a new base, providing the old base to start from: |
| `git rebase --onto {{new_base}} {{old_base}}` |
| * Reapply the last 5 commits in-place, stopping to allow them to be reordered, omitted, combined or modified: |
| `git rebase -i {{HEAD~5}}` |
| * Auto-resolve any conflicts by favoring the working branch version (`theirs` keyword has reversed meaning in this case): |
| `git rebase -X theirs {{branch_name}}`" |
| What is git-commit-graph command,,"# git commit-graph |
| > Write and verify Git commit-graph files. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-commit-graph. |
| * Write a commit-graph file for the packed commits in the repository's local `.git` directory: |
| `git commit-graph write` |
| * Write a commit-graph file containing all reachable commits: |
| `git show-ref --hash | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits` |
| * Write a commit-graph file containing all commits in the current commit-graph file along with those reachable from `HEAD`: |
| `git rev-parse {{HEAD}} | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append`" |
| What is chroot command,,"# chroot |
| > Run command or interactive shell with special root directory. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chroot. |
| * Run command as new root directory: |
| `chroot {{path/to/new/root}} {{command}}` |
| * Specify user and group (ID or name) to use: |
| `chroot --userspec={{user:group}}`" |
| What is mesg command,,"# mesg |
| > Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users, |
| > usually from the write command. See also `write`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/mesg. |
| * Check terminal's openness to write messages: |
| `mesg` |
| * Disable receiving messages from the write command: |
| `mesg n` |
| * Enable receiving messages from the write command: |
| `mesg y`" |
| What is grep command,,"# grep |
| > Find patterns in files using regular expressions. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html. |
| * Search for a pattern within a file: |
| `grep ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions): |
| `grep --fixed-strings ""{{exact_string}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, showing line numbers of matches, ignoring binary files: |
| `grep --recursive --line-number --binary-files={{without-match}} |
| ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Use extended regular expressions (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`), in case-insensitive mode: |
| `grep --extended-regexp --ignore-case ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print 3 lines of context around, before, or after each match: |
| `grep --{{context|before-context|after-context}}={{3}} ""{{search_pattern}}"" |
| {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print file name and line number for each match with color output: |
| `grep --with-filename --line-number --color=always ""{{search_pattern}}"" |
| {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text: |
| `grep --only-matching ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search `stdin` for lines that do not match a pattern: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | grep --invert-match ""{{search_pattern}}""`" |
| What is less command,,"# less |
| > Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More |
| > information: https://greenwoodsoftware.com/less/. |
| * Open a file: |
| `less {{source_file}}` |
| * Page down/up: |
| `<Space> (down), b (up)` |
| * Go to end/start of file: |
| `G (end), g (start)` |
| * Forward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match): |
| `/{{something}}` |
| * Backward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go to next/previous match): |
| `?{{something}}` |
| * Follow the output of the currently opened file: |
| `F` |
| * Open the current file in an editor: |
| `v` |
| * Exit: |
| `q`" |
| What is git-add command,,"# git add |
| > Adds changed files to the index. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-add. |
| * Add a file to the index: |
| `git add {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Add all files (tracked and untracked): |
| `git add -A` |
| * Only add already tracked files: |
| `git add -u` |
| * Also add ignored files: |
| `git add -f` |
| * Interactively stage parts of files: |
| `git add -p` |
| * Interactively stage parts of a given file: |
| `git add -p {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Interactively stage a file: |
| `git add -i`" |
| What is indent command,,"# indent |
| > Change the appearance of a C/C++ program by inserting or deleting |
| > whitespace. More information: |
| > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=indent. |
| * Format C/C++ source according to the Berkeley style: |
| `indent {{path/to/source_file.c}} {{path/to/indented_file.c}} -nbad -nbap -bc |
| -br -c33 -cd33 -cdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -di16 -fc1 -fcb -i4 -ip -l75 -lp -npcs |
| -nprs -psl -sc -nsob -ts8` |
| * Format C/C++ source according to the style of Kernighan & Ritchie (K&R): |
| `indent {{path/to/source_file.c}} {{path/to/indented_file.c}} -nbad -bap -nbc |
| -br -c33 -cd33 -ncdb -ce -ci4 -cli0 -cs -d0 -di1 -nfc1 -nfcb -i4 -nip -l75 -lp |
| -npcs -nprs -npsl -nsc -nsob`" |
| What is stty command,,"# stty |
| > Set options for a terminal device interface. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stty. |
| * Display all settings for the current terminal: |
| `stty --all` |
| * Set the number of rows or columns: |
| `stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}` |
| * Get the actual transfer speed of a device: |
| `stty --file {{path/to/device_file}} speed` |
| * Reset all modes to reasonable values for the current terminal: |
| `stty sane`" |
| What is git-column command,,"# git column |
| > Display data in columns. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git- |
| > column. |
| * Format `stdin` as multiple columns: |
| `ls | git column --mode={{column}}` |
| * Format `stdin` as multiple columns with a maximum width of `100`: |
| `ls | git column --mode=column --width={{100}}` |
| * Format `stdin` as multiple columns with a maximum padding of `30`: |
| `ls | git column --mode=column --padding={{30}}`" |
| What is who command,,"# who |
| > Display who is logged in and related data (processes, boot time). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/who. |
| * Display the username, line, and time of all currently logged-in sessions: |
| `who` |
| * Display information only for the current terminal session: |
| `who am i` |
| * Display all available information: |
| `who -a` |
| * Display all available information with table headers: |
| `who -a -H`" |
| What is git-notes command,,"# git notes |
| > Add or inspect object notes. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git- |
| > notes. |
| * List all notes and the objects they are attached to: |
| `git notes list` |
| * List all notes attached to a given object (defaults to HEAD): |
| `git notes list [{{object}}]` |
| * Show the notes attached to a given object (defaults to HEAD): |
| `git notes show [{{object}}]` |
| * Append a note to a specified object (opens the default text editor): |
| `git notes append {{object}}` |
| * Append a note to a specified object, specifying the message: |
| `git notes append --message=""{{message_text}}""` |
| * Edit an existing note (defaults to HEAD): |
| `git notes edit [{{object}}]` |
| * Copy a note from one object to another: |
| `git notes copy {{source_object}} {{target_object}}` |
| * Remove all the notes added to a specified object: |
| `git notes remove {{object}}`" |
| What is git-mv command,,"# git mv |
| > Move or rename files and update the Git index. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-mv. |
| * Move a file inside the repo and add the movement to the next commit: |
| `git mv {{path/to/file}} {{new/path/to/file}}` |
| * Rename a file or directory and add the renaming to the next commit: |
| `git mv {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Overwrite the file or directory in the target path if it exists: |
| `git mv --force {{path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/destination}}`" |
| What is strip command,,"# strip |
| > Discard symbols from executables or object files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/strip. |
| * Replace the input file with its stripped version: |
| `strip {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Strip symbols from a file, saving the output to a specific file: |
| `strip {{path/to/input_file}} -o {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Strip debug symbols only: |
| `strip --strip-debug {{path/to/file.o}}`" |
| What is bash command,,"# bash |
| > Bourne-Again SHell, an `sh`-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: |
| > `zsh`, `histexpand` (history expansion). More information: |
| > https://gnu.org/software/bash/. |
| * Start an interactive shell session: |
| `bash` |
| * Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs: |
| `bash --norc` |
| * Execute specific [c]ommands: |
| `bash -c ""{{echo 'bash is executed'}}""` |
| * Execute a specific script: |
| `bash {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute a specific script while printing each command before executing it: |
| `bash -x {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute a specific script and stop at the first [e]rror: |
| `bash -e {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute specific commands from `stdin`: |
| `{{echo ""echo 'bash is executed'""}} | bash` |
| * Start a [r]estricted shell session: |
| `bash -r`" |
| What is exit command,,"# exit |
| > Exit the shell. More information: https://manned.org/exit. |
| * Exit the shell with the exit code of the last command executed: |
| `exit` |
| * Exit the shell with the specified exit code: |
| `exit {{exit_code}}`" |
| What is uniq command,,"# uniq |
| > Output the unique lines from the given input or file. Since it does not |
| > detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent, we need to sort them first. |
| > More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq. |
| * Display each line once: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq` |
| * Display only unique lines: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -u` |
| * Display only duplicate lines: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -d` |
| * Display number of occurrences of each line along with that line: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -c` |
| * Display number of occurrences of each line, sorted by the most frequent: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -c | sort -nr`" |
| What is git-mailinfo command,,"# git mailinfo |
| > Extract patch and authorship information from a single email message. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-mailinfo. |
| * Extract the patch and author data from an email message: |
| `git mailinfo {{message|patch}}` |
| * Extract but remove leading and trailing whitespace: |
| `git mailinfo -k {{message|patch}}` |
| * Remove everything from the body before a scissors line (e.g. ""-->* --"") and retrieve the message or patch: |
| `git mailinfo --scissors {{message|patch}}`" |
| What is git-annotate command,,"# git annotate |
| > Show commit hash and last author on each line of a file. See `git blame`, |
| > which is preferred over `git annotate`. `git annotate` is provided for those |
| > familiar with other version control systems. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-annotate. |
| * Print a file with the author name and commit hash prepended to each line: |
| `git annotate {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print a file with the author email and commit hash prepended to each line: |
| `git annotate -e {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print only rows that match a regular expression: |
| `git annotate -L :{{regexp}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is pstree command,,"# pstree |
| > A convenient tool to show running processes as a tree. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pstree. |
| * Display a tree of processes: |
| `pstree` |
| * Display a tree of processes with PIDs: |
| `pstree -p` |
| * Display all process trees rooted at processes owned by specified user: |
| `pstree {{user}}`" |
| What is ac command,,"# ac |
| > Print statistics on how long users have been connected. More information: |
| > https://man.openbsd.org/ac. |
| * Print how long the current user has been connected in hours: |
| `ac` |
| * Print how long users have been connected in hours: |
| `ac -p` |
| * Print how long a particular user has been connected in hours: |
| `ac -p {{username}}` |
| * Print how long a particular user has been connected in hours per day (with total): |
| `ac -dp {{username}}`" |
| What is sha1sum command,,"# sha1sum |
| > Calculate SHA1 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sha1sum. |
| * Calculate the SHA1 checksum for one or more files: |
| `sha1sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of SHA1 checksums to a file: |
| `sha1sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha1}}` |
| * Calculate a SHA1 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | sha1sum` |
| * Read a file of SHA1 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `sha1sum --check {{path/to/file.sha1}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `sha1sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha1}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `sha1sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha1}}`" |
| What is ed command,,"# ed |
| > The original Unix text editor. See also: `awk`, `sed`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html. |
| * Start an interactive editor session with an empty document: |
| `ed` |
| * Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and a specific [p]rompt: |
| `ed -p '> '` |
| * Start an interactive editor session with an empty document and without diagnostics, byte counts and '!' prompt: |
| `ed -s` |
| * Edit a specific file (this shows the byte count of the loaded file): |
| `ed {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Replace a string with a specific replacement for all lines: |
| `,s/{{regular_expression}}/{{replacement}}/g`" |
| What is systemd-analyze command,,"# systemd-analyze |
| > Analyze and debug system manager. Show timing details about the boot process |
| > of units (services, mount points, devices, sockets). More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-analyze.html. |
| * List all running units, ordered by the time they took to initialize: |
| `systemd-analyze blame` |
| * Print a tree of the time-critical chain of units: |
| `systemd-analyze critical-chain` |
| * Create an SVG file showing when each system service started, highlighting the time that they spent on initialization: |
| `systemd-analyze plot > {{path/to/file.svg}}` |
| * Plot a dependency graph and convert it to an SVG file: |
| `systemd-analyze dot | dot -T{{svg}} > {{path/to/file.svg}}` |
| * Show security scores of running units: |
| `systemd-analyze security`" |
| What is timeout command,,"# timeout |
| > Run a command with a time limit. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/timeout. |
| * Run `sleep 10` and terminate it, if it runs for more than 3 seconds: |
| `timeout {{3s}} {{sleep 10}}` |
| * Specify the signal to be sent to the command after the time limit expires. (By default, TERM is sent): |
| `timeout --signal {{INT}} {{5s}} {{sleep 10}}`" |
| What is git-am command,,"# git am |
| > Apply patch files and create a commit. Useful when receiving commits via |
| > email. See also `git format-patch`, which can generate patch files. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-am. |
| * Apply and commit changes following a local patch file: |
| `git am {{path/to/file.patch}}` |
| * Apply and commit changes following a remote patch file: |
| `curl -L {{https://example.com/file.patch}} | git apply` |
| * Abort the process of applying a patch file: |
| `git am --abort` |
| * Apply as much of a patch file as possible, saving failed hunks to reject files: |
| `git am --reject {{path/to/file.patch}}`" |
| What is strings command,,"# strings |
| > Find printable strings in an object file or binary. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/strings. |
| * Print all strings in a binary: |
| `strings {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Limit results to strings at least length characters long: |
| `strings -n {{length}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Prefix each result with its offset within the file: |
| `strings -t d {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Prefix each result with its offset within the file in hexadecimal: |
| `strings -t x {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-pull command,,"# git pull |
| > Fetch branch from a remote repository and merge it to local repository. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-pull. |
| * Download changes from default remote repository and merge it: |
| `git pull` |
| * Download changes from default remote repository and use fast-forward: |
| `git pull --rebase` |
| * Download changes from given remote repository and branch, then merge them into HEAD: |
| `git pull {{remote_name}} {{branch}}`" |
| What is yacc command,,"# yacc |
| > Generate an LALR parser (in C) with a given formal grammar specification |
| > file. See also: `bison`. More information: https://manned.org/man/yacc.1p. |
| * Create a file `y.tab.c` containing the C parser code and compile the grammar file with all necessary constant declarations for values. (Constant declarations file `y.tab.h` is created only when the `-d` flag is used): |
| `yacc -d {{path/to/grammar_file.y}}` |
| * Compile a grammar file containing the description of the parser and a report of conflicts generated by ambiguities in the grammar: |
| `yacc -d {{path/to/grammar_file.y}} -v` |
| * Compile a grammar file, and prefix output filenames with `prefix` instead of `y`: |
| `yacc -d {{path/to/grammar_file.y}} -v -b {{prefix}}`" |
| What is df command,,"# df |
| > Gives an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/df. |
| * Display all filesystems and their disk usage: |
| `df` |
| * Display all filesystems and their disk usage in human-readable form: |
| `df -h` |
| * Display the filesystem and its disk usage containing the given file or directory: |
| `df {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Display statistics on the number of free inodes: |
| `df -i` |
| * Display filesystems but exclude the specified types: |
| `df -x {{squashfs}} -x {{tmpfs}}`" |
| What is ipcmk command,,"# ipcmk |
| > Create IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/ipcmk. |
| * Create a shared memory segment: |
| `ipcmk --shmem {{segment_size_in_bytes}}` |
| * Create a semaphore: |
| `ipcmk --semaphore {{element_size}}` |
| * Create a message queue: |
| `ipcmk --queue` |
| * Create a shared memory segment with specific permissions (default is 0644): |
| `ipcmk --shmem {{segment_size_in_bytes}} {{octal_permissions}}`" |
| What is newgrp command,,"# newgrp |
| > Switch primary group membership. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/newgrp. |
| * Change user's primary group membership: |
| `newgrp {{group_name}}` |
| * Reset primary group membership to user's default group in `/etc/passwd`: |
| `newgrp`" |
| What is ssh-agent command,,"# ssh-agent |
| > Spawn an SSH Agent process. An SSH Agent holds SSH keys decrypted in memory |
| > until removed or the process is killed. See also `ssh-add`, which can add |
| > and manage keys held by an SSH Agent. More information: |
| > https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-agent. |
| * Start an SSH Agent for the current shell: |
| `eval $(ssh-agent)` |
| * Kill the currently running agent: |
| `ssh-agent -k`" |
| What is basenc command,,"# basenc |
| > Encode or decode file or `stdin` using a specified encoding, to `stdout`. |
| > More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basenc. |
| * Encode a file with base64 encoding: |
| `basenc --base64 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Decode a file with base64 encoding: |
| `basenc --decode --base64 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Encode from `stdin` with base32 encoding with 42 columns: |
| `{{command}} | basenc --base32 -w42` |
| * Encode from `stdin` with base32 encoding: |
| `{{command}} | basenc --base32`" |
| What is locale command,,"# locale |
| > Get locale-specific information. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/locale. |
| * List all global environment variables describing the user's locale: |
| `locale` |
| * List all available locales: |
| `locale --all-locales` |
| * Display all available locales and the associated metadata: |
| `locale --all-locales --verbose` |
| * Display the current date format: |
| `locale date_fmt`" |
| What is unlink command,,"# unlink |
| > Remove a link to a file from the filesystem. The file contents is lost if |
| > the link is the last one to the file. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unlink. |
| * Remove the specified file if it is the last link: |
| `unlink {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is diff3 command,,"# diff3 |
| > Compare three files line by line. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Invoking-diff3.html. |
| * Compare files: |
| `diff3 {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}` |
| * Show all changes, outlining conflicts: |
| `diff3 --show-all {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}`" |
| What is gpasswd command,,"# gpasswd |
| > Administer `/etc/group` and `/etc/gshadow`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/gpasswd. |
| * Define group administrators: |
| `sudo gpasswd -A {{user1,user2}} {{group}}` |
| * Set the list of group members: |
| `sudo gpasswd -M {{user1,user2}} {{group}}` |
| * Create a password for the named group: |
| `gpasswd {{group}}` |
| * Add a user to the named group: |
| `gpasswd -a {{user}} {{group}}` |
| * Remove a user from the named group: |
| `gpasswd -d {{user}} {{group}}`" |
| What is htop command,,"# htop |
| > Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. An enhanced |
| > version of `top`. More information: https://htop.dev/. |
| * Start `htop`: |
| `htop` |
| * Start `htop` displaying processes owned by a specific user: |
| `htop --user {{username}}` |
| * Sort processes by a specified `sort_item` (use `htop --sort help` for available options): |
| `htop --sort {{sort_item}}` |
| * See interactive commands while running htop: |
| `?` |
| * Switch to a different tab: |
| `tab` |
| * Display help: |
| `htop --help`" |
| What is git-show command,,"# git show |
| > Show various types of Git objects (commits, tags, etc.). More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show. |
| * Show information about the latest commit (hash, message, changes, and other metadata): |
| `git show` |
| * Show information about a given commit: |
| `git show {{commit}}` |
| * Show information about the commit associated with a given tag: |
| `git show {{tag}}` |
| * Show information about the 3rd commit from the HEAD of a branch: |
| `git show {{branch}}~{{3}}` |
| * Show a commit's message in a single line, suppressing the diff output: |
| `git show --oneline -s {{commit}}` |
| * Show only statistics (added/removed characters) about the changed files: |
| `git show --stat {{commit}}` |
| * Show only the list of added, renamed or deleted files: |
| `git show --summary {{commit}}` |
| * Show the contents of a file as it was at a given revision (e.g. branch, tag or commit): |
| `git show {{revision}}:{{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is tar command,,"# tar |
| > Archiving utility. Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or |
| > bzip2. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar. |
| * [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile: |
| `tar cf {{path/to/target.tar}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile: |
| `tar czf {{path/to/target.tar.gz}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from a directory using relative paths: |
| `tar czf {{path/to/target.tar.gz}} --directory={{path/to/directory}} .` |
| * E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the current directory [v]erbosely: |
| `tar xvf {{path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}}` |
| * E[x]tract a (compressed) archive [f]ile into the target directory: |
| `tar xf {{path/to/source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}} |
| --directory={{path/to/directory}}` |
| * [c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program: |
| `tar caf {{path/to/target.tar.xz}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Lis[t] the contents of a tar [f]ile [v]erbosely: |
| `tar tvf {{path/to/source.tar}}` |
| * E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile: |
| `tar xf {{path/to/source.tar}} --wildcards ""{{*.html}}""`" |
| What is pr command,,"# pr |
| > Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pr. |
| * Print multiple files with a default header and footer: |
| `pr {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with a custom centered header: |
| `pr -h ""{{header}}"" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with numbered lines and a custom date format: |
| `pr -n -D ""{{format}}"" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer: |
| `pr -m -T {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print, beginning at page 2 up to page 5, with a given page length (including header and footer): |
| `pr +{{2}}:{{5}} -l {{page_length}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with an offset for each line and a truncating custom page width: |
| `pr -o {{offset}} -W {{width}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`" |
| What is git-restore command,,"# git restore |
| > Restore working tree files. Requires Git version 2.23+. See also `git |
| > checkout` and `git reset`. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git- |
| > restore. |
| * Restore an unstaged file to the version of the current commit (HEAD): |
| `git restore {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Restore an unstaged file to the version of a specific commit: |
| `git restore --source {{commit}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Discard all unstaged changes to tracked files: |
| `git restore :/` |
| * Unstage a file: |
| `git restore --staged {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Unstage all files: |
| `git restore --staged :/` |
| * Discard all changes to files, both staged and unstaged: |
| `git restore --worktree --staged :/` |
| * Interactively select sections of files to restore: |
| `git restore --patch`" |
| What is git-archive command,,"# git archive |
| > Create an archive of files from a named tree. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-archive. |
| * Create a tar archive from the contents of the current HEAD and print it to `stdout`: |
| `git archive --verbose HEAD` |
| * Create a zip archive from the current HEAD and print it to `stdout`: |
| `git archive --verbose --format=zip HEAD` |
| * Same as above, but write the zip archive to file: |
| `git archive --verbose --output={{path/to/file.zip}} HEAD` |
| * Create a tar archive from the contents of the latest commit on a specific branch: |
| `git archive --output={{path/to/file.tar}} {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create a tar archive from the contents of a specific directory: |
| `git archive --output={{path/to/file.tar}} HEAD:{{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Prepend a path to each file to archive it inside a specific directory: |
| `git archive --output={{path/to/file.tar}} --prefix={{path/to/prepend}}/ HEAD`" |
| What is uname command,,"# uname |
| > Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on |
| > it. Note: for additional information about the operating system, try the |
| > `sw_vers` command. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/uname.html. |
| * Print kernel name: |
| `uname` |
| * Print system architecture and processor information: |
| `uname -mp` |
| * Print kernel name, kernel release and kernel version: |
| `uname -srv` |
| * Print system hostname: |
| `uname -n` |
| * Print all available system information: |
| `uname -a`" |
| What is tee command,,"# tee |
| > Read from `stdin` and write to `stdout` and files (or commands). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tee. |
| * Copy `stdin` to each file, and also to `stdout`: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Append to the given files, do not overwrite: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee -a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print `stdin` to the terminal, and also pipe it into another program for further processing: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee {{/dev/tty}} | {{xargs printf ""[%s]""}}` |
| * Create a directory called ""example"", count the number of characters in ""example"" and write ""example"" to the terminal: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee >(xargs mkdir) >(wc -c)`" |
| What is join command,,"# join |
| > Join lines of two sorted files on a common field. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join. |
| * Join two files on the first (default) field: |
| `join {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join two files using a comma (instead of a space) as the field separator: |
| `join -t {{','}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join field3 of file1 with field1 of file2: |
| `join -1 {{3}} -2 {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Produce a line for each unpairable line for file1: |
| `join -a {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join a file from `stdin`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1}} | join - {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is pidof command,,"# pidof |
| > Gets the ID of a process using its name. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pidof. |
| * List all process IDs with given name: |
| `pidof {{bash}}` |
| * List a single process ID with given name: |
| `pidof -s {{bash}}` |
| * List process IDs including scripts with given name: |
| `pidof -x {{script.py}}` |
| * Kill all processes with given name: |
| `kill $(pidof {{name}})`" |
| What is wait command,,"# wait |
| > Wait for a process to complete before proceeding. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/wait. |
| * Wait for a process to finish given its process ID (PID) and return its exit status: |
| `wait {{pid}}` |
| * Wait for all processes known to the invoking shell to finish: |
| `wait`" |
| What is git-difftool command,,"# git difftool |
| > Show file changes using external diff tools. Accepts the same options and |
| > arguments as `git diff`. See also: `git diff`. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-difftool. |
| * List available diff tools: |
| `git difftool --tool-help` |
| * Set the default diff tool to meld: |
| `git config --global diff.tool ""{{meld}}""` |
| * Use the default diff tool to show staged changes: |
| `git difftool --staged` |
| * Use a specific tool (opendiff) to show changes since a given commit: |
| `git difftool --tool={{opendiff}} {{commit}}`" |
| What is wc command,,"# wc |
| > Count lines, words, or bytes. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/wc.html. |
| * Count lines in file: |
| `wc -l {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Count words in file: |
| `wc -w {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Count characters (bytes) in file: |
| `wc -c {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Count characters in file (taking multi-byte character sets into account): |
| `wc -m {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Use `stdin` to count lines, words and characters (bytes) in that order: |
| `{{find .}} | wc`" |
| What is passwd command,,"# passwd |
| > Passwd is a tool used to change a user's password. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/passwd. |
| * Change the password of the current user interactively: |
| `passwd` |
| * Change the password of a specific user: |
| `passwd {{username}}` |
| * Get the current status of the user: |
| `passwd -S` |
| * Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless): |
| `passwd -d`" |
| What is command command,,"# command |
| > Command forces the shell to execute the program and ignore any functions, |
| > builtins and aliases with the same name. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/command. |
| * Execute the `ls` program literally, even if an `ls` alias exists: |
| `command {{ls}}` |
| * Display the path to the executable or the alias definition of a specific command: |
| `command -v {{command_name}}`" |
| What is getent command,,"# getent |
| > Get entries from Name Service Switch libraries. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/getent. |
| * Get list of all groups: |
| `getent group` |
| * See the members of a group: |
| `getent group {{group_name}}` |
| * Get list of all services: |
| `getent services` |
| * Find a username by UID: |
| `getent passwd 1000` |
| * Perform a reverse DNS lookup: |
| `getent hosts {{host}}`" |
| What is dd command,,"# dd |
| > Convert and copy a file. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode- |
| > man-pages/dd.1.html. |
| * Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_device}} status=progress` |
| * Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MB block, ignore error and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{/dev/source_device}} of={{/dev/dest_device}} bs={{4m}} |
| conv={{noerror}} status=progress` |
| * Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver: |
| `dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}` |
| * Benchmark the write performance of a disk: |
| `dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/1GB_file}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}` |
| * Generate a system backup into an IMG file and show the progress: |
| `dd if=/dev/{{drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}} status=progress` |
| * Restore a drive from an IMG file and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}} status=progress` |
| * Check the progress of an ongoing dd operation (run this command from another shell): |
| `kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^dd)`" |
| What is join command,,"# join |
| > Join lines of two sorted files on a common field. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join. |
| * Join two files on the first (default) field: |
| `join {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join two files using a comma (instead of a space) as the field separator: |
| `join -t {{','}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join field3 of file1 with field1 of file2: |
| `join -1 {{3}} -2 {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Produce a line for each unpairable line for file1: |
| `join -a {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Join a file from `stdin`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1}} | join - {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is bg command,,"# bg |
| > Resumes jobs that have been suspended (e.g. using `Ctrl + Z`), and keeps |
| > them running in the background. More information: https://manned.org/bg. |
| * Resume the most recently suspended job and run it in the background: |
| `bg` |
| * Resume a specific job (use `jobs -l` to get its ID) and run it in the background: |
| `bg %{{job_id}}`" |
| What is git-var command,,"# git var |
| > Prints a Git logical variable's value. See `git config`, which is preferred |
| > over `git var`. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-var. |
| * Print the value of a Git logical variable: |
| `git var {{GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT|GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT|GIT_EDITOR|GIT_PAGER}}` |
| * [l]ist all Git logical variables: |
| `git var -l`" |
| What is make command,,"# make |
| > Task runner for targets described in Makefile. Mostly used to control the |
| > compilation of an executable from source code. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html. |
| * Call the first target specified in the Makefile (usually named ""all""): |
| `make` |
| * Call a specific target: |
| `make {{target}}` |
| * Call a specific target, executing 4 jobs at a time in parallel: |
| `make -j{{4}} {{target}}` |
| * Use a specific Makefile: |
| `make --file {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Execute make from another directory: |
| `make --directory {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Force making of a target, even if source files are unchanged: |
| `make --always-make {{target}}` |
| * Override a variable defined in the Makefile: |
| `make {{target}} {{variable}}={{new_value}}` |
| * Override variables defined in the Makefile by the environment: |
| `make --environment-overrides {{target}}`" |
| What is uudecode command,,"# uudecode |
| > Decode files encoded by `uuencode`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/uudecode. |
| * Decode a file that was encoded with `uuencode` and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `uudecode {{path/to/encoded_file}}` |
| * Decode a file that was encoded with `uuencode` and write the result to a file: |
| `uudecode -o {{path/to/decoded_file}} {{path/to/encoded_file}}`" |
| What is diff command,,"# diff |
| > Compare files and directories. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man- |
| > pages/man1/diff.1.html. |
| * Compare files (lists changes to turn `old_file` into `new_file`): |
| `diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, ignoring white spaces: |
| `diff --ignore-all-space {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, showing the differences side by side: |
| `diff --side-by-side {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by `git diff`): |
| `diff --unified {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare directories recursively (shows names for differing files/directories as well as changes made to files): |
| `diff --recursive {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}` |
| * Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ: |
| `diff --recursive --brief {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}` |
| * Create a patch file for Git from the differences of two text files, treating nonexistent files as empty: |
| `diff --text --unified --new-file {{old_file}} {{new_file}} > {{diff.patch}}`" |
| What is ln command,,"# ln |
| > Creates links to files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ln. |
| * Create a symbolic link to a file or directory: |
| `ln -s {{/path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Overwrite an existing symbolic link to point to a different file: |
| `ln -sf {{/path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Create a hard link to a file: |
| `ln {{/path/to/file}} {{path/to/hardlink}}`" |
| What is cal command,,"# cal |
| > Prints calendar information. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/cal.html. |
| * Display a calendar for the current month: |
| `cal` |
| * Display previous, current and next month: |
| `cal -3` |
| * Display a calendar for a specific month (1-12 or name): |
| `cal -m {{month}}` |
| * Display a calendar for the current year: |
| `cal -y` |
| * Display a calendar for a specific year (4 digits): |
| `cal {{year}}` |
| * Display a calendar for a specific month and year: |
| `cal {{month}} {{year}}` |
| * Display date of Easter (Western Christian churches) in a given year: |
| `ncal -e {{year}}`" |
| What is file command,,"# file |
| > Determine file type. More information: https://manned.org/file. |
| * Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension: |
| `file {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside: |
| `file -z {{foo.zip}}` |
| * Allow file to work with special or device files: |
| `file -s {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file: |
| `file -k {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Determine the MIME encoding type of a file: |
| `file -i {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is vi command,,"# vi |
| > This command is an alias of `vim`. |
| * View documentation for the original command: |
| `tldr vim`" |
| What is pwdx command,,"# pwdx |
| > Print working directory of a process. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pwdx. |
| * Print current working directory of a process: |
| `pwdx {{process_id}}`" |
| What is locate command,,"# locate |
| > Find filenames quickly. More information: https://manned.org/locate. |
| * Look for pattern in the database. Note: the database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily): |
| `locate ""{{pattern}}""` |
| * Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`): |
| `locate */{{filename}}` |
| * Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files: |
| `sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb`" |
| What is rm command,,"# rm |
| > Remove files or directories. See also: `rmdir`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm. |
| * Remove specific files: |
| `rm {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones: |
| `rm -f {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files [i]nteractively prompting before each removal: |
| `rm -i {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files printing info about each removal: |
| `rm -v {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files and directories [r]ecursively: |
| `rm -r {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is ldapsearch command,,"# ldapsearch |
| > Query an LDAP directory. More information: https://docs.ldap.com/ldap- |
| > sdk/docs/tool-usages/ldapsearch.html. |
| * Query an LDAP server for all items that are a member of the given group and return the object's displayName value: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} -b |
| {{base_ou}} '{{memberOf=group1}}' displayName` |
| * Query an LDAP server with a no-newline password file for all items that are a member of the given group and return the object's displayName value: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -y '{{password_file}}' -h {{ldap_host}} -b |
| {{base_ou}} '{{memberOf=group1}}' displayName` |
| * Return 5 items that match the given filter: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} -b |
| {{base_ou}} '{{memberOf=group1}}' -z 5 displayName` |
| * Wait up to 7 seconds for a response: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} -b |
| {{base_ou}} '{{memberOf=group1}}' -l 7 displayName` |
| * Invert the filter: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} -b |
| {{base_ou}} '(!(memberOf={{group1}}))' displayName` |
| * Return all items that are part of multiple groups, returning the display name for each item: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} |
| '(&({{memberOf=group1}})({{memberOf=group2}})({{memberOf=group3}}))' |
| ""displayName""` |
| * Return all items that are members of at least 1 of the specified groups: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} |
| '(|({{memberOf=group1}})({{memberOf=group1}})({{memberOf=group3}}))' |
| displayName` |
| * Combine multiple boolean logic filters: |
| `ldapsearch -D '{{admin_DN}}' -w '{{password}}' -h {{ldap_host}} |
| '(&({{memberOf=group1}})({{memberOf=group2}})(!({{memberOf=group3}})))' |
| displayName`" |
| What is git-clean command,,"# git clean |
| > Remove untracked files from the working tree. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-clean. |
| * Delete files that are not tracked by Git: |
| `git clean` |
| * Interactively delete files that are not tracked by Git: |
| `git clean -i` |
| * Show what files would be deleted without actually deleting them: |
| `git clean --dry-run` |
| * Forcefully delete files that are not tracked by Git: |
| `git clean -f` |
| * Forcefully delete directories that are not tracked by Git: |
| `git clean -fd` |
| * Delete untracked files, including ignored files in `.gitignore` and `.git/info/exclude`: |
| `git clean -x`" |
| What is git-bugreport command,,"# git bugreport |
| > Captures debug information from the system and user, generating a text file |
| > to aid in the reporting of a bug in Git. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-bugreport. |
| * Create a new bug report file in the current directory: |
| `git bugreport` |
| * Create a new bug report file in the specified directory, creating it if it does not exist: |
| `git bugreport --output-directory {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Create a new bug report file with the specified filename suffix in `strftime` format: |
| `git bugreport --suffix {{%m%d%y}}`" |
| What is keyctl command,,"# keyctl |
| > Manipulate the Linux kernel keyring. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/keyctl. |
| * List keys in a specific keyring: |
| `keyctl list {{target_keyring}}` |
| * List current keys in the user default session: |
| `keyctl list {{@us}}` |
| * Store a key in a specific keyring: |
| `keyctl add {{type_keyring}} {{key_name}} {{key_value}} {{target_keyring}}` |
| * Store a key with its value from `stdin`: |
| `echo -n {{key_value}} | keyctl padd {{type_keyring}} {{key_name}} |
| {{target_keyring}}` |
| * Put a timeout on a key: |
| `keyctl timeout {{key_name}} {{timeout_in_seconds}}` |
| * Read a key and format it as a hex-dump if not printable: |
| `keyctl read {{key_name}}` |
| * Read a key and format as-is: |
| `keyctl pipe {{key_name}}` |
| * Revoke a key and prevent any further action on it: |
| `keyctl revoke {{key_name}}`" |
| What is dpkg-query command,,"# dpkg-query |
| > A tool that shows information about installed packages. More information: |
| > https://manpages.debian.org/latest/dpkg/dpkg-query.1.html. |
| * List all installed packages: |
| `dpkg-query --list` |
| * List installed packages matching a pattern: |
| `dpkg-query --list '{{libc6*}}'` |
| * List all files installed by a package: |
| `dpkg-query --listfiles {{libc6}}` |
| * Show information about a package: |
| `dpkg-query --status {{libc6}}` |
| * Search for packages that own files matching a pattern: |
| `dpkg-query --search {{/etc/ld.so.conf.d}}`" |
| What is git-blame command,,"# git blame |
| > Show commit hash and last author on each line of a file. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame. |
| * Print file with author name and commit hash on each line: |
| `git blame {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print file with author email and commit hash on each line: |
| `git blame -e {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print file with author name and commit hash on each line at a specific commit: |
| `git blame {{commit}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print file with author name and commit hash on each line before a specific commit: |
| `git blame {{commit}}~ {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is login command,,"# login |
| > Initiates a session for a user. More information: https://manned.org/login. |
| * Log in as a user: |
| `login {{user}}` |
| * Log in as user without authentication if user is preauthenticated: |
| `login -f {{user}}` |
| * Log in as user and preserve environment: |
| `login -p {{user}}` |
| * Log in as a user on a remote host: |
| `login -h {{host}} {{user}}`" |
| What is git-show-index command,,"# git show-index |
| > Show the packed archive index of a Git repository. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show-index. |
| * Read an IDX file for a Git packfile and dump its contents to `stdout`: |
| `git show-index {{path/to/file.idx}}` |
| * Specify the hash algorithm for the index file (experimental): |
| `git show-index --object-format={{sha1|sha256}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is crontab command,,"# crontab |
| > Schedule cron jobs to run on a time interval for the current user. More |
| > information: https://crontab.guru/. |
| * Edit the crontab file for the current user: |
| `crontab -e` |
| * Edit the crontab file for a specific user: |
| `sudo crontab -e -u {{user}}` |
| * Replace the current crontab with the contents of the given file: |
| `crontab {{path/to/file}}` |
| * View a list of existing cron jobs for current user: |
| `crontab -l` |
| * Remove all cron jobs for the current user: |
| `crontab -r` |
| * Sample job which runs at 10:00 every day (* means any value): |
| `0 10 * * * {{command_to_execute}}` |
| * Sample crontab entry, which runs a command every 10 minutes: |
| `*/10 * * * * {{command_to_execute}}` |
| * Sample crontab entry, which runs a certain script at 02:30 every Friday: |
| `30 2 * * Fri {{/absolute/path/to/script.sh}}`" |
| What is install command,,"# install |
| > Copy files and set attributes. Copy files (often executable) to a system |
| > location like `/usr/local/bin`, give them the appropriate |
| > permissions/ownership. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/install. |
| * Copy files to the destination: |
| `install {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Copy files to the destination, setting their ownership: |
| `install --owner {{user}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Copy files to the destination, setting their group ownership: |
| `install --group {{user}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Copy files to the destination, setting their `mode`: |
| `install --mode {{+x}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Copy files and apply access/modification times of source to the destination: |
| `install --preserve-timestamps {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 |
| ...}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Copy files and create the directories at the destination if they don't exist: |
| `install -D {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}`" |
| What is colrm command,,"# colrm |
| > Remove columns from `stdin`. More information: https://manned.org/colrm. |
| * Remove first column of `stdin`: |
| `colrm {{1 1}}` |
| * Remove from 3rd column till the end of each line: |
| `colrm {{3}}` |
| * Remove from the 3rd column till the 5th column of each line: |
| `colrm {{3 5}}`" |
| What is resolvectl command,,"# resolvectl |
| > Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and |
| > services. Introspect and reconfigure the DNS resolver. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/resolvectl.html. |
| * Show DNS settings: |
| `resolvectl status` |
| * Resolve the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for one or more domains: |
| `resolvectl query {{domain1 domain2 ...}}` |
| * Retrieve the domain of a specified IP address: |
| `resolvectl query {{ip_address}}` |
| * Retrieve an MX record of a domain: |
| `resolvectl --legend={{no}} --type={{MX}} query {{domain}}` |
| * Resolve an SRV record, for example _xmpp-server._tcp gmail.com: |
| `resolvectl service _{{service}}._{{protocol}} {{name}}` |
| * Retrieve the public key from an email address from an OPENPGPKEY DNS record: |
| `resolvectl openpgp {{email}}` |
| * Retrieve a TLS key: |
| `resolvectl tlsa tcp {{domain}}:443`" |
| What is ssh-keygen command,,"# ssh-keygen |
| > Generate ssh keys used for authentication, password-less logins, and other |
| > things. More information: https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen. |
| * Generate a key interactively: |
| `ssh-keygen` |
| * Generate an ed25519 key with 32 key derivation function rounds and save the key to a specific file: |
| `ssh-keygen -t {{ed25519}} -a {{32}} -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}` |
| * Generate an RSA 4096-bit key with email as a comment: |
| `ssh-keygen -t {{rsa}} -b {{4096}} -C ""{{comment|email}}""` |
| * Remove the keys of a host from the known_hosts file (useful when a known host has a new key): |
| `ssh-keygen -R {{remote_host}}` |
| * Retrieve the fingerprint of a key in MD5 Hex: |
| `ssh-keygen -l -E {{md5}} -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}` |
| * Change the password of a key: |
| `ssh-keygen -p -f {{~/.ssh/filename}}` |
| * Change the type of the key format (for example from OPENSSH format to PEM), the file will be rewritten in-place: |
| `ssh-keygen -p -N """" -m {{PEM}} -f {{~/.ssh/OpenSSH_private_key}}` |
| * Retrieve public key from secret key: |
| `ssh-keygen -y -f {{~/.ssh/OpenSSH_private_key}}`" |
| What is pidstat command,,"# pidstat |
| > Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pidstat. |
| * Show CPU statistics at a 2 second interval for 10 times: |
| `pidstat {{2}} {{10}}` |
| * Show page faults and memory utilization: |
| `pidstat -r` |
| * Show input/output usage per process id: |
| `pidstat -d` |
| * Show information on a specific PID: |
| `pidstat -p {{PID}}` |
| * Show memory statistics for all processes whose command name include ""fox"" or ""bird"": |
| `pidstat -C ""{{fox|bird}}"" -r -p ALL`" |
| What is git-stash command,,"# git stash |
| > Stash local Git changes in a temporary area. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-stash. |
| * Stash current changes, except new (untracked) files: |
| `git stash push -m {{optional_stash_message}}` |
| * Stash current changes, including new (untracked) files: |
| `git stash -u` |
| * Interactively select parts of changed files for stashing: |
| `git stash -p` |
| * List all stashes (shows stash name, related branch and message): |
| `git stash list` |
| * Show the changes as a patch between the stash (default is stash@{0}) and the commit back when stash entry was first created: |
| `git stash show -p {{stash@{0}}}` |
| * Apply a stash (default is the latest, named stash@{0}): |
| `git stash apply {{optional_stash_name_or_commit}}` |
| * Drop or apply a stash (default is stash@{0}) and remove it from the stash list if applying doesn't cause conflicts: |
| `git stash pop {{optional_stash_name}}` |
| * Drop all stashes: |
| `git stash clear`" |
| What is git-bisect command,,"# git bisect |
| > Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug. Git |
| > automatically jumps back and forth in the commit graph to progressively |
| > narrow down the faulty commit. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-bisect. |
| * Start a bisect session on a commit range bounded by a known buggy commit, and a known clean (typically older) one: |
| `git bisect start {{bad_commit}} {{good_commit}}` |
| * For each commit that `git bisect` selects, mark it as ""bad"" or ""good"" after testing it for the issue: |
| `git bisect {{good|bad}}` |
| * After `git bisect` pinpoints the faulty commit, end the bisect session and return to the previous branch: |
| `git bisect reset` |
| * Skip a commit during a bisect (e.g. one that fails the tests due to a different issue): |
| `git bisect skip` |
| * Display a log of what has been done so far: |
| `git bisect log`" |
| What is systemd-ac-power command,,"# systemd-ac-power |
| > Report whether the computer is connected to an external power source. More |
| > information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-ac- |
| > power.html. |
| * Silently check and return a 0 status code when running on AC power, and a non-zero code otherwise: |
| `systemd-ac-power` |
| * Additionally print `yes` or `no` to `stdout`: |
| `systemd-ac-power --verbose`" |
| What is getopt command,,"# getopt |
| > Parse command-line arguments. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Getopt.html. |
| * Parse optional `verbose`/`version` flags with shorthands: |
| `getopt --options vV --longoptions verbose,version -- --version --verbose` |
| * Add a `--file` option with a required argument with shorthand `-f`: |
| `getopt --options f: --longoptions file: -- --file=somefile` |
| * Add a `--verbose` option with an optional argument with shorthand `-v`, and pass a non-option parameter `arg`: |
| `getopt --options v:: --longoptions verbose:: -- --verbose arg` |
| * Accept a `-r` and `--verbose` flag, a `--accept` option with an optional argument and add a `--target` with a required argument option with shorthands: |
| `getopt --options rv::s::t: --longoptions verbose,source::,target: -- -v |
| --target target`" |
| What is pkill command,,"# pkill |
| > Signal process by name. Mostly used for stopping processes. More |
| > information: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pkill.1.html. |
| * Kill all processes which match: |
| `pkill ""{{process_name}}""` |
| * Kill all processes which match their full command instead of just the process name: |
| `pkill -f ""{{command_name}}""` |
| * Force kill matching processes (can't be blocked): |
| `pkill -9 ""{{process_name}}""` |
| * Send SIGUSR1 signal to processes which match: |
| `pkill -USR1 ""{{process_name}}""` |
| * Kill the main `firefox` process to close the browser: |
| `pkill --oldest ""{{firefox}}""`" |
| What is ssh-keyscan command,,"# ssh-keyscan |
| > Get the public ssh keys of remote hosts. More information: |
| > https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keyscan. |
| * Retrieve all public ssh keys of a remote host: |
| `ssh-keyscan {{host}}` |
| * Retrieve all public ssh keys of a remote host listening on a specific port: |
| `ssh-keyscan -p {{port}} {{host}}` |
| * Retrieve certain types of public ssh keys of a remote host: |
| `ssh-keyscan -t {{rsa,dsa,ecdsa,ed25519}} {{host}}` |
| * Manually update the ssh known_hosts file with the fingerprint of a given host: |
| `ssh-keyscan -H {{host}} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts`" |
| What is test command,,"# test |
| > Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to |
| > true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test. |
| * Test if a given variable is equal to a given string: |
| `test ""{{$MY_VAR}}"" == ""{{/bin/zsh}}""` |
| * Test if a given variable is empty: |
| `test -z ""{{$GIT_BRANCH}}""` |
| * Test if a file exists: |
| `test -f ""{{path/to/file_or_directory}}""` |
| * Test if a directory does not exist: |
| `test ! -d ""{{path/to/directory}}""` |
| * If A is true, then do B, or C in the case of an error (notice that C may run even if A fails): |
| `test {{condition}} && {{echo ""true""}} || {{echo ""false""}}`" |
| What is systemd-notify command,,"# systemd-notify |
| > Notify the service manager about start-up completion and other daemon status |
| > changes. This command is useless outside systemd service scripts. More |
| > information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd- |
| > notify.html. |
| * Notify systemd that the service has completed its initialization and is fully started. It should be invoked when the service is ready to accept incoming requests: |
| `systemd-notify --booted` |
| * Signal to systemd that the service is ready to handle incoming connections or perform its tasks: |
| `systemd-notify --ready` |
| * Provide a custom status message to systemd (this information is shown by `systemctl status`): |
| `systemd-notify --status=""{{Add custom status message here...}}""`" |
| What is pr command,,"# pr |
| > Paginate or columnate files for printing. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pr. |
| * Print multiple files with a default header and footer: |
| `pr {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with a custom centered header: |
| `pr -h ""{{header}}"" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with numbered lines and a custom date format: |
| `pr -n -D ""{{format}}"" {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print all files together, one in each column, without a header or footer: |
| `pr -m -T {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print, beginning at page 2 up to page 5, with a given page length (including header and footer): |
| `pr +{{2}}:{{5}} -l {{page_length}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` |
| * Print with an offset for each line and a truncating custom page width: |
| `pr -o {{offset}} -W {{width}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}`" |
| What is git-symbolic-ref command,,"# git symbolic-ref |
| > Read, change, or delete files that store references. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-symbolic-ref. |
| * Store a reference by a name: |
| `git symbolic-ref refs/{{name}} {{ref}}` |
| * Store a reference by name, including a message with a reason for the update: |
| `git symbolic-ref -m ""{{message}}"" refs/{{name}} refs/heads/{{branch_name}}` |
| * Read a reference by name: |
| `git symbolic-ref refs/{{name}}` |
| * Delete a reference by name: |
| `git symbolic-ref --delete refs/{{name}}` |
| * For scripting, hide errors with `--quiet` and use `--short` to simplify (""refs/heads/X"" prints as ""X""): |
| `git symbolic-ref --quiet --short refs/{{name}}`" |
| What is tty command,,"# tty |
| > Returns terminal name. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tty. |
| * Print the file name of this terminal: |
| `tty`" |
| What is git-instaweb command,,"# git instaweb |
| > Helper to launch a GitWeb server. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-instaweb. |
| * Launch a GitWeb server for the current Git repository: |
| `git instaweb --start` |
| * Listen only on localhost: |
| `git instaweb --start --local` |
| * Listen on a specific port: |
| `git instaweb --start --port {{1234}}` |
| * Use a specified HTTP daemon: |
| `git instaweb --start --httpd {{lighttpd|apache2|mongoose|plackup|webrick}}` |
| * Also auto-launch a web browser: |
| `git instaweb --start --browser` |
| * Stop the currently running GitWeb server: |
| `git instaweb --stop` |
| * Restart the currently running GitWeb server: |
| `git instaweb --restart`" |
| What is newgrp command,,"# newgrp |
| > Switch primary group membership. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/newgrp. |
| * Change user's primary group membership: |
| `newgrp {{group_name}}` |
| * Reset primary group membership to user's default group in `/etc/passwd`: |
| `newgrp`" |
| What is dircolors command,,"# dircolors |
| > Output commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable and style `ls`, |
| > `dir`, etc. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dircolors. |
| * Output commands to set LS_COLOR using default colors: |
| `dircolors` |
| * Output commands to set LS_COLOR using colors from a file: |
| `dircolors {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output commands for Bourne shell: |
| `dircolors --bourne-shell` |
| * Output commands for C shell: |
| `dircolors --c-shell` |
| * View the default colors for file types and extensions: |
| `dircolors --print-data`" |
| What is utmpdump command,,"# utmpdump |
| > Dump and load btmp, utmp and wtmp accounting files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/utmpdump. |
| * Dump the `/var/log/wtmp` file to `stdout` as plain text: |
| `utmpdump {{/var/log/wtmp}}` |
| * Load a previously dumped file into `/var/log/wtmp`: |
| `utmpdump -r {{dumpfile}} > {{/var/log/wtmp}}`" |
| What is lp command,,"# lp |
| > Print files. More information: https://manned.org/lp. |
| * Print the output of a command to the default printer (see `lpstat` command): |
| `echo ""test"" | lp` |
| * Print a file to the default printer: |
| `lp {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print a file to a named printer (see `lpstat` command): |
| `lp -d {{printer_name}} {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print N copies of file to default printer (replace N with desired number of copies): |
| `lp -n {{N}} {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Print only certain pages to the default printer (print pages 1, 3-5, and 16): |
| `lp -P 1,3-5,16 {{path/to/filename}}` |
| * Resume printing a job: |
| `lp -i {{job_id}} -H resume`" |
| What is git-verify-tag command,,"# git verify-tag |
| > Check for GPG verification of tags. If a tag wasn't signed, an error will |
| > occur. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-verify-tag. |
| * Check tags for a GPG signature: |
| `git verify-tag {{tag1 optional_tag2 ...}}` |
| * Check tags for a GPG signature and show details for each tag: |
| `git verify-tag {{tag1 optional_tag2 ...}} --verbose` |
| * Check tags for a GPG signature and print the raw details: |
| `git verify-tag {{tag1 optional_tag2 ...}} --raw`" |
| What is du command,,"# du |
| > Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More |
| > information: https://ss64.com/osx/du.html. |
| * List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (KiB/MiB/GiB): |
| `du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size): |
| `du -h {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units: |
| `du -sh {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it: |
| `du -ah {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to N levels deep: |
| `du -h -d {{2}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in subdirectories of the current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end: |
| `du -ch {{*/*.jpg}}`" |
| What is pgrep command,,"# pgrep |
| > Find or signal processes by name. More information: |
| > https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pkill.1.html. |
| * Return PIDs of any running processes with a matching command string: |
| `pgrep {{process_name}}` |
| * Search for processes including their command-line options: |
| `pgrep --full ""{{process_name}} {{parameter}}""` |
| * Search for processes run by a specific user: |
| `pgrep --euid root {{process_name}}`" |
| What is bc command,,"# bc |
| > An arbitrary precision calculator language. See also: `dc`. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/bc.1. |
| * Start an interactive session: |
| `bc` |
| * Start an interactive session with the standard math library enabled: |
| `bc --mathlib` |
| * Calculate an expression: |
| `bc --expression='{{5 / 3}}'` |
| * Execute a script: |
| `bc {{path/to/script.bc}}` |
| * Calculate an expression with the specified scale: |
| `bc --expression='scale = {{10}}; {{5 / 3}}'` |
| * Calculate a sine/cosine/arctangent/natural logarithm/exponential function using `mathlib`: |
| `bc --mathlib --expression='{{s|c|a|l|e}}({{1}})'`" |
| What is git-credential-cache command,,"# git credential-cache |
| > Git helper to temporarily store passwords in memory. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-cache. |
| * Store Git credentials for a specific amount of time: |
| `git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout={{time_in_seconds}}'`" |
| What is git-log command,,"# git log |
| > Show a history of commits. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git- |
| > log. |
| * Show the sequence of commits starting from the current one, in reverse chronological order of the Git repository in the current working directory: |
| `git log` |
| * Show the history of a particular file or directory, including differences: |
| `git log -p {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Show an overview of which file(s) changed in each commit: |
| `git log --stat` |
| * Show a graph of commits in the current branch using only the first line of each commit message: |
| `git log --oneline --graph` |
| * Show a graph of all commits, tags and branches in the entire repo: |
| `git log --oneline --decorate --all --graph` |
| * Show only commits whose messages include a given string (case-insensitively): |
| `git log -i --grep {{search_string}}` |
| * Show the last N commits from a certain author: |
| `git log -n {{number}} --author={{author}}` |
| * Show commits between two dates (yyyy-mm-dd): |
| `git log --before=""{{2017-01-29}}"" --after=""{{2017-01-17}}""`" |
| What is quota command,,"# quota |
| > Display users' disk space usage and allocated limits. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/quota. |
| * Show disk quotas in human-readable units for the current user: |
| `quota -s` |
| * Verbose output (also display quotas on filesystems where no storage is allocated): |
| `quota -v` |
| * Quiet output (only display quotas on filesystems where usage is over quota): |
| `quota -q` |
| * Print quotas for the groups of which the current user is a member: |
| `quota -g` |
| * Show disk quotas for another user: |
| `sudo quota -u {{username}}`" |
| What is git-format-patch command,,"# git format-patch |
| > Prepare .patch files. Useful when emailing commits elsewhere. See also `git |
| > am`, which can apply generated .patch files. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-format-patch. |
| * Create an auto-named `.patch` file for all the unpushed commits: |
| `git format-patch {{origin}}` |
| * Write a `.patch` file for all the commits between 2 revisions to `stdout`: |
| `git format-patch {{revision_1}}..{{revision_2}}` |
| * Write a `.patch` file for the 3 latest commits: |
| `git format-patch -{{3}}`" |
| What is false command,,"# false |
| > Returns a non-zero exit code. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false. |
| * Return a non-zero exit code: |
| `false`" |
| What is iconv command,,"# iconv |
| > Converts text from one encoding to another. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/iconv. |
| * Convert file to a specific encoding, and print to `stdout`: |
| `iconv -f {{from_encoding}} -t {{to_encoding}} {{input_file}}` |
| * Convert file to the current locale's encoding, and output to a file: |
| `iconv -f {{from_encoding}} {{input_file}} > {{output_file}}` |
| * List supported encodings: |
| `iconv -l`" |
| What is sync command,,"# sync |
| > Flushes all pending write operations to the appropriate disks. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync. |
| * Flush all pending write operations on all disks: |
| `sync` |
| * Flush all pending write operations on a single file to disk: |
| `sync {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is diff command,,"# diff |
| > Compare files and directories. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man- |
| > pages/man1/diff.1.html. |
| * Compare files (lists changes to turn `old_file` into `new_file`): |
| `diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, ignoring white spaces: |
| `diff --ignore-all-space {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, showing the differences side by side: |
| `diff --side-by-side {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by `git diff`): |
| `diff --unified {{old_file}} {{new_file}}` |
| * Compare directories recursively (shows names for differing files/directories as well as changes made to files): |
| `diff --recursive {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}` |
| * Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ: |
| `diff --recursive --brief {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}` |
| * Create a patch file for Git from the differences of two text files, treating nonexistent files as empty: |
| `diff --text --unified --new-file {{old_file}} {{new_file}} > {{diff.patch}}`" |
| What is rmdir command,,"# rmdir |
| > Remove directories without files. See also: `rm`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir. |
| * Remove specific directories: |
| `rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific nested directories recursively: |
| `rmdir -p {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is shuf command,,"# shuf |
| > Generate random permutations. More information: https://www.unix.com/man- |
| > page/linux/1/shuf/. |
| * Randomize the order of lines in a file and output the result: |
| `shuf {{filename}}` |
| * Only output the first 5 entries of the result: |
| `shuf --head-count={{5}} {{filename}}` |
| * Write output to another file: |
| `shuf {{filename}} --output={{output_filename}}` |
| * Generate random numbers in range 1-10: |
| `shuf --input-range={{1-10}}`" |
| What is git-bundle command,,"# git bundle |
| > Package objects and references into an archive. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bundle. |
| * Create a bundle file that contains all objects and references of a specific branch: |
| `git bundle create {{path/to/file.bundle}} {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create a bundle file of all branches: |
| `git bundle create {{path/to/file.bundle}} --all` |
| * Create a bundle file of the last 5 commits of the current branch: |
| `git bundle create {{path/to/file.bundle}} -{{5}} {{HEAD}}` |
| * Create a bundle file of the latest 7 days: |
| `git bundle create {{path/to/file.bundle}} --since={{7.days}} {{HEAD}}` |
| * Verify that a bundle file is valid and can be applied to the current repository: |
| `git bundle verify {{path/to/file.bundle}}` |
| * Print to `stdout` the list of references contained in a bundle: |
| `git bundle unbundle {{path/to/file.bundle}}` |
| * Unbundle a specific branch from a bundle file into the current repository: |
| `git pull {{path/to/file.bundle}} {{branch_name}}`" |
| What is link command,,"# link |
| > Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the `ln` |
| > command. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/link. |
| * Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file: |
| `link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}`" |
| What is systemd-delta command,,"# systemd-delta |
| > Find overridden systemd-related configuration files. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-delta.html. |
| * Show all overridden configuration files: |
| `systemd-delta` |
| * Show only files of specific types (comma-separated list): |
| `systemd-delta --type |
| {{masked|equivalent|redirected|overridden|extended|unchanged}}` |
| * Show only files whose path starts with the specified prefix (Note: a prefix is a directory containing subdirectories with systemd configuration files): |
| `systemd-delta {{/etc|/run|/usr/lib|...}}` |
| * Further restrict the search path by adding a suffix (the prefix is optional): |
| `systemd-delta {{prefix}}/{{tmpfiles.d|sysctl.d|systemd/system|...}}`" |
| What is namei command,,"# namei |
| > Follows a pathname (which can be a symbolic link) until a terminal point is |
| > found (a file/directory/char device etc). This program is useful for finding |
| > ""too many levels of symbolic links"" problems. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/namei. |
| * Resolve the pathnames specified as the argument parameters: |
| `namei {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}` |
| * Display the results in a long-listing format: |
| `namei --long {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}` |
| * Show the mode bits of each file type in the style of `ls`: |
| `namei --modes {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}` |
| * Show owner and group name of each file: |
| `namei --owners {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}` |
| * Don't follow symlinks while resolving: |
| `namei --nosymlinks {{path/to/a}} {{path/to/b}} {{path/to/c}}`" |
| What is lastcomm command,,"# lastcomm |
| > Show last commands executed. More information: |
| > https://manpages.debian.org/latest/acct/lastcomm.1.en.html. |
| * Print information about all the commands in the acct (record file): |
| `lastcomm` |
| * Display commands executed by a given user: |
| `lastcomm --user {{user}}` |
| * Display information about a given command executed on the system: |
| `lastcomm --command {{command}}` |
| * Display information about commands executed on a given terminal: |
| `lastcomm --tty {{terminal_name}}`" |
| What is egrep command,,"# egrep |
| > Find patterns in files using extended regular expression (supports `?`, `+`, |
| > `{}`, `()` and `|`). More information: https://manned.org/egrep. |
| * Search for a pattern within a file: |
| `egrep ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for a pattern within multiple files: |
| `egrep ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} |
| {{path/to/file3}}` |
| * Search `stdin` for a pattern: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | egrep {{search_pattern}}` |
| * Print file name and line number for each match: |
| `egrep --with-filename --line-number ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, ignoring binary files: |
| `egrep --recursive --binary-files={{without-match}} ""{{search_pattern}}"" |
| {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Search for lines that do not match a pattern: |
| `egrep --invert-match ""{{search_pattern}}"" {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is setfacl command,,"# setfacl |
| > Set file access control lists (ACL). More information: |
| > https://manned.org/setfacl. |
| * Modify ACL of a file for user with read and write access: |
| `setfacl -m u:{{username}}:rw {{file}}` |
| * Modify default ACL of a file for all users: |
| `setfacl -d -m u::rw {{file}}` |
| * Remove ACL of a file for a user: |
| `setfacl -x u:{{username}} {{file}}` |
| * Remove all ACL entries of a file: |
| `setfacl -b {{file}}`" |
| What is paste command,,"# paste |
| > Merge lines of files. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste. |
| * Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter: |
| `paste -s {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter: |
| `paste -s -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using TAB as delimiter: |
| `paste {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Merge two files side by side, each in its column, using the specified delimiter: |
| `paste -d {{delimiter}} {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Merge two files, with lines added alternatively: |
| `paste -d '\n' {{file1}} {{file2}}`" |
| What is busctl command,,"# busctl |
| > Introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/busctl.html. |
| * Show all peers on the bus, by their service names: |
| `busctl list` |
| * Show process information and credentials of a bus service, a process, or the owner of the bus (if no parameter is specified): |
| `busctl status {{service|pid}}` |
| * Dump messages being exchanged. If no service is specified, show all messages on the bus: |
| `busctl monitor {{service1 service2 ...}}` |
| * Show an object tree of one or more services (or all services if no service is specified): |
| `busctl tree {{service1 service2 ...}}` |
| * Show interfaces, methods, properties and signals of the specified object on the specified service: |
| `busctl introspect {{service}} {{path/to/object}}` |
| * Retrieve the current value of one or more object properties: |
| `busctl get-property {{service}} {{path/to/object}} {{interface_name}} |
| {{property_name}}` |
| * Invoke a method and show the response: |
| `busctl call {{service}} {{path/to/object}} {{interface_name}} |
| {{method_name}}`" |
| What is readlink command,,"# readlink |
| > Follow symlinks and get symlink information. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/readlink. |
| * Print the absolute path which the symlink points to: |
| `readlink {{path/to/symlink_file}}`" |
| What is sh command,,"# sh |
| > Bourne shell, the standard command language interpreter. See also |
| > `histexpand` for history expansion. More information: https://manned.org/sh. |
| * Start an interactive shell session: |
| `sh` |
| * Execute a command and then exit: |
| `sh -c ""{{command}}""` |
| * Execute a script: |
| `sh {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Read and execute commands from `stdin`: |
| `sh -s`" |
| What is mpstat command,,"# mpstat |
| > Report CPU statistics. More information: https://manned.org/mpstat. |
| * Display CPU statistics every 2 seconds: |
| `mpstat {{2}}` |
| * Display 5 reports, one by one, at 2 second intervals: |
| `mpstat {{2}} {{5}}` |
| * Display 5 reports, one by one, from a given processor, at 2 second intervals: |
| `mpstat -P {{0}} {{2}} {{5}}`" |
| What is nm command,,"# nm |
| > List symbol names in object files. More information: https://manned.org/nm. |
| * List global (extern) functions in a file (prefixed with T): |
| `nm -g {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * List only undefined symbols in a file: |
| `nm -u {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * List all symbols, even debugging symbols: |
| `nm -a {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * Demangle C++ symbols (make them readable): |
| `nm --demangle {{path/to/file.o}}`" |
| What is logger command,,"# logger |
| > Add messages to syslog (/var/log/syslog). More information: |
| > https://manned.org/logger. |
| * Log a message to syslog: |
| `logger {{message}}` |
| * Take input from `stdin` and log to syslog: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger` |
| * Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is 514: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --server {{hostname}} --port {{port}}` |
| * Use a specific tag for every line logged. Default is the name of logged in user: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --tag {{tag}}` |
| * Log messages with a given priority. Default is `user.notice`. See `man logger` for all priority options: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --priority {{user.warning}}`" |
| What is fallocate command,,"# fallocate |
| > Reserve or deallocate disk space to files. The utility allocates space |
| > without zeroing. More information: https://manned.org/fallocate. |
| * Reserve a file taking up 700 MiB of disk space: |
| `fallocate --length {{700M}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Shrink an already allocated file by 200 MiB: |
| `fallocate --collapse-range --length {{200M}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Shrink 20 MB of space after 100 MiB in a file: |
| `fallocate --collapse-range --offset {{100M}} --length {{20M}} |
| {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is mkfifo command,,"# mkfifo |
| > Makes FIFOs (named pipes). More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo. |
| * Create a named pipe at a given path: |
| `mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}`" |
| What is git-credential-store command,,"# git credential-store |
| > `git` helper to store passwords on disk. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-credential-store. |
| * Store Git credentials in a specific file: |
| `git config credential.helper 'store --file={{path/to/file}}'`" |
| What is kill command,,"# kill |
| > Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All |
| > signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to |
| > perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill. |
| * Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal: |
| `kill {{process_id}}` |
| * List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix): |
| `kill -l` |
| * Terminate a background job: |
| `kill %{{job_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating: |
| `kill -{{1|HUP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `Ctrl + C`: |
| `kill -{{2|INT}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal): |
| `kill -{{9|KILL}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT (""continue"") signal is received: |
| `kill -{{17|STOP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id): |
| `kill -{{SIGUSR1}} -{{group_id}}`" |
| What is exec command,,"# exec |
| > Replace the current process with another process. More information: |
| > https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/exech.html. |
| * Replace with the specified command using the current environment variables: |
| `exec {{command -with -flags}}` |
| * Replace with the specified command, clearing environment variables: |
| `exec -c {{command -with -flags}}` |
| * Replace with the specified command and login using the default shell: |
| `exec -l {{command -with -flags}}` |
| * Replace with the specified command and change the process name: |
| `exec -a {{process_name}} {{command -with -flags}}`" |
| What is ln command,,"# ln |
| > Creates links to files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ln. |
| * Create a symbolic link to a file or directory: |
| `ln -s {{/path/to/file_or_directory}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Overwrite an existing symbolic link to point to a different file: |
| `ln -sf {{/path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Create a hard link to a file: |
| `ln {{/path/to/file}} {{path/to/hardlink}}`" |
| What is sha224sum command,,"# sha224sum |
| > Calculate SHA224 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sha2-utilities.html. |
| * Calculate the SHA224 checksum for one or more files: |
| `sha224sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of SHA224 checksums to a file: |
| `sha224sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha224}}` |
| * Calculate a SHA224 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | sha224sum` |
| * Read a file of SHA224 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `sha224sum --check {{path/to/file.sha224}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `sha224sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha224}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `sha224sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha224}}`" |
| What is tr command,,"# tr |
| > Translate characters: run replacements based on single characters and |
| > character sets. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tr. |
| * Replace all occurrences of a character in a file, and print the result: |
| `tr {{find_character}} {{replace_character}} < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Replace all occurrences of a character from another command's output: |
| `echo {{text}} | tr {{find_character}} {{replace_character}}` |
| * Map each character of the first set to the corresponding character of the second set: |
| `tr '{{abcd}}' '{{jkmn}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Delete all occurrences of the specified set of characters from the input: |
| `tr -d '{{input_characters}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compress a series of identical characters to a single character: |
| `tr -s '{{input_characters}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Translate the contents of a file to upper-case: |
| `tr ""[:lower:]"" ""[:upper:]"" < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Strip out non-printable characters from a file: |
| `tr -cd ""[:print:]"" < {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is chattr command,,"# chattr |
| > Change attributes of files or directories. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/chattr. |
| * Make a file or directory immutable to changes and deletion, even by superuser: |
| `chattr +i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Make a file or directory mutable: |
| `chattr -i {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Recursively make an entire directory and contents immutable: |
| `chattr -R +i {{path/to/directory}}`" |
| What is git-reset command,,"# git reset |
| > Undo commits or unstage changes, by resetting the current Git HEAD to the |
| > specified state. If a path is passed, it works as ""unstage""; if a commit |
| > hash or branch is passed, it works as ""uncommit"". More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset. |
| * Unstage everything: |
| `git reset` |
| * Unstage specific file(s): |
| `git reset {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Interactively unstage portions of a file: |
| `git reset --patch {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Undo the last commit, keeping its changes (and any further uncommitted changes) in the filesystem: |
| `git reset HEAD~` |
| * Undo the last two commits, adding their changes to the index, i.e. staged for commit: |
| `git reset --soft HEAD~2` |
| * Discard any uncommitted changes, staged or not (for only unstaged changes, use `git checkout`): |
| `git reset --hard` |
| * Reset the repository to a given commit, discarding committed, staged and uncommitted changes since then: |
| `git reset --hard {{commit}}`" |
| What is uuidgen command,,"# uuidgen |
| > Generate new UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier) strings. More information: |
| > https://www.ss64.com/osx/uuidgen.html. |
| * Generate a UUID string: |
| `uuidgen`" |
| What is git-clone command,,"# git clone |
| > Clone an existing repository. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-clone. |
| * Clone an existing repository into a new directory (the default directory is the repository name): |
| `git clone {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Clone an existing repository and its submodules: |
| `git clone --recursive {{remote_repository_location}}` |
| * Clone only the `.git` directory of an existing repository: |
| `git clone --no-checkout {{remote_repository_location}}` |
| * Clone a local repository: |
| `git clone --local {{path/to/local/repository}}` |
| * Clone quietly: |
| `git clone --quiet {{remote_repository_location}}` |
| * Clone an existing repository only fetching the 10 most recent commits on the default branch (useful to save time): |
| `git clone --depth {{10}} {{remote_repository_location}}` |
| * Clone an existing repository only fetching a specific branch: |
| `git clone --branch {{name}} --single-branch {{remote_repository_location}}` |
| * Clone an existing repository using a specific SSH command: |
| `git clone --config core.sshCommand=""{{ssh -i path/to/private_ssh_key}}"" |
| {{remote_repository_location}}`" |
| What is cups-config command,,"# cups-config |
| > Show technical information about your CUPS print server installation. More |
| > information: https://www.cups.org/doc/man-cups-config.html. |
| * Show the currently installed version of CUPS: |
| `cups-config --version` |
| * Show where CUPS is currently installed: |
| `cups-config --serverbin` |
| * Show the location of CUPS' configuration directory: |
| `cups-config --serverroot` |
| * Show the location of CUPS' data directory: |
| `cups-config --datadir` |
| * Display all available options: |
| `cups-config --help`" |
| What is mkfifo command,,"# mkfifo |
| > Makes FIFOs (named pipes). More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkfifo. |
| * Create a named pipe at a given path: |
| `mkfifo {{path/to/pipe}}`" |
| What is logger command,,"# logger |
| > Add messages to syslog (/var/log/syslog). More information: |
| > https://manned.org/logger. |
| * Log a message to syslog: |
| `logger {{message}}` |
| * Take input from `stdin` and log to syslog: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger` |
| * Send the output to a remote syslog server running at a given port. Default port is 514: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --server {{hostname}} --port {{port}}` |
| * Use a specific tag for every line logged. Default is the name of logged in user: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --tag {{tag}}` |
| * Log messages with a given priority. Default is `user.notice`. See `man logger` for all priority options: |
| `echo {{log_entry}} | logger --priority {{user.warning}}`" |
| What is git-apply command,,"# git apply |
| > Apply a patch to files and/or to the index without creating a commit. See |
| > also `git am`, which applies a patch and also creates a commit. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-apply. |
| * Print messages about the patched files: |
| `git apply --verbose {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Apply and add the patched files to the index: |
| `git apply --index {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Apply a remote patch file: |
| `curl -L {{https://example.com/file.patch}} | git apply` |
| * Output diffstat for the input and apply the patch: |
| `git apply --stat --apply {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Apply the patch in reverse: |
| `git apply --reverse {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Store the patch result in the index without modifying the working tree: |
| `git apply --cache {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is strings command,,"# strings |
| > Find printable strings in an object file or binary. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/strings. |
| * Print all strings in a binary: |
| `strings {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Limit results to strings at least length characters long: |
| `strings -n {{length}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Prefix each result with its offset within the file: |
| `strings -t d {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Prefix each result with its offset within the file in hexadecimal: |
| `strings -t x {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is hexdump command,,"# hexdump |
| > An ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/hexdump. |
| * Print the hexadecimal representation of a file, replacing duplicate lines by '*': |
| `hexdump {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display the input offset in hexadecimal and its ASCII representation in two columns: |
| `hexdump -C {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display the hexadecimal representation of a file, but interpret only n bytes of the input: |
| `hexdump -C -n{{number_of_bytes}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Don't replace duplicate lines with '*': |
| `hexdump --no-squeezing {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-update-index command,,"# git update-index |
| > Git command for manipulating the index. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-update-index. |
| * Pretend that a modified file is unchanged (`git status` will not show this as changed): |
| `git update-index --skip-worktree {{path/to/modified_file}}`" |
| What is valgrind command,,"# valgrind |
| > Wrapper for a set of expert tools for profiling, optimizing and debugging |
| > programs. Commonly used tools include `memcheck`, `cachegrind`, `callgrind`, |
| > `massif`, `helgrind`, and `drd`. More information: http://www.valgrind.org. |
| * Use the (default) Memcheck tool to show a diagnostic of memory usage by `program`: |
| `valgrind {{program}}` |
| * Use Memcheck to report all possible memory leaks of `program` in full detail: |
| `valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all {{program}}` |
| * Use the Cachegrind tool to profile and log CPU cache operations of `program`: |
| `valgrind --tool=cachegrind {{program}}` |
| * Use the Massif tool to profile and log heap memory and stack usage of `program`: |
| `valgrind --tool=massif --stacks=yes {{program}}`" |
| What is od command,,"# od |
| > Display file contents in octal, decimal or hexadecimal format. Optionally |
| > display the byte offsets and/or printable representation for each line. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/od. |
| * Display file using default settings: octal format, 8 bytes per line, byte offsets in octal, and duplicate lines replaced with `*`: |
| `od {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in verbose mode, i.e. without replacing duplicate lines with `*`: |
| `od -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format (2-byte units), with byte offsets in decimal format: |
| `od --format={{x}} --address-radix={{d}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format (1-byte units), and 4 bytes per line: |
| `od --format={{x1}} --width={{4}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format along with its character representation, and do not print byte offsets: |
| `od --format={{xz}} --address-radix={{n}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Read only 100 bytes of a file starting from the 500th byte: |
| `od --read-bytes {{100}} --skip-bytes={{500}} -v {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is uuencode command,,"# uuencode |
| > Encode binary files into ASCII for transport via mediums that only support |
| > simple ASCII encoding. More information: https://manned.org/uuencode. |
| * Encode a file and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `uuencode {{path/to/input_file}} {{output_file_name_after_decoding}}` |
| * Encode a file and write the result to a file: |
| `uuencode -o {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}} |
| {{output_file_name_after_decoding}}` |
| * Encode a file using Base64 instead of the default uuencode encoding and write the result to a file: |
| `uuencode -m -o {{path/to/output_file}} {{path/to/input_file}} |
| {{output_file_name_after_decoding}}`" |
| What is cmp command,,"# cmp |
| > Compare two files byte by byte. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Invoking-cmp.html. |
| * Output char and line number of the first difference between two files: |
| `cmp {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Output info of the first difference: char, line number, bytes, and values: |
| `cmp --print-bytes {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Output the byte numbers and values of every difference: |
| `cmp --verbose {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare files but output nothing, yield only the exit status: |
| `cmp --quiet {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is hostname command,,"# hostname |
| > Show or set the system's host name. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/hostname. |
| * Show current host name: |
| `hostname` |
| * Show the network address of the host name: |
| `hostname -i` |
| * Show all network addresses of the host: |
| `hostname -I` |
| * Show the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name): |
| `hostname --fqdn` |
| * Set current host name: |
| `hostname {{new_hostname}}`" |
| What is od command,,"# od |
| > Display file contents in octal, decimal or hexadecimal format. Optionally |
| > display the byte offsets and/or printable representation for each line. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/od. |
| * Display file using default settings: octal format, 8 bytes per line, byte offsets in octal, and duplicate lines replaced with `*`: |
| `od {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in verbose mode, i.e. without replacing duplicate lines with `*`: |
| `od -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format (2-byte units), with byte offsets in decimal format: |
| `od --format={{x}} --address-radix={{d}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format (1-byte units), and 4 bytes per line: |
| `od --format={{x1}} --width={{4}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display file in hexadecimal format along with its character representation, and do not print byte offsets: |
| `od --format={{xz}} --address-radix={{n}} -v {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Read only 100 bytes of a file starting from the 500th byte: |
| `od --read-bytes {{100}} --skip-bytes={{500}} -v {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is b2sum command,,"# b2sum |
| > Calculate BLAKE2 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/b2sum. |
| * Calculate the BLAKE2 checksum for one or more files: |
| `b2sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of BLAKE2 checksums to a file: |
| `b2sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.b2}}` |
| * Calculate a BLAKE2 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | b2sum` |
| * Read a file of BLAKE2 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `b2sum --check {{path/to/file.b2}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `b2sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.b2}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `b2sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.b2}}`" |
| What is git-status command,,"# git status |
| > Show the changes to files in a Git repository. Lists changed, added and |
| > deleted files compared to the currently checked-out commit. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-status. |
| * Show changed files which are not yet added for commit: |
| `git status` |
| * Give output in [s]hort format: |
| `git status -s` |
| * Don't show untracked files in the output: |
| `git status --untracked-files=no` |
| * Show output in [s]hort format along with [b]ranch info: |
| `git status -sb`" |
| What is time command,,"# time |
| > Measure how long a command took to run. Note: `time` can either exist as a |
| > shell builtin, a standalone program or both. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/time. |
| * Run the `command` and print the time measurements to `stdout`: |
| `time {{command}}`" |
| What is split command,,"# split |
| > Split a file into pieces. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/split.html. |
| * Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split): |
| `split -l {{10}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file by a regular expression. The matching line will be the first line of the next output file: |
| `split -p {{cat|^[dh]og}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes): |
| `split -b {{512}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split): |
| `split -n {{5}} {{filename}}`" |
| What is su command,,"# su |
| > Switch shell to another user. More information: https://manned.org/su. |
| * Switch to superuser (requires the root password): |
| `su` |
| * Switch to a given user (requires the user's password): |
| `su {{username}}` |
| * Switch to a given user and simulate a full login shell: |
| `su - {{username}}` |
| * Execute a command as another user: |
| `su - {{username}} -c ""{{command}}""`" |
| What is w command,,"# w |
| > Show who is logged on and what they are doing. Print user login, TTY, remote |
| > host, login time, idle time, current process. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/w.html. |
| * Show logged-in users information: |
| `w` |
| * Show logged-in users information without a header: |
| `w -h` |
| * Show information about logged-in users, sorted by their idle time: |
| `w -i`" |
| What is git-reflog command,,"# git reflog |
| > Show a log of changes to local references like HEAD, branches or tags. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog. |
| * Show the reflog for HEAD: |
| `git reflog` |
| * Show the reflog for a given branch: |
| `git reflog {{branch_name}}` |
| * Show only the 5 latest entries in the reflog: |
| `git reflog -n {{5}}`" |
| What is git-cat-file command,,"# git cat-file |
| > Provide content or type and size information for Git repository objects. |
| > More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cat-file. |
| * Get the [s]ize of the HEAD commit in bytes: |
| `git cat-file -s HEAD` |
| * Get the [t]ype (blob, tree, commit, tag) of a given Git object: |
| `git cat-file -t {{8c442dc3}}` |
| * Pretty-[p]rint the contents of a given Git object based on its type: |
| `git cat-file -p {{HEAD~2}}`" |
| What is clear command,,"# clear |
| > Clears the screen of the terminal. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/clear. |
| * Clear the screen (equivalent to pressing Control-L in Bash shell): |
| `clear` |
| * Clear the screen but keep the terminal's scrollback buffer: |
| `clear -x` |
| * Indicate the type of terminal to clean (defaults to the value of the environment variable `TERM`): |
| `clear -T {{type_of_terminal}}` |
| * Show the version of `ncurses` used by `clear`: |
| `clear -V`" |
| What is tput command,,"# tput |
| > View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/tput. |
| * Move the cursor to a screen location: |
| `tput cup {{row}} {{column}}` |
| * Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color: |
| `tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}` |
| * Show number of columns, lines, or colors: |
| `tput {{cols|lines|colors}}` |
| * Ring the terminal bell: |
| `tput bel` |
| * Reset all terminal attributes: |
| `tput sgr0` |
| * Enable or disable word wrap: |
| `tput {{smam|rmam}}`" |
| What is nice command,,"# nice |
| > Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness |
| > values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice. |
| * Launch a program with altered priority: |
| `nice -n {{niceness_value}} {{command}}`" |
| What is echo command,,"# echo |
| > Print given arguments. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo. |
| * Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional: |
| `echo ""{{Hello World}}""` |
| * Print a message with environment variables: |
| `echo ""{{My path is $PATH}}""` |
| * Print a message without the trailing newline: |
| `echo -n ""{{Hello World}}""` |
| * Append a message to the file: |
| `echo ""{{Hello World}}"" >> {{file.txt}}` |
| * Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters): |
| `echo -e ""{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}""` |
| * Print the exit status of the last executed command (Note: In Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell the equivalent commands are `echo %errorlevel%` and `$lastexitcode` respectively): |
| `echo $?`" |
| What is expand command,,"# expand |
| > Convert tabs to spaces. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expand. |
| * Convert tabs in each file to spaces, writing to `stdout`: |
| `expand {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert tabs to spaces, reading from `stdin`: |
| `expand` |
| * Do not convert tabs after non blanks: |
| `expand -i {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8: |
| `expand -t={{number}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Use a comma separated list of explicit tab positions: |
| `expand -t={{1,4,6}}`" |
| What is systemd-firstboot command,,"# systemd-firstboot |
| > Initialize basic system settings on or before the first boot-up of a system. |
| > More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd- |
| > firstboot.html. |
| * Operate on the specified directory instead of the root directory of the host system: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --root={{path/to/root_directory}}` |
| * Set the system keyboard layout: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --keymap={{keymap}}` |
| * Set the system hostname: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --hostname={{hostname}}` |
| * Set the root user's password: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --root-password={{password}}` |
| * Prompt the user interactively for a specific basic setting: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --prompt={{setting}}` |
| * Force writing configuration even if the relevant files already exist: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --force` |
| * Remove all existing files that are configured by `systemd-firstboot`: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --reset` |
| * Remove the password of the system's root user: |
| `sudo systemd-firstboot --delete-root-password`" |
| What is last command,,"# last |
| > View the last logged in users. More information: https://manned.org/last. |
| * View last logins, their duration and other information as read from `/var/log/wtmp`: |
| `last` |
| * Specify how many of the last logins to show: |
| `last -n {{login_count}}` |
| * Print the full date and time for entries and then display the hostname column last to prevent truncation: |
| `last -F -a` |
| * View all logins by a specific user and show the IP address instead of the hostname: |
| `last {{username}} -i` |
| * View all recorded reboots (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user ""reboot""): |
| `last reboot` |
| * View all recorded shutdowns (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user ""shutdown""): |
| `last shutdown`" |
| What is flatpak command,,"# flatpak |
| > Build, install and run flatpak applications and runtimes. More information: |
| > https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flatpak-command-reference.html#flatpak. |
| * Run an installed application: |
| `flatpak run {{name}}` |
| * Install an application from a remote source: |
| `flatpak install {{remote}} {{name}}` |
| * List all installed applications and runtimes: |
| `flatpak list` |
| * Update all installed applications and runtimes: |
| `flatpak update` |
| * Add a remote source: |
| `flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists {{remote_name}} {{remote_url}}` |
| * Remove an installed application: |
| `flatpak remove {{name}}` |
| * Remove all unused applications: |
| `flatpak remove --unused` |
| * Show information about an installed application: |
| `flatpak info {{name}}`" |
| What is cksum command,,"# cksum |
| > Calculates CRC checksums and byte counts of a file. Note, on old UNIX |
| > systems the CRC implementation may differ. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cksum. |
| * Display a 32-bit checksum, size in bytes and filename: |
| `cksum {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-for-each-repo command,,"# git for-each-repo |
| > Run a Git command on a list of repositories. Note: this command is |
| > experimental and may change. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git- |
| > for-each-repo. |
| * Run maintenance on each of a list of repositories stored in the `maintenance.repo` user configuration variable: |
| `git for-each-repo --config={{maintenance.repo}} {{maintenance run}}` |
| * Run `git pull` on each repository listed in a global configuration variable: |
| `git for-each-repo --config={{global_configuration_variable}} {{pull}}`" |
| What is more command,,"# more |
| > Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/more. |
| * Open a file: |
| `more {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Open a file displaying from a specific line: |
| `more +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display help: |
| `more --help` |
| * Go to the next page: |
| `<Space>` |
| * Search for a string (press `n` to go to the next match): |
| `/{{something}}` |
| * Exit: |
| `q` |
| * Display help about interactive commands: |
| `h`" |
| What is apropos command,,"# apropos |
| > Search the manual pages for names and descriptions. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/apropos. |
| * Search for a keyword using a regular expression: |
| `apropos {{regular_expression}}` |
| * Search without restricting the output to the terminal width: |
| `apropos -l {{regular_expression}}` |
| * Search for pages that contain all the expressions given: |
| `apropos {{regular_expression_1}} -a {{regular_expression_2}} -a |
| {{regular_expression_3}}`" |
| What is cat command,,"# cat |
| > Print and concatenate files. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cat.1.html. |
| * Print the contents of a file to `stdout`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Concatenate several files into an output file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Append several files to an output file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Copy the contents of a file into an output file without buffering: |
| `cat -u {{/dev/tty12}} > {{/dev/tty13}}` |
| * Write `stdin` to a file: |
| `cat - > {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number all output lines: |
| `cat -n {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display non-printable and whitespace characters (with `M-` prefix if non-ASCII): |
| `cat -v -t -e {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is arch command,,"# arch |
| > Display the name of the system architecture, or run a command under a |
| > different architecture. See also `uname`. More information: |
| > https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/arch/. |
| * Display the system's architecture: |
| `arch` |
| * Run a command using x86_64: |
| `arch -x86_64 ""{{command}}""` |
| * Run a command using arm: |
| `arch -arm64 ""{{command}}""`" |
| What is update-alternatives command,,"# update-alternatives |
| > A convenient tool for maintaining symbolic links to determine default |
| > commands. More information: https://manned.org/update-alternatives. |
| * Add a symbolic link: |
| `sudo update-alternatives --install {{path/to/symlink}} {{command_name}} |
| {{path/to/command_binary}} {{priority}}` |
| * Configure a symbolic link for `java`: |
| `sudo update-alternatives --config {{java}}` |
| * Remove a symbolic link: |
| `sudo update-alternatives --remove {{java}} |
| {{/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_102/bin/java}}` |
| * Display information about a specified command: |
| `update-alternatives --display {{java}}` |
| * Display all commands and their current selection: |
| `update-alternatives --get-selections`" |
| What is mailx command,,"# mailx |
| > Send and receive mail. More information: https://manned.org/mailx. |
| * Send mail (the content should be typed after the command, and ended with `Ctrl+D`): |
| `mailx -s ""{{subject}}"" {{to_addr}}` |
| * Send mail with content passed from another command: |
| `echo ""{{content}}"" | mailx -s ""{{subject}}"" {{to_addr}}` |
| * Send mail with content read from a file: |
| `mailx -s ""{{subject}}"" {{to_addr}} < {{content.txt}}` |
| * Send mail to a recipient and CC to another address: |
| `mailx -s ""{{subject}}"" -c {{cc_addr}} {{to_addr}}` |
| * Send mail specifying the sender address: |
| `mailx -s ""{{subject}}"" -r {{from_addr}} {{to_addr}}` |
| * Send mail with an attachment: |
| `mailx -a {{path/to/file}} -s ""{{subject}}"" {{to_addr}}`" |
| What is dot command,,"# dot |
| > Render an image of a `linear directed` network graph from a `graphviz` file. |
| > Layouts: `dot`, `neato`, `twopi`, `circo`, `fdp`, `sfdp`, `osage` & |
| > `patchwork`. More information: https://graphviz.org/doc/info/command.html. |
| * Render a `png` image with a filename based on the input filename and output format (uppercase -O): |
| `dot -T {{png}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}` |
| * Render a `svg` image with the specified output filename (lowercase -o): |
| `dot -T {{svg}} -o {{path/to/image.svg}} {{path/to/input.gv}}` |
| * Render the output in `ps`, `pdf`, `svg`, `fig`, `png`, `gif`, `jpg`, `json`, or `dot` format: |
| `dot -T {{format}} -O {{path/to/input.gv}}` |
| * Render a `gif` image using `stdin` and `stdout`: |
| `echo ""{{digraph {this -> that} }}"" | dot -T {{gif}} > {{path/to/image.gif}}` |
| * Display help: |
| `dot -?`" |
| What is gcc command,,"# gcc |
| > Preprocess and compile C and C++ source files, then assemble and link them |
| > together. More information: https://gcc.gnu.org. |
| * Compile multiple source files into an executable: |
| `gcc {{path/to/source1.c path/to/source2.c ...}} -o |
| {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Show common warnings, debug symbols in output, and optimize without affecting debugging: |
| `gcc {{path/to/source.c}} -Wall -g -Og -o {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Include libraries from a different path: |
| `gcc {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/output_executable}} |
| -I{{path/to/header}} -L{{path/to/library}} -l{{library_name}}` |
| * Compile source code into Assembler instructions: |
| `gcc -S {{path/to/source.c}}` |
| * Compile source code into an object file without linking: |
| `gcc -c {{path/to/source.c}}`" |
| What is whoami command,,"# whoami |
| > Print the username associated with the current effective user ID. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami. |
| * Display currently logged username: |
| `whoami` |
| * Display the username after a change in the user ID: |
| `sudo whoami`" |
| What is gitk command,,"# gitk |
| > A graphical Git repository browser. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/gitk. |
| * Show the repository browser for the current Git repository: |
| `gitk` |
| * Show repository browser for a specific file or directory: |
| `gitk {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Show commits made since 1 week ago: |
| `gitk --since=""{{1 week ago}}""` |
| * Show commits older than 1/1/2016: |
| `gitk --until=""{{1/1/2015}}""` |
| * Show at most 100 changes in all branches: |
| `gitk --max-count={{100}} --all`" |
| What is realpath command,,"# realpath |
| > Display the resolved absolute path for a file or directory. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/realpath. |
| * Display the absolute path for a file or directory: |
| `realpath {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Require all path components to exist: |
| `realpath --canonicalize-existing {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Resolve "".."" components before symlinks: |
| `realpath --logical {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Disable symlink expansion: |
| `realpath --no-symlinks {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Suppress error messages: |
| `realpath --quiet {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is csplit command,,"# csplit |
| > Split a file into pieces. This generates files named ""xx00"", ""xx01"", and so |
| > on. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/csplit. |
| * Split a file at lines 5 and 23: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {{23}}` |
| * Split a file every 5 lines (this will fail if the total number of lines is not divisible by 5): |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {*}` |
| * Split a file every 5 lines, ignoring exact-division error: |
| `csplit -k {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {*}` |
| * Split a file at line 5 and use a custom prefix for the output files: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} -f {{prefix}}` |
| * Split a file at a line matching a regular expression: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} /{{regular_expression}}/`" |
| What is ps command,,"# ps |
| > Information about running processes. More information: |
| > https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/ps/. |
| * List all running processes: |
| `ps aux` |
| * List all running processes including the full command string: |
| `ps auxww` |
| * Search for a process that matches a string: |
| `ps aux | grep {{string}}` |
| * Get the parent PID of a process: |
| `ps -o ppid= -p {{pid}}` |
| * Sort processes by memory usage: |
| `ps -m` |
| * Sort processes by CPU usage: |
| `ps -r`" |
| What is journalctl command,,"# journalctl |
| > Query the systemd journal. More information: https://manned.org/journalctl. |
| * Show all messages with priority level 3 (errors) from this [b]oot: |
| `journalctl -b --priority={{3}}` |
| * Show all messages from last [b]oot: |
| `journalctl -b -1` |
| * Delete journal logs which are older than 2 days: |
| `journalctl --vacuum-time={{2d}}` |
| * [f]ollow new messages (like `tail -f` for traditional syslog): |
| `journalctl -f` |
| * Show all messages by a specific [u]nit: |
| `journalctl -u {{unit}}` |
| * Filter messages within a time range (either timestamp or placeholders like ""yesterday""): |
| `journalctl --since {{now|today|yesterday|tomorrow}} --until {{YYYY-MM-DD |
| HH:MM:SS}}` |
| * Show all messages by a specific process: |
| `journalctl _PID={{pid}}` |
| * Show all messages by a specific executable: |
| `journalctl {{path/to/executable}}`" |
| What is head command,,"# head |
| > Output the first part of files. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html. |
| * Output the first few lines of a file: |
| `head --lines {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output the first few bytes of a file: |
| `head --bytes {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output everything but the last few lines of a file: |
| `head --lines -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output everything but the last few bytes of a file: |
| `head --bytes -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is basename command,,"# basename |
| > Remove leading directory portions from a path. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/basename. |
| * Show only the file name from a path: |
| `basename {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show only the rightmost directory name from a path: |
| `basename {{path/to/directory/}}` |
| * Show only the file name from a path, with a suffix removed: |
| `basename {{path/to/file}} {{suffix}}`" |
| What is git-maintenance command,,"# git-maintenance |
| > Run tasks to optimize Git repository data. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-maintenance. |
| * Register the current repository in the user's list of repositories to daily have maintenance run: |
| `git maintenance register` |
| * Start running maintenance on the current repository: |
| `git maintenance start` |
| * Halt the background maintenance schedule for the current repository: |
| `git maintenance stop` |
| * Remove the current repository from the user's maintenance repository list: |
| `git maintenance unregister` |
| * Run a specific maintenance task on the current repository: |
| `git maintenance run --task={{commit-graph|gc|incremental-repack|loose- |
| objects|pack-refs|prefetch}}`" |
| What is git-diff-files command,,"# git diff-files |
| > Compare files using their sha1 hashes and modes. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-diff-files. |
| * Compare all changed files: |
| `git diff-files` |
| * Compare only specified files: |
| `git diff-files {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show only the names of changed files: |
| `git diff-files --name-only` |
| * Output a summary of extended header information: |
| `git diff-files --summary`" |
| What is expr command,,"# expr |
| > Evaluate expressions and manipulate strings. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expr. |
| * Get the length of a specific string: |
| `expr length ""{{string}}""` |
| * Get the substring of a string with a specific length: |
| `expr substr ""{{string}}"" {{from}} {{length}}` |
| * Match a specific substring against an anchored pattern: |
| `expr match ""{{string}}"" '{{pattern}}'` |
| * Get the first char position from a specific set in a string: |
| `expr index ""{{string}}"" ""{{chars}}""` |
| * Calculate a specific mathematic expression: |
| `expr {{expression1}} {{+|-|*|/|%}} {{expression2}}` |
| * Get the first expression if its value is non-zero and not null otherwise get the second one: |
| `expr {{expression1}} \| {{expression2}}` |
| * Get the first expression if both expressions are non-zero and not null otherwise get zero: |
| `expr {{expression1}} \& {{expression2}}`" |
| What is mv command,,"# mv |
| > Move or rename files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv. |
| * Rename a file or directory when the target is not an existing directory: |
| `mv {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Move a file or directory into an existing directory: |
| `mv {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/existing_directory}}` |
| * Move multiple files into an existing directory, keeping the filenames unchanged: |
| `mv {{path/to/source1 path/to/source2 ...}} {{path/to/existing_directory}}` |
| * Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files: |
| `mv -f {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions: |
| `mv -i {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Do not overwrite existing files at the target: |
| `mv -n {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved: |
| `mv -v {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}`" |
| What is loginctl command,,"# loginctl |
| > Manage the systemd login manager. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/loginctl.html. |
| * Print all current sessions: |
| `loginctl list-sessions` |
| * Print all properties of a specific session: |
| `loginctl show-session {{session_id}} --all` |
| * Print all properties of a specific user: |
| `loginctl show-user {{username}}` |
| * Print a specific property of a user: |
| `loginctl show-user {{username}} --property={{property_name}}` |
| * Execute a `loginctl` operation on a remote host: |
| `loginctl list-users -H {{hostname}}`" |
| What is cut command,,"# cut |
| > Cut out fields from `stdin` or files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/cut.1. |
| * Print a specific character/field range of each line: |
| `{{command}} | cut -{{c|f}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}}` |
| * Print a range of each line with a specific delimiter: |
| `{{command}} | cut -d ""{{,}}"" -{{c}} {{1}}` |
| * Print a range of each line of a specific file: |
| `cut -{{c}} {{1}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is kill command,,"# kill |
| > Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All |
| > signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to |
| > perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill. |
| * Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal: |
| `kill {{process_id}}` |
| * List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix): |
| `kill -l` |
| * Terminate a background job: |
| `kill %{{job_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating: |
| `kill -{{1|HUP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `Ctrl + C`: |
| `kill -{{2|INT}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal): |
| `kill -{{9|KILL}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT (""continue"") signal is received: |
| `kill -{{17|STOP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id): |
| `kill -{{SIGUSR1}} -{{group_id}}`" |
| What is sleep command,,"# sleep |
| > Delay for a specified amount of time. More information: |
| > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sleep.html. |
| * Delay in seconds: |
| `sleep {{seconds}}` |
| * Execute a specific command after 20 seconds delay: |
| `sleep 20 && {{command}}`" |
| What is printf command,,"# printf |
| > Format and print text. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf. |
| * Print a text message: |
| `printf ""{{%s\n}}"" ""{{Hello world}}""` |
| * Print an integer in bold blue: |
| `printf ""{{\e[1;34m%.3d\e[0m\n}}"" {{42}}` |
| * Print a float number with the Unicode Euro sign: |
| `printf ""{{\u20AC %.2f\n}}"" {{123.4}}` |
| * Print a text message composed with environment variables: |
| `printf ""{{var1: %s\tvar2: %s\n}}"" ""{{$VAR1}}"" ""{{$VAR2}}""` |
| * Store a formatted message in a variable (does not work on zsh): |
| `printf -v {{myvar}} {{""This is %s = %d\n"" ""a year"" 2016}}`" |
| What is c99 command,,"# c99 |
| > Compiles C programs according to the ISO C standard. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/c99. |
| * Compile source file(s) and create an executable: |
| `c99 {{file.c}}` |
| * Compile source file(s) and create an executable with a custom name: |
| `c99 -o {{executable_name}} {{file.c}}` |
| * Compile source file(s) and create object file(s): |
| `c99 -c {{file.c}}` |
| * Compile source file(s), link with object file(s), and create an executable: |
| `c99 {{file.c}} {{file.o}}`" |
| What is runuser command,,"# runuser |
| > Run commands as a specific user and group without asking for password (needs |
| > root privileges). More information: https://manned.org/runuser. |
| * Run command as a different user: |
| `runuser {{user}} -c '{{command}}'` |
| * Run command as a different user and group: |
| `runuser {{user}} -g {{group}} -c '{{command}}'` |
| * Start a login shell as a specific user: |
| `runuser {{user}} -l` |
| * Specify a shell for running instead of the default shell (also works for login): |
| `runuser {{user}} -s {{/bin/sh}}` |
| * Preserve the entire environment of root (only if `--login` is not specified): |
| `runuser {{user}} --preserve-environment -c '{{command}}'`" |
| What is man command,,"# man |
| > Format and display manual pages. More information: |
| > https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html. |
| * Display the man page for a command: |
| `man {{command}}` |
| * Display the man page for a command from section 7: |
| `man {{7}} {{command}}` |
| * List all available sections for a command: |
| `man -f {{command}}` |
| * Display the path searched for manpages: |
| `man --path` |
| * Display the location of a manpage rather than the manpage itself: |
| `man -w {{command}}` |
| * Display the man page using a specific locale: |
| `man {{command}} --locale={{locale}}` |
| * Search for manpages containing a search string: |
| `man -k ""{{search_string}}""`" |
| What is git-cherry command,,"# git cherry |
| > Find commits that have yet to be applied upstream. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry. |
| * Show commits (and their messages) with equivalent commits upstream: |
| `git cherry -v` |
| * Specify a different upstream and topic branch: |
| `git cherry {{origin}} {{topic}}` |
| * Limit commits to those within a given limit: |
| `git cherry {{origin}} {{topic}} {{base}}`" |
| What is fold command,,"# fold |
| > Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to |
| > `stdout`. More information: https://manned.org/fold.1p. |
| * Wrap each line to default width (80 characters): |
| `fold {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Wrap each line to width ""30"": |
| `fold -w30 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Wrap each line to width ""5"" and break the line at spaces (puts each space separated word in a new line, words with length > 5 are wrapped): |
| `fold -w5 -s {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is dirname command,,"# dirname |
| > Calculates the parent directory of a given file or directory path. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/dirname. |
| * Calculate the parent directory of a given path: |
| `dirname {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Calculate the parent directory of multiple paths: |
| `dirname {{path/to/file_a}} {{path/to/directory_b}}` |
| * Delimit output with a NUL character instead of a newline (useful when combining with `xargs`): |
| `dirname --zero {{path/to/directory_a}} {{path/to/file_b}}`" |
| What is tsort command,,"# tsort |
| > Perform a topological sort. A common use is to show the dependency order of |
| > nodes in a directed acyclic graph. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tsort. |
| * Perform a topological sort consistent with a partial sort per line of input separated by blanks: |
| `tsort {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Perform a topological sort consistent on strings: |
| `echo -e ""{{UI Backend\nBackend Database\nDocs UI}}"" | tsort`" |
| What is base32 command,,"# base32 |
| > Encode or decode file or `stdin` to/from Base32, to `stdout`. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/base32. |
| * Encode a file: |
| `base32 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Decode a file: |
| `base32 --decode {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Encode from `stdin`: |
| `{{somecommand}} | base32` |
| * Decode from `stdin`: |
| `{{somecommand}} | base32 --decode`" |
| What is git-commit-tree command,,"# git commit-tree |
| > Low level utility to create commit objects. See also: `git commit`. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit-tree. |
| * Create a commit object with the specified message: |
| `git commit-tree {{tree}} -m ""{{message}}""` |
| * Create a commit object reading the message from a file (use `-` for `stdin`): |
| `git commit-tree {{tree}} -F {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Create a GPG-signed commit object: |
| `git commit-tree {{tree}} -m ""{{message}}"" --gpg-sign` |
| * Create a commit object with the specified parent commit object: |
| `git commit-tree {{tree}} -m ""{{message}}"" -p {{parent_commit_sha}}`" |
| What is reset command,,"# reset |
| > Reinitializes the current terminal. Clears the entire terminal screen. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/reset. |
| * Reinitialize the current terminal: |
| `reset` |
| * Display the terminal type instead: |
| `reset -q`" |
| What is git-init command,,"# git init |
| > Initializes a new local Git repository. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-init. |
| * Initialize a new local repository: |
| `git init` |
| * Initialize a repository with the specified name for the initial branch: |
| `git init --initial-branch={{branch_name}}` |
| * Initialize a repository using SHA256 for object hashes (requires Git version 2.29+): |
| `git init --object-format={{sha256}}` |
| * Initialize a barebones repository, suitable for use as a remote over ssh: |
| `git init --bare`" |
| What is csplit command,,"# csplit |
| > Split a file into pieces. This generates files named ""xx00"", ""xx01"", and so |
| > on. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/csplit. |
| * Split a file at lines 5 and 23: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {{23}}` |
| * Split a file every 5 lines (this will fail if the total number of lines is not divisible by 5): |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {*}` |
| * Split a file every 5 lines, ignoring exact-division error: |
| `csplit -k {{path/to/file}} {{5}} {*}` |
| * Split a file at line 5 and use a custom prefix for the output files: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} {{5}} -f {{prefix}}` |
| * Split a file at a line matching a regular expression: |
| `csplit {{path/to/file}} /{{regular_expression}}/`" |
| What is make command,,"# make |
| > Task runner for targets described in Makefile. Mostly used to control the |
| > compilation of an executable from source code. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html. |
| * Call the first target specified in the Makefile (usually named ""all""): |
| `make` |
| * Call a specific target: |
| `make {{target}}` |
| * Call a specific target, executing 4 jobs at a time in parallel: |
| `make -j{{4}} {{target}}` |
| * Use a specific Makefile: |
| `make --file {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Execute make from another directory: |
| `make --directory {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Force making of a target, even if source files are unchanged: |
| `make --always-make {{target}}` |
| * Override a variable defined in the Makefile: |
| `make {{target}} {{variable}}={{new_value}}` |
| * Override variables defined in the Makefile by the environment: |
| `make --environment-overrides {{target}}`" |
| What is sed command,,"# sed |
| > Edit text in a scriptable manner. See also: `awk`, `ed`. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/sed.1.html. |
| * Replace all `apple` (basic regex) occurrences with `mango` (basic regex) in all input lines and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed 's/apple/mango/g'` |
| * Execute a specific script [f]ile and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -f {{path/to/script_file.sed}}` |
| * Replace all `apple` (extended regex) occurrences with `APPLE` (extended regex) in all input lines and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -E 's/(apple)/\U\1/g'` |
| * Print just a first line to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -n '1p'` |
| * Replace all `apple` (basic regex) occurrences with `mango` (basic regex) in a `file` and save a backup of the original to `file.bak`: |
| `sed -i bak 's/apple/mango/g' {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is dash command,,"# dash |
| > Debian Almquist Shell, a modern, POSIX-compliant implementation of `sh` (not |
| > Bash-compatible). More information: https://manned.org/dash. |
| * Start an interactive shell session: |
| `dash` |
| * Execute specific [c]ommands: |
| `dash -c ""{{echo 'dash is executed'}}""` |
| * Execute a specific script: |
| `dash {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Check a specific script for syntax errors: |
| `dash -n {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute a specific script while printing each command before executing it: |
| `dash -x {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute a specific script and stop at the first [e]rror: |
| `dash -e {{path/to/script.sh}}` |
| * Execute specific commands from `stdin`: |
| `{{echo ""echo 'dash is executed'""}} | dash`" |
| What is ex command,,"# ex |
| > Command-line text editor. See also: `vim`. More information: |
| > https://www.vim.org. |
| * Open a file: |
| `ex {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Save and Quit: |
| `wq<Enter>` |
| * Undo the last operation: |
| `undo<Enter>` |
| * Search for a pattern in the file: |
| `/{{search_pattern}}<Enter>` |
| * Perform a regular expression substitution in the whole file: |
| `%s/{{regular_expression}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>` |
| * Insert text: |
| `i<Enter>{{text}}<C-c>` |
| * Switch to Vim: |
| `visual<Enter>`" |
| What is time command,,"# time |
| > Measure how long a command took to run. Note: `time` can either exist as a |
| > shell builtin, a standalone program or both. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/time. |
| * Run the `command` and print the time measurements to `stdout`: |
| `time {{command}}`" |
| What is printf command,,"# printf |
| > Format and print text. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printf. |
| * Print a text message: |
| `printf ""{{%s\n}}"" ""{{Hello world}}""` |
| * Print an integer in bold blue: |
| `printf ""{{\e[1;34m%.3d\e[0m\n}}"" {{42}}` |
| * Print a float number with the Unicode Euro sign: |
| `printf ""{{\u20AC %.2f\n}}"" {{123.4}}` |
| * Print a text message composed with environment variables: |
| `printf ""{{var1: %s\tvar2: %s\n}}"" ""{{$VAR1}}"" ""{{$VAR2}}""` |
| * Store a formatted message in a variable (does not work on zsh): |
| `printf -v {{myvar}} {{""This is %s = %d\n"" ""a year"" 2016}}`" |
| What is pwd command,,"# pwd |
| > Print name of current/working directory. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pwd. |
| * Print the current directory: |
| `pwd` |
| * Print the current directory, and resolve all symlinks (i.e. show the ""physical"" path): |
| `pwd -P`" |
| What is loadkeys command,,"# loadkeys |
| > Load the kernel keymap for the console. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/loadkeys. |
| * Load a default keymap: |
| `loadkeys --default` |
| * Load default keymap when an unusual keymap is loaded and `-` sign cannot be found: |
| `loadkeys defmap` |
| * Create a kernel source table: |
| `loadkeys --mktable` |
| * Create a binary keymap: |
| `loadkeys --bkeymap` |
| * Search and parse keymap without action: |
| `loadkeys --parse` |
| * Load the keymap suppressing all output: |
| `loadkeys --quiet` |
| * Load a keymap from the specified file for the console: |
| `loadkeys --console {{/dev/ttyN}} {{/path/to/file}}` |
| * Use standard names for keymaps of different locales: |
| `loadkeys --console {{/dev/ttyN}} {{uk}}`" |
| What is env command,,"# env |
| > Show the environment or run a program in a modified environment. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/env. |
| * Show the environment: |
| `env` |
| * Run a program. Often used in scripts after the shebang (#!) for looking up the path to the program: |
| `env {{program}}` |
| * Clear the environment and run a program: |
| `env -i {{program}}` |
| * Remove variable from the environment and run a program: |
| `env -u {{variable}} {{program}}` |
| * Set a variable and run a program: |
| `env {{variable}}={{value}} {{program}}` |
| * Set multiple variables and run a program: |
| `env {{variable1}}={{value}} {{variable2}}={{value}} {{variable3}}={{value}} |
| {{program}}`" |
| What is look command,,"# look |
| > Look for lines in sorted file. More information: https://manned.org/look. |
| * Look for lines which begins with the given prefix: |
| `look {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Look for lines ignoring case: |
| `look --ignore-case {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is fgrep command,,"# fgrep |
| > Matches fixed strings in files. Equivalent to `grep -F`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html. |
| * Search for an exact string in a file: |
| `fgrep {{search_string}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Search only lines that match entirely in files: |
| `fgrep -x {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Count the number of lines that match the given string in a file: |
| `fgrep -c {{search_string}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show the line number in the file along with the line matched: |
| `fgrep -n {{search_string}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display all lines except those that contain the search string: |
| `fgrep -v {{search_string}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display filenames whose content matches the search string at least once: |
| `fgrep -l {{search_string}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is df command,,"# df |
| > Gives an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/df. |
| * Display all filesystems and their disk usage: |
| `df` |
| * Display all filesystems and their disk usage in human-readable form: |
| `df -h` |
| * Display the filesystem and its disk usage containing the given file or directory: |
| `df {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Display statistics on the number of free inodes: |
| `df -i` |
| * Display filesystems but exclude the specified types: |
| `df -x {{squashfs}} -x {{tmpfs}}`" |
| What is sha512sum command,,"# sha512sum |
| > Calculate SHA512 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sha2-utilities.html. |
| * Calculate the SHA512 checksum for one or more files: |
| `sha512sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of SHA512 checksums to a file: |
| `sha512sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha512}}` |
| * Calculate a SHA512 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | sha512sum` |
| * Read a file of SHA512 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `sha512sum --check {{path/to/file.sha512}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `sha512sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha512}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `sha512sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha512}}`" |
| What is dpkg-deb command,,"# dpkg-deb |
| > Pack, unpack and provide information about Debian archives. More |
| > information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/dpkg/dpkg-deb.html. |
| * Display information about a package: |
| `dpkg-deb --info {{path/to/file.deb}}` |
| * Display the package's name and version on one line: |
| `dpkg-deb --show {{path/to/file.deb}}` |
| * List the package's contents: |
| `dpkg-deb --contents {{path/to/file.deb}}` |
| * Extract package's contents into a directory: |
| `dpkg-deb --extract {{path/to/file.deb}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Create a package from a specified directory: |
| `dpkg-deb --build {{path/to/directory}}`" |
| What is updatedb command,,"# updatedb |
| > Create or update the database used by `locate`. It is usually run daily by |
| > cron. More information: https://manned.org/updatedb. |
| * Refresh database content: |
| `sudo updatedb` |
| * Display file names as soon as they are found: |
| `sudo updatedb --verbose`" |
| What is sort command,,"# sort |
| > Sort lines of text files. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort. |
| * Sort a file in ascending order: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file in descending order: |
| `sort --reverse {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file in case-insensitive way: |
| `sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order: |
| `sort --numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort `/etc/passwd` by the 3rd field of each line numerically, using "":"" as a field separator: |
| `sort --field-separator={{:}} --key={{3n}} {{/etc/passwd}}` |
| * Sort a file preserving only unique lines: |
| `sort --unique {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file, printing the output to the specified output file (can be used to sort a file in-place): |
| `sort --output={{path/to/file}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort numbers with exponents: |
| `sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is lex command,,"# lex |
| > Lexical analyzer generator. Given the specification for a lexical analyzer, |
| > generates C code implementing it. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/lex.1.html. |
| * Generate an analyzer from a Lex file: |
| `lex {{analyzer.l}}` |
| * Specify the output file: |
| `lex {{analyzer.l}} --outfile {{analyzer.c}}` |
| * Compile a C file generated by Lex: |
| `cc {{path/to/lex.yy.c}} --output {{executable}}`" |
| What is ulimit command,,"# ulimit |
| > Get and set user limits. More information: https://manned.org/ulimit. |
| * Get the properties of all the user limits: |
| `ulimit -a` |
| * Get hard limit for the number of simultaneously opened files: |
| `ulimit -H -n` |
| * Get soft limit for the number of simultaneously opened files: |
| `ulimit -S -n` |
| * Set max per-user process limit: |
| `ulimit -u 30`" |
| What is chfn command,,"# chfn |
| > Update `finger` info for a user. More information: https://manned.org/chfn. |
| * Update a user's ""Name"" field in the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -f {{new_display_name}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Office Room Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -o {{new_office_room_number}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Office Phone Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -p {{new_office_telephone_number}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Home Phone Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -h {{new_home_telephone_number}} {{username}}`" |
| What is nice command,,"# nice |
| > Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness |
| > values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice. |
| * Launch a program with altered priority: |
| `nice -n {{niceness_value}} {{command}}`" |
| What is tail command,,"# tail |
| > Display the last part of a file. See also: `head`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1. |
| * Show last 'count' lines in file: |
| `tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print a file from a specific line number: |
| `tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file: |
| `tail -c {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`: |
| `tail -f {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible: |
| `tail -F {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show last 'count' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'seconds' seconds: |
| `tail -n {{8}} -s {{10}} -f {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is ctags command,,"# ctags |
| > Generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files |
| > for many popular programming languages. More information: https://ctags.io/. |
| * Generate tags for a single file, and output them to a file named ""tags"" in the current directory, overwriting the file if it exists: |
| `ctags {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Generate tags for all files in the current directory, and output them to a specific file, overwriting the file if it exists: |
| `ctags -f {{path/to/file}} *` |
| * Generate tags for all files in the current directory and all subdirectories: |
| `ctags --recurse` |
| * Generate tags for a single file, and output them with start line number and end line number in JSON format: |
| `ctags --fields=+ne --output-format=json {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is mkdir command,,"# mkdir |
| > Create directories and set their permissions. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir. |
| * Create specific directories: |
| `mkdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Create specific directories and their [p]arents if needed: |
| `mkdir -p {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Create directories with specific permissions: |
| `mkdir -m {{rwxrw-r--}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is test command,,"# test |
| > Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to |
| > true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test. |
| * Test if a given variable is equal to a given string: |
| `test ""{{$MY_VAR}}"" == ""{{/bin/zsh}}""` |
| * Test if a given variable is empty: |
| `test -z ""{{$GIT_BRANCH}}""` |
| * Test if a file exists: |
| `test -f ""{{path/to/file_or_directory}}""` |
| * Test if a directory does not exist: |
| `test ! -d ""{{path/to/directory}}""` |
| * If A is true, then do B, or C in the case of an error (notice that C may run even if A fails): |
| `test {{condition}} && {{echo ""true""}} || {{echo ""false""}}`" |
| What is uptime command,,"# uptime |
| > Tell how long the system has been running and other information. More |
| > information: https://ss64.com/osx/uptime.html. |
| * Print current time, uptime, number of logged-in users and other information: |
| `uptime`" |
| What is sha384sum command,,"# sha384sum |
| > Calculate SHA384 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sha2-utilities.html. |
| * Calculate the SHA384 checksum for one or more files: |
| `sha384sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of SHA384 checksums to a file: |
| `sha384sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha384}}` |
| * Calculate a SHA384 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | sha384sum` |
| * Read a file of SHA384 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `sha384sum --check {{path/to/file.sha384}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `sha384sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha384}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `sha384sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha384}}`" |
| What is file command,,"# file |
| > Determine file type. More information: https://manned.org/file. |
| * Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension: |
| `file {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside: |
| `file -z {{foo.zip}}` |
| * Allow file to work with special or device files: |
| `file -s {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Don't stop at first file type match; keep going until the end of the file: |
| `file -k {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Determine the MIME encoding type of a file: |
| `file -i {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is rm command,,"# rm |
| > Remove files or directories. See also: `rmdir`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm. |
| * Remove specific files: |
| `rm {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones: |
| `rm -f {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files [i]nteractively prompting before each removal: |
| `rm -i {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files printing info about each removal: |
| `rm -v {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific files and directories [r]ecursively: |
| `rm -r {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is git-update-ref command,,"# git update-ref |
| > Git command for creating, updating, and deleting Git refs. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-update-ref. |
| * Delete a ref, useful for soft resetting the first commit: |
| `git update-ref -d {{HEAD}}` |
| * Update ref with a message: |
| `git update-ref -m {{message}} {{HEAD}} {{4e95e05}}`" |
| What is localectl command,,"# localectl |
| > Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/localectl.html. |
| * Show the current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping: |
| `localectl` |
| * List available locales: |
| `localectl list-locales` |
| * Set a system locale variable: |
| `localectl set-locale {{LANG}}={{en_US.UTF-8}}` |
| * List available keymaps: |
| `localectl list-keymaps` |
| * Set the system keyboard mapping for the console and X11: |
| `localectl set-keymap {{us}}`" |
| What is cat command,,"# cat |
| > Print and concatenate files. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/cat.1.html. |
| * Print the contents of a file to `stdout`: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Concatenate several files into an output file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Append several files to an output file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Copy the contents of a file into an output file without buffering: |
| `cat -u {{/dev/tty12}} > {{/dev/tty13}}` |
| * Write `stdin` to a file: |
| `cat - > {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Number all output lines: |
| `cat -n {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display non-printable and whitespace characters (with `M-` prefix if non-ASCII): |
| `cat -v -t -e {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is fc command,,"# fc |
| > Open the most recent command and edit it. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/fc. |
| * Open in the default system editor: |
| `fc` |
| * Specify an editor to open with: |
| `fc -e {{'emacs'}}` |
| * List recent commands from history: |
| `fc -l` |
| * List recent commands in reverse order: |
| `fc -l -r` |
| * List commands in a given interval: |
| `fc '{{416}}' '{{420}}'`" |
| What is sum command,,"# sum |
| > Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file. A predecessor to the |
| > more modern `cksum`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum. |
| * Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks: |
| `sum {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks: |
| `sum --sysv {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is sha256sum command,,"# sha256sum |
| > Calculate SHA256 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/sha2-utilities.html. |
| * Calculate the SHA256 checksum for one or more files: |
| `sha256sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of SHA256 checksums to a file: |
| `sha256sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha256}}` |
| * Calculate a SHA256 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | sha256sum` |
| * Read a file of SHA256 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `sha256sum --check {{path/to/file.sha256}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `sha256sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha256}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `sha256sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.sha256}}`" |
| What is runcon command,,"# runcon |
| > Run a program in a different SELinux security context. With neither context |
| > nor command, print the current security context. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/runcon. |
| * Determine the current domain: |
| `runcon` |
| * Specify the domain to run a command in: |
| `runcon -t {{domain}}_t {{command}}` |
| * Specify the context role to run a command with: |
| `runcon -r {{role}}_r {{command}}` |
| * Specify the full context to run a command with: |
| `runcon {{user}}_u:{{role}}_r:{{domain}}_t {{command}}`" |
| What is curl command,,"# curl |
| > Transfers data from or to a server. Supports most protocols, including HTTP, |
| > FTP, and POP3. More information: https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html. |
| * Download the contents of a URL to a file: |
| `curl {{http://example.com}} --output {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Download a file, saving the output under the filename indicated by the URL: |
| `curl --remote-name {{http://example.com/filename}}` |
| * Download a file, following location redirects, and automatically continuing (resuming) a previous file transfer and return an error on server error: |
| `curl --fail --remote-name --location --continue-at - |
| {{http://example.com/filename}}` |
| * Send form-encoded data (POST request of type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`). Use `--data @file_name` or `--data @'-'` to read from STDIN: |
| `curl --data {{'name=bob'}} {{http://example.com/form}}` |
| * Send a request with an extra header, using a custom HTTP method: |
| `curl --header {{'X-My-Header: 123'}} --request {{PUT}} |
| {{http://example.com}}` |
| * Send data in JSON format, specifying the appropriate content-type header: |
| `curl --data {{'{""name"":""bob""}'}} --header {{'Content-Type: |
| application/json'}} {{http://example.com/users/1234}}` |
| * Pass a username and password for server authentication: |
| `curl --user myusername:mypassword {{http://example.com}}` |
| * Pass client certificate and key for a resource, skipping certificate validation: |
| `curl --cert {{client.pem}} --key {{key.pem}} --insecure |
| {{https://example.com}}`" |
| What is git-verify-commit command,,"# git verify-commit |
| > Check for GPG verification of commits. If no commits are verified, nothing |
| > will be printed, regardless of options specified. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-verify-commit. |
| * Check commits for a GPG signature: |
| `git verify-commit {{commit_hash1 optional_commit_hash2 ...}}` |
| * Check commits for a GPG signature and show details of each commit: |
| `git verify-commit {{commit_hash1 optional_commit_hash2 ...}} --verbose` |
| * Check commits for a GPG signature and print the raw details: |
| `git verify-commit {{commit_hash1 optional_commit_hash2 ...}} --raw`" |
| What is rmdir command,,"# rmdir |
| > Remove directories without files. See also: `rm`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir. |
| * Remove specific directories: |
| `rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Remove specific nested directories recursively: |
| `rmdir -p {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is getfacl command,,"# getfacl |
| > Get file access control lists. More information: https://manned.org/getfacl. |
| * Display the file access control list: |
| `getfacl {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Display the file access control list with numeric user and group IDs: |
| `getfacl -n {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Display the file access control list with tabular output format: |
| `getfacl -t {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is nsenter command,,"# nsenter |
| > Run a new command in a running process' namespace. Particularly useful for |
| > docker images or chroot jails. More information: https://manned.org/nsenter. |
| * Run a specific command using the same namespaces as an existing process: |
| `nsenter --target {{pid}} --all {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Run a specific command in an existing process's network namespace: |
| `nsenter --target {{pid}} --net {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Run a specific command in an existing process's PID namespace: |
| `nsenter --target {{pid}} --pid {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Run a specific command in an existing process's IPC namespace: |
| `nsenter --target {{pid}} --ipc {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Run a specific command in an existing process's UTS, time, and IPC namespaces: |
| `nsenter --target {{pid}} --uts --time --ipc -- {{command}} |
| {{command_arguments}}` |
| * Run a specific command in an existing process's namespace by referencing procfs: |
| `nsenter --pid=/proc/{{pid}}/pid/net -- {{command}} {{command_arguments}}`" |
| What is rsync command,,"# rsync |
| > Transfer files either to or from a remote host (but not between two remote |
| > hosts), by default using SSH. To specify a remote path, use |
| > `host:path/to/file_or_directory`. More information: |
| > https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1. |
| * Transfer a file: |
| `rsync {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Use archive mode (recursively copy directories, copy symlinks without resolving and preserve permissions, ownership and modification times): |
| `rsync --archive {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Compress the data as it is sent to the destination, display verbose and human-readable progress, and keep partially transferred files if interrupted: |
| `rsync --compress --verbose --human-readable --partial --progress |
| {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Recursively copy directories: |
| `rsync --recursive {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Transfer directory contents, but not the directory itself: |
| `rsync --recursive {{path/to/source}}/ {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Recursively copy directories, use archive mode, resolve symlinks and skip files that are newer on the destination: |
| `rsync --recursive --archive --update --copy-links {{path/to/source}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Transfer a directory to a remote host running `rsyncd` and delete files on the destination that do not exist on the source: |
| `rsync --recursive --delete rsync://{{host}}:{{path/to/source}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}` |
| * Transfer a file over SSH using a different port than the default (22) and show global progress: |
| `rsync --rsh 'ssh -p {{port}}' --info=progress2 {{host}}:{{path/to/source}} |
| {{path/to/destination}}`" |
| What is unexpand command,,"# unexpand |
| > Convert spaces to tabs. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand. |
| * Convert blanks in each file to tabs, writing to `stdout`: |
| `unexpand {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert blanks to tabs, reading from `stdout`: |
| `unexpand` |
| * Convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks: |
| `unexpand -a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a): |
| `unexpand --first-only {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8 (enables -a): |
| `unexpand -t {{number}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is scp command,,"# scp |
| > Secure copy. Copy files between hosts using Secure Copy Protocol over SSH. |
| > More information: https://man.openbsd.org/scp. |
| * Copy a local file to a remote host: |
| `scp {{path/to/local_file}} {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}}` |
| * Use a specific port when connecting to the remote host: |
| `scp -P {{port}} {{path/to/local_file}} |
| {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}}` |
| * Copy a file from a remote host to a local directory: |
| `scp {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} {{path/to/local_directory}}` |
| * Recursively copy the contents of a directory from a remote host to a local directory: |
| `scp -r {{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_directory}} |
| {{path/to/local_directory}}` |
| * Copy a file between two remote hosts transferring through the local host: |
| `scp -3 {{host1}}:{{path/to/remote_file}} |
| {{host2}}:{{path/to/remote_directory}}` |
| * Use a specific username when connecting to the remote host: |
| `scp {{path/to/local_file}} |
| {{remote_username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{path/to/remote_directory}}` |
| * Use a specific ssh private key for authentication with the remote host: |
| `scp -i {{~/.ssh/private_key}} {{local_file}} |
| {{remote_host}}:{{/path/remote_file}}`" |
| What is timedatectl command,,"# timedatectl |
| > Control the system time and date. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/timedatectl. |
| * Check the current system clock time: |
| `timedatectl` |
| * Set the local time of the system clock directly: |
| `timedatectl set-time ""{{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss}}""` |
| * List available timezones: |
| `timedatectl list-timezones` |
| * Set the system timezone: |
| `timedatectl set-timezone {{timezone}}` |
| * Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization: |
| `timedatectl set-ntp on` |
| * Change the hardware clock time standard to localtime: |
| `timedatectl set-local-rtc 1`" |
| What is screen command,,"# screen |
| > Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a |
| > single SSH connection. See also `tmux` and `zellij`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/screen. |
| * Start a new screen session: |
| `screen` |
| * Start a new named screen session: |
| `screen -S {{session_name}}` |
| * Start a new daemon and log the output to `screenlog.x`: |
| `screen -dmLS {{session_name}} {{command}}` |
| * Show open screen sessions: |
| `screen -ls` |
| * Reattach to an open screen: |
| `screen -r {{session_name}}` |
| * Detach from inside a screen: |
| `Ctrl + A, D` |
| * Kill the current screen session: |
| `Ctrl + A, K` |
| * Kill a detached screen: |
| `screen -X -S {{session_name}} quit`" |
| What is write command,,"# write |
| > Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (ctrl-C to |
| > stop writing messages). Use the `who` command to find out all terminal_ids |
| > of all active users active on the system. See also `mesg`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/write. |
| * Send a message to a given user on a given terminal id: |
| `write {{username}} {{terminal_id}}` |
| * Send message to ""testuser"" on terminal `/dev/tty/5`: |
| `write {{testuser}} {{tty/5}}` |
| * Send message to ""johndoe"" on pseudo terminal `/dev/pts/5`: |
| `write {{johndoe}} {{pts/5}}`" |
| What is as command,,"# as |
| > Portable GNU assembler. Primarily intended to assemble output from `gcc` to |
| > be used by `ld`. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/as/. |
| * Assemble a file, writing the output to `a.out`: |
| `as {{path/to/file.s}}` |
| * Assemble the output to a given file: |
| `as {{path/to/file.s}} -o {{path/to/output_file.o}}` |
| * Generate output faster by skipping whitespace and comment preprocessing. (Should only be used for trusted compilers): |
| `as -f {{path/to/file.s}}` |
| * Include a given path to the list of directories to search for files specified in `.include` directives: |
| `as -I {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/file.s}}`" |
| What is systemd-cat command,,"# systemd-cat |
| > Connect a pipeline or program's output streams with the systemd journal. |
| > More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd- |
| > cat.html. |
| * Write the output of the specified command to the journal (both output streams are captured): |
| `systemd-cat {{command}}` |
| * Write the output of a pipeline to the journal (`stderr` stays connected to the terminal): |
| `{{command}} | systemd-cat`" |
| What is git-rev-parse command,,"# git rev-parse |
| > Display metadata related to specific revisions. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse. |
| * Get the commit hash of a branch: |
| `git rev-parse {{branch_name}}` |
| * Get the current branch name: |
| `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref {{HEAD}}` |
| * Get the absolute path to the root directory: |
| `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`" |
| What is patch command,,"# patch |
| > Patch a file (or files) with a diff file. Note that diff files should be |
| > generated by the `diff` command. More information: https://manned.org/patch. |
| * Apply a patch using a diff file (filenames must be included in the diff file): |
| `patch < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply a patch to a specific file: |
| `patch {{path/to/file}} < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Patch a file writing the result to a different file: |
| `patch {{path/to/input_file}} -o {{path/to/output_file}} < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply a patch to the current directory: |
| `patch -p1 < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply the reverse of a patch: |
| `patch -R < {{patch.diff}}`" |
| What is size command,,"# size |
| > Displays the sizes of sections inside binary files. More information: |
| > https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/binutils/size.html. |
| * Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file: |
| `size {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file in [o]ctal: |
| `size {{-o|--radix=8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file in [d]ecimal: |
| `size {{-d|--radix=10}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file in he[x]adecimal: |
| `size {{-x|--radix=16}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is column command,,"# column |
| > Format `stdin` or a file into multiple columns. Columns are filled before |
| > rows; the default separator is a whitespace. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/column. |
| * Format the output of a command for a 30 characters wide display: |
| `printf ""header1 header2\nbar foo\n"" | column --output-width {{30}}` |
| * Split columns automatically and auto-align them in a tabular format: |
| `printf ""header1 header2\nbar foo\n"" | column --table` |
| * Specify the column delimiter character for the `--table` option (e.g. "","" for CSV) (defaults to whitespace): |
| `printf ""header1,header2\nbar,foo\n"" | column --table --separator {{,}}` |
| * Fill rows before filling columns: |
| `printf ""header1\nbar\nfoobar\n"" | column --output-width {{30}} --fillrows`" |
| What is seq command,,"# seq |
| > Output a sequence of numbers to `stdout`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/seq. |
| * Sequence from 1 to 10: |
| `seq 10` |
| * Every 3rd number from 5 to 20: |
| `seq 5 3 20` |
| * Separate the output with a space instead of a newline: |
| `seq -s "" "" 5 3 20` |
| * Format output width to a minimum of 4 digits padding with zeros as necessary: |
| `seq -f ""%04g"" 5 3 20`" |
| What is fmt command,,"# fmt |
| > Reformat a text file by joining its paragraphs and limiting the line width |
| > to given number of characters (75 by default). More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/fmt. |
| * Reformat a file: |
| `fmt {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Reformat a file producing output lines of (at most) `n` characters: |
| `fmt -w {{n}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Reformat a file without joining lines shorter than the given width together: |
| `fmt -s {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Reformat a file with uniform spacing (1 space between words and 2 spaces between paragraphs): |
| `fmt -u {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is groups command,,"# groups |
| > Print group memberships for a user. See also: `groupadd`, `groupdel`, |
| > `groupmod`. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups. |
| * Print group memberships for the current user: |
| `groups` |
| * Print group memberships for a list of users: |
| `groups {{username1 username2 ...}}`" |
| What is nm command,,"# nm |
| > List symbol names in object files. More information: https://manned.org/nm. |
| * List global (extern) functions in a file (prefixed with T): |
| `nm -g {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * List only undefined symbols in a file: |
| `nm -u {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * List all symbols, even debugging symbols: |
| `nm -a {{path/to/file.o}}` |
| * Demangle C++ symbols (make them readable): |
| `nm --demangle {{path/to/file.o}}`" |
| What is git-stage command,,"# git stage |
| > Add file contents to the staging area. Synonym of `git add`. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stage. |
| * Add a file to the index: |
| `git stage {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Add all files (tracked and untracked): |
| `git stage -A` |
| * Only add already tracked files: |
| `git stage -u` |
| * Also add ignored files: |
| `git stage -f` |
| * Interactively stage parts of files: |
| `git stage -p` |
| * Interactively stage parts of a given file: |
| `git stage -p {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Interactively stage a file: |
| `git stage -i`" |
| What is dd command,,"# dd |
| > Convert and copy a file. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode- |
| > man-pages/dd.1.html. |
| * Make a bootable USB drive from an isohybrid file (such like `archlinux-xxx.iso`) and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{path/to/file.iso}} of={{/dev/usb_device}} status=progress` |
| * Clone a drive to another drive with 4 MB block, ignore error and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{/dev/source_device}} of={{/dev/dest_device}} bs={{4m}} |
| conv={{noerror}} status=progress` |
| * Generate a file of 100 random bytes by using kernel random driver: |
| `dd if=/dev/urandom of={{path/to/random_file}} bs={{100}} count={{1}}` |
| * Benchmark the write performance of a disk: |
| `dd if=/dev/zero of={{path/to/1GB_file}} bs={{1024}} count={{1000000}}` |
| * Generate a system backup into an IMG file and show the progress: |
| `dd if=/dev/{{drive_device}} of={{path/to/file.img}} status=progress` |
| * Restore a drive from an IMG file and show the progress: |
| `dd if={{path/to/file.img}} of={{/dev/drive_device}} status=progress` |
| * Check the progress of an ongoing dd operation (run this command from another shell): |
| `kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^dd)`" |
| What is prlimit command,,"# prlimit |
| > Get or set process resource soft and hard limits. Given a process ID and one |
| > or more resources, prlimit tries to retrieve and/or modify the limits. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/prlimit. |
| * Display limit values for all current resources for the running parent process: |
| `prlimit` |
| * Display limit values for all current resources of a specified process: |
| `prlimit --pid {{pid number}}` |
| * Run a command with a custom number of open files limit: |
| `prlimit --nofile={{10}} {{command}}`" |
| What is uniq command,,"# uniq |
| > Output the unique lines from the given input or file. Since it does not |
| > detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent, we need to sort them first. |
| > More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq. |
| * Display each line once: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq` |
| * Display only unique lines: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -u` |
| * Display only duplicate lines: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -d` |
| * Display number of occurrences of each line along with that line: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -c` |
| * Display number of occurrences of each line, sorted by the most frequent: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq -c | sort -nr`" |
| What is git-remote command,,"# git remote |
| > Manage set of tracked repositories (""remotes""). More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-remote. |
| * Show a list of existing remotes, their names and URL: |
| `git remote -v` |
| * Show information about a remote: |
| `git remote show {{remote_name}}` |
| * Add a remote: |
| `git remote add {{remote_name}} {{remote_url}}` |
| * Change the URL of a remote (use `--add` to keep the existing URL): |
| `git remote set-url {{remote_name}} {{new_url}}` |
| * Show the URL of a remote: |
| `git remote get-url {{remote_name}}` |
| * Remove a remote: |
| `git remote remove {{remote_name}}` |
| * Rename a remote: |
| `git remote rename {{old_name}} {{new_name}}`" |
| What is systemd-path command,,"# systemd-path |
| > List and query system and user paths. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-path.html. |
| * Display a list of known paths and their current values: |
| `systemd-path` |
| * Query the specified path and display its value: |
| `systemd-path ""{{path_name}}""` |
| * Suffix printed paths with `suffix_string`: |
| `systemd-path --suffix {{suffix_string}}` |
| * Print a short version string and then exit: |
| `systemd-path --version`" |
| What is whatis command,,"# whatis |
| > Tool that searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of |
| > system commands for keywords. More information: |
| > http://www.linfo.org/whatis.html. |
| * Search for information about keyword: |
| `whatis {{keyword}}` |
| * Search for information about multiple keywords: |
| `whatis {{keyword1}} {{keyword2}}`" |
| What is git-grep command,,"# git-grep |
| > Find strings inside files anywhere in a repository's history. Accepts a lot |
| > of the same flags as regular `grep`. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-grep. |
| * Search for a string in tracked files: |
| `git grep {{search_string}}` |
| * Search for a string in files matching a pattern in tracked files: |
| `git grep {{search_string}} -- {{file_glob_pattern}}` |
| * Search for a string in tracked files, including submodules: |
| `git grep --recurse-submodules {{search_string}}` |
| * Search for a string at a specific point in history: |
| `git grep {{search_string}} {{HEAD~2}}` |
| * Search for a string across all branches: |
| `git grep {{search_string}} $(git rev-list --all)`" |
| What is touch command,,"# touch |
| > Create files and set access/modification times. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.1/touch. |
| * Create specific files: |
| `touch {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -{{a|m}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file [t]ime to a specific value and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file time of a specific file to the time of anothe[r] file and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -r {{~/.emacs}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`" |
| What is vdir command,,"# vdir |
| > List directory contents. Drop-in replacement for `ls -l`. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/vdir. |
| * List files and directories in the current directory, one per line, with details: |
| `vdir` |
| * List with sizes displayed in human-readable units (KB, MB, GB): |
| `vdir -h` |
| * List including hidden files (starting with a dot): |
| `vdir -a` |
| * List files and directories sorting entries by size (largest first): |
| `vdir -S` |
| * List files and directories sorting entries by modification time (newest first): |
| `vdir -t` |
| * List grouping directories first: |
| `vdir --group-directories-first` |
| * Recursively list all files and directories in a specific directory: |
| `vdir --recursive {{path/to/directory}}`" |
| What is pmap command,,"# pmap |
| > Report memory map of a process or processes. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/pmap. |
| * Print memory map for a specific process id (PID): |
| `pmap {{pid}}` |
| * Show the extended format: |
| `pmap --extended {{pid}}` |
| * Show the device format: |
| `pmap --device {{pid}}` |
| * Limit results to a memory address range specified by `low` and `high`: |
| `pmap --range {{low}},{{high}}` |
| * Print memory maps for multiple processes: |
| `pmap {{pid1 pid2 ...}}`" |
| What is killall command,,"# killall |
| > Send kill signal to all instances of a process by name (must be exact name). |
| > All signals except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process, |
| > allowing a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/killall. |
| * Terminate a process using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal: |
| `killall {{process_name}}` |
| * [l]ist available signal names (to be used without the 'SIG' prefix): |
| `killall -l` |
| * Interactively ask for confirmation before termination: |
| `killall -i {{process_name}}` |
| * Terminate a process using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal, which is the same signal sent by pressing `Ctrl + C`: |
| `killall -INT {{process_name}}` |
| * Force kill a process: |
| `killall -KILL {{process_name}}`" |
| What is who command,,"# who |
| > Display who is logged in and related data (processes, boot time). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/who. |
| * Display the username, line, and time of all currently logged-in sessions: |
| `who` |
| * Display information only for the current terminal session: |
| `who am i` |
| * Display all available information: |
| `who -a` |
| * Display all available information with table headers: |
| `who -a -H`" |
| What is mesg command,,"# mesg |
| > Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users, |
| > usually from the write command. See also `write`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/mesg. |
| * Check terminal's openness to write messages: |
| `mesg` |
| * Disable receiving messages from the write command: |
| `mesg n` |
| * Enable receiving messages from the write command: |
| `mesg y`" |
| What is gcov command,,"# gcov |
| > Code coverage analysis and profiling tool that discovers untested parts of a |
| > program. Also displays a copy of source code annotated with execution |
| > frequencies of code segments. More information: |
| > https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Invoking-Gcov.html. |
| * Generate a coverage report named `file.cpp.gcov`: |
| `gcov {{path/to/file.cpp}}` |
| * Write individual execution counts for every basic block: |
| `gcov --all-blocks {{path/to/file.cpp}}` |
| * Write branch frequencies to the output file and print summary information to `stdout` as a percentage: |
| `gcov --branch-probabilities {{path/to/file.cpp}}` |
| * Write branch frequencies as the number of branches taken, rather than the percentage: |
| `gcov --branch-counts {{path/to/file.cpp}}` |
| * Do not create a `gcov` output file: |
| `gcov --no-output {{path/to/file.cpp}}` |
| * Write file level as well as function level summaries: |
| `gcov --function-summaries {{path/to/file.cpp}}`" |
| What is ltrace command,,"# ltrace |
| > Display dynamic library calls of a process. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/ltrace. |
| * Print (trace) library calls of a program binary: |
| `ltrace ./{{program}}` |
| * Count library calls. Print a handy summary at the bottom: |
| `ltrace -c {{path/to/program}}` |
| * Trace calls to malloc and free, omit those done by libc: |
| `ltrace -e malloc+free-@libc.so* {{path/to/program}}` |
| * Write to file instead of terminal: |
| `ltrace -o {{file}} {{path/to/program}}`" |
| What is awk command,,"# awk |
| > A versatile programming language for working on files. More information: |
| > https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk. |
| * Print the fifth column (a.k.a. field) in a space-separated file: |
| `awk '{print $5}' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print the second column of the lines containing ""foo"" in a space-separated file: |
| `awk '/{{foo}}/ {print $2}' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print the last column of each line in a file, using a comma (instead of space) as a field separator: |
| `awk -F ',' '{print $NF}' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sum the values in the first column of a file and print the total: |
| `awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print every third line starting from the first line: |
| `awk 'NR%3==1' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print different values based on conditions: |
| `awk '{if ($1 == ""foo"") print ""Exact match foo""; else if ($1 ~ ""bar"") print |
| ""Partial match bar""; else print ""Baz""}' {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print all lines where the 10th column value equals the specified value: |
| `awk '($10 == value)'` |
| * Print all the lines which the 10th column value is between a min and a max: |
| `awk '($10 >= min_value && $10 <= max_value)'`" |
| What is git-cherry-pick command,,"# git cherry-pick |
| > Apply the changes introduced by existing commits to the current branch. To |
| > apply changes to another branch, first use `git checkout` to switch to the |
| > desired branch. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry-pick. |
| * Apply a commit to the current branch: |
| `git cherry-pick {{commit}}` |
| * Apply a range of commits to the current branch (see also `git rebase --onto`): |
| `git cherry-pick {{start_commit}}~..{{end_commit}}` |
| * Apply multiple (non-sequential) commits to the current branch: |
| `git cherry-pick {{commit_1}} {{commit_2}}` |
| * Add the changes of a commit to the working directory, without creating a commit: |
| `git cherry-pick --no-commit {{commit}}`" |
| What is login command,,"# login |
| > Initiates a session for a user. More information: https://manned.org/login. |
| * Log in as a user: |
| `login {{user}}` |
| * Log in as user without authentication if user is preauthenticated: |
| `login -f {{user}}` |
| * Log in as user and preserve environment: |
| `login -p {{user}}` |
| * Log in as a user on a remote host: |
| `login -h {{host}} {{user}}`" |
| What is git-branch command,,"# git branch |
| > Main Git command for working with branches. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-branch. |
| * List all branches (local and remote; the current branch is highlighted by `*`): |
| `git branch --all` |
| * List which branches include a specific Git commit in their history: |
| `git branch --all --contains {{commit_hash}}` |
| * Show the name of the current branch: |
| `git branch --show-current` |
| * Create new branch based on the current commit: |
| `git branch {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create new branch based on a specific commit: |
| `git branch {{branch_name}} {{commit_hash}}` |
| * Rename a branch (must not have it checked out to do this): |
| `git branch -m {{old_branch_name}} {{new_branch_name}}` |
| * Delete a local branch (must not have it checked out to do this): |
| `git branch -d {{branch_name}}` |
| * Delete a remote branch: |
| `git push {{remote_name}} --delete {{remote_branch_name}}`" |
| What is base64 command,,"# base64 |
| > Encode and decode using Base64 representation. More information: |
| > https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/base64/. |
| * Encode a file: |
| `base64 --input={{plain_file}}` |
| * Decode a file: |
| `base64 --decode --input={{base64_file}}` |
| * Encode from `stdin`: |
| `echo -n ""{{plain_text}}"" | base64` |
| * Decode from `stdin`: |
| `echo -n {{base64_text}} | base64 --decode`" |
| What is ipcs command,,"# ipcs |
| > Display information about resources used in IPC (Inter-process |
| > Communication). More information: https://manned.org/ipcs. |
| * Specific information about the Message Queue which has the ID 32768: |
| `ipcs -qi 32768` |
| * General information about all the IPC: |
| `ipcs -a`" |
| What is type command,,"# type |
| > Display the type of command the shell will execute. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/type. |
| * Display the type of a command: |
| `type {{command}}` |
| * Display all locations containing the specified executable: |
| `type -a {{command}}` |
| * Display the name of the disk file that would be executed: |
| `type -p {{command}}`" |
| What is ul command,,"# ul |
| > Performs the underlining of a text. Each character in a given string must be |
| > underlined separately. More information: https://manned.org/ul. |
| * Display the contents of the file with underlines where applicable: |
| `ul {{file.txt}}` |
| * Display the contents of the file with underlines made of dashes `-`: |
| `ul -i {{file.txt}}`" |
| What is ldd command,,"# ldd |
| > Display shared library dependencies of a binary. Do not use on an untrusted |
| > binary, use objdump for that instead. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/ldd. |
| * Display shared library dependencies of a binary: |
| `ldd {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Display all information about dependencies: |
| `ldd --verbose {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Display unused direct dependencies: |
| `ldd --unused {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Report missing data objects and perform data relocations: |
| `ldd --data-relocs {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Report missing data objects and functions, and perform relocations for both: |
| `ldd --function-relocs {{path/to/binary}}`" |
| What is git-gc command,,"# git gc |
| > Optimise the local repository by cleaning unnecessary files. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc. |
| * Optimise the repository: |
| `git gc` |
| * Aggressively optimise, takes more time: |
| `git gc --aggressive` |
| * Do not prune loose objects (prunes by default): |
| `git gc --no-prune` |
| * Suppress all output: |
| `git gc --quiet` |
| * View full usage: |
| `git gc --help`" |
| What is git-diff command,,"# git diff |
| > Show changes to tracked files. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-diff. |
| * Show unstaged, uncommitted changes: |
| `git diff` |
| * Show all uncommitted changes (including staged ones): |
| `git diff HEAD` |
| * Show only staged (added, but not yet committed) changes: |
| `git diff --staged` |
| * Show changes from all commits since a given date/time (a date expression, e.g. ""1 week 2 days"" or an ISO date): |
| `git diff 'HEAD@{3 months|weeks|days|hours|seconds ago}'` |
| * Show only names of changed files since a given commit: |
| `git diff --name-only {{commit}}` |
| * Output a summary of file creations, renames and mode changes since a given commit: |
| `git diff --summary {{commit}}` |
| * Compare a single file between two branches or commits: |
| `git diff {{branch_1}}..{{branch_2}} [--] {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compare different files from the current branch to other branch: |
| `git diff {{branch}}:{{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is unexpand command,,"# unexpand |
| > Convert spaces to tabs. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unexpand. |
| * Convert blanks in each file to tabs, writing to `stdout`: |
| `unexpand {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert blanks to tabs, reading from `stdout`: |
| `unexpand` |
| * Convert all blanks, instead of just initial blanks: |
| `unexpand -a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Convert only leading sequences of blanks (overrides -a): |
| `unexpand --first-only {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Have tabs a certain number of characters apart, not 8 (enables -a): |
| `unexpand -t {{number}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is unlink command,,"# unlink |
| > Remove a link to a file from the filesystem. The file contents is lost if |
| > the link is the last one to the file. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unlink. |
| * Remove the specified file if it is the last link: |
| `unlink {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is ls command,,"# ls |
| > List directory contents. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ls. |
| * List files one per line: |
| `ls -1` |
| * List all files, including hidden files: |
| `ls -a` |
| * List all files, with trailing `/` added to directory names: |
| `ls -F` |
| * Long format list (permissions, ownership, size, and modification date) of all files: |
| `ls -la` |
| * Long format list with size displayed using human-readable units (KiB, MiB, GiB): |
| `ls -lh` |
| * Long format list sorted by size (descending): |
| `ls -lS` |
| * Long format list of all files, sorted by modification date (oldest first): |
| `ls -ltr` |
| * Only list directories: |
| `ls -d */`" |
| What is renice command,,"# renice |
| > Alters the scheduling priority/niceness of one or more running processes. |
| > Niceness values range from -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least |
| > favorable to the process). More information: https://manned.org/renice. |
| * Change priority of a running process: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} -p {{pid}}` |
| * Change priority of all processes owned by a user: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} -u {{user}}` |
| * Change priority of all processes that belong to a process group: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} --pgrp {{process_group}}`" |
| What is groups command,,"# groups |
| > Print group memberships for a user. See also: `groupadd`, `groupdel`, |
| > `groupmod`. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/groups. |
| * Print group memberships for the current user: |
| `groups` |
| * Print group memberships for a list of users: |
| `groups {{username1 username2 ...}}`" |
| What is comm command,,"# comm |
| > Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/comm. |
| * Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file and common lines: |
| `comm {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Print only lines common to both files: |
| `comm -12 {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Print only lines common to both files, reading one file from `stdin`: |
| `cat {{file1}} | comm -12 - {{file2}}` |
| * Get lines only found in first file, saving the result to a third file: |
| `comm -23 {{file1}} {{file2}} > {{file1_only}}` |
| * Print lines only found in second file, when the files aren't sorted: |
| `comm -13 <(sort {{file1}}) <(sort {{file2}})`" |
| What is iostat command,,"# iostat |
| > Report statistics for devices and partitions. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/iostat. |
| * Display a report of CPU and disk statistics since system startup: |
| `iostat` |
| * Display a report of CPU and disk statistics with units converted to megabytes: |
| `iostat -m` |
| * Display CPU statistics: |
| `iostat -c` |
| * Display disk statistics with disk names (including LVM): |
| `iostat -N` |
| * Display extended disk statistics with disk names for device ""sda"": |
| `iostat -xN {{sda}}` |
| * Display incremental reports of CPU and disk statistics every 2 seconds: |
| `iostat {{2}}`" |
| What is pathchk command,,"# pathchk |
| > Check the validity and portability of one or more pathnames. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk. |
| * Check pathnames for validity in the current system: |
| `pathchk {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Check pathnames for validity on a wider range of POSIX compliant systems: |
| `pathchk -p {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Check pathnames for validity on all POSIX compliant systems: |
| `pathchk --portability {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Only check for empty pathnames or leading dashes (-): |
| `pathchk -P {{path1 path2 …}}`" |
| What is git-tag command,,"# git tag |
| > Create, list, delete or verify tags. A tag is a static reference to a |
| > specific commit. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag. |
| * List all tags: |
| `git tag` |
| * Create a tag with the given name pointing to the current commit: |
| `git tag {{tag_name}}` |
| * Create a tag with the given name pointing to a given commit: |
| `git tag {{tag_name}} {{commit}}` |
| * Create an annotated tag with the given message: |
| `git tag {{tag_name}} -m {{tag_message}}` |
| * Delete the tag with the given name: |
| `git tag -d {{tag_name}}` |
| * Get updated tags from upstream: |
| `git fetch --tags` |
| * List all tags whose ancestors include a given commit: |
| `git tag --contains {{commit}}`" |
| What is last command,,"# last |
| > View the last logged in users. More information: https://manned.org/last. |
| * View last logins, their duration and other information as read from `/var/log/wtmp`: |
| `last` |
| * Specify how many of the last logins to show: |
| `last -n {{login_count}}` |
| * Print the full date and time for entries and then display the hostname column last to prevent truncation: |
| `last -F -a` |
| * View all logins by a specific user and show the IP address instead of the hostname: |
| `last {{username}} -i` |
| * View all recorded reboots (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user ""reboot""): |
| `last reboot` |
| * View all recorded shutdowns (i.e., the last logins of the pseudo user ""shutdown""): |
| `last shutdown`" |
| What is git-fetch command,,"# git fetch |
| > Download objects and refs from a remote repository. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch. |
| * Fetch the latest changes from the default remote upstream repository (if set): |
| `git fetch` |
| * Fetch new branches from a specific remote upstream repository: |
| `git fetch {{remote_name}}` |
| * Fetch the latest changes from all remote upstream repositories: |
| `git fetch --all` |
| * Also fetch tags from the remote upstream repository: |
| `git fetch --tags` |
| * Delete local references to remote branches that have been deleted upstream: |
| `git fetch --prune`" |
| What is xargs command,,"# xargs |
| > Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file, |
| > etc. The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate |
| > pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file. More information: |
| > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html. |
| * Run a command using the input data as arguments: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs {{command}}` |
| * Run multiple chained commands on the input data: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs sh -c ""{{command1}} && {{command2}} | |
| {{command3}}""` |
| * Delete all files with a `.backup` extension (`-print0` uses a null character to split file names, and `-0` uses it as delimiter): |
| `find . -name {{'*.backup'}} -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v` |
| * Execute the command once for each input line, replacing any occurrences of the placeholder (here marked as `_`) with the input line: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs -I _ {{command}} _ {{optional_extra_arguments}}` |
| * Parallel runs of up to `max-procs` processes at a time; the default is 1. If `max-procs` is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a time: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs -P {{max-procs}} {{command}}`" |
| What is jobs command,,"# jobs |
| > Display status of jobs in the current session. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/jobs. |
| * Show status of all jobs: |
| `jobs` |
| * Show status of a particular job: |
| `jobs %{{job_id}}` |
| * Show status and process IDs of all jobs: |
| `jobs -l` |
| * Show process IDs of all jobs: |
| `jobs -p`" |
| What is objdump command,,"# objdump |
| > View information about object files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/objdump. |
| * Display the file header information: |
| `objdump -f {{binary}}` |
| * Display the disassembled output of executable sections: |
| `objdump -d {{binary}}` |
| * Display the disassembled executable sections in intel syntax: |
| `objdump -M intel -d {{binary}}` |
| * Display a complete binary hex dump of all sections: |
| `objdump -s {{binary}}`" |
| What is git-worktree command,,"# git worktree |
| > Manage multiple working trees attached to the same repository. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree. |
| * Create a new directory with the specified branch checked out into it: |
| `git worktree add {{path/to/directory}} {{branch}}` |
| * Create a new directory with a new branch checked out into it: |
| `git worktree add {{path/to/directory}} -b {{new_branch}}` |
| * List all the working directories attached to this repository: |
| `git worktree list` |
| * Remove a worktree (after deleting worktree directory): |
| `git worktree prune`" |
| What is tee command,,"# tee |
| > Read from `stdin` and write to `stdout` and files (or commands). More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tee. |
| * Copy `stdin` to each file, and also to `stdout`: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Append to the given files, do not overwrite: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee -a {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print `stdin` to the terminal, and also pipe it into another program for further processing: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee {{/dev/tty}} | {{xargs printf ""[%s]""}}` |
| * Create a directory called ""example"", count the number of characters in ""example"" and write ""example"" to the terminal: |
| `echo ""example"" | tee >(xargs mkdir) >(wc -c)`" |
| What is git-cvsexportcommit command,,"# git cvsexportcommit |
| > Export a single `Git` commit to a CVS checkout. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cvsexportcommit. |
| * Merge a specific patch into CVS: |
| `git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w {{path/to/project_cvs_checkout}} |
| {{commit_sha1}}`" |
| What is sdiff command,,"# sdiff |
| > Compare the differences between and optionally merge 2 files. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/sdiff. |
| * Compare 2 files: |
| `sdiff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare 2 files, ignoring all tabs and whitespace: |
| `sdiff -W {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare 2 files, ignoring whitespace at the end of lines: |
| `sdiff -Z {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare 2 files in a case-insensitive manner: |
| `sdiff -i {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Compare and then merge, writing the output to a new file: |
| `sdiff -o {{path/to/merged_file}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is dir command,,"# dir |
| > List directory contents using one line per file, special characters are |
| > represented by backslash escape sequences. Works as `ls -C --escape`. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/dir. |
| * List all files, including hidden files: |
| `dir -all` |
| * List files including their author (`-l` is required): |
| `dir -l --author` |
| * List files excluding those that match a specified blob pattern: |
| `dir --hide={{pattern}}` |
| * List subdirectories recursively: |
| `dir --recursive` |
| * Display help: |
| `dir --help`" |
| What is cd command,,"# cd |
| > Change the current working directory. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/cd. |
| * Go to the specified directory: |
| `cd {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Go up to the parent of the current directory: |
| `cd ..` |
| * Go to the home directory of the current user: |
| `cd` |
| * Go to the home directory of the specified user: |
| `cd ~{{username}}` |
| * Go to the previously chosen directory: |
| `cd -` |
| * Go to the root directory: |
| `cd /`" |
| What is git-revert command,,"# git revert |
| > Create new commits which reverse the effect of earlier ones. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-revert. |
| * Revert the most recent commit: |
| `git revert {{HEAD}}` |
| * Revert the 5th last commit: |
| `git revert HEAD~{{4}}` |
| * Revert a specific commit: |
| `git revert {{0c01a9}}` |
| * Revert multiple commits: |
| `git revert {{branch_name~5..branch_name~2}}` |
| * Don't create new commits, just change the working tree: |
| `git revert -n {{0c01a9..9a1743}}`" |
| What is pathchk command,,"# pathchk |
| > Check the validity and portability of one or more pathnames. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pathchk. |
| * Check pathnames for validity in the current system: |
| `pathchk {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Check pathnames for validity on a wider range of POSIX compliant systems: |
| `pathchk -p {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Check pathnames for validity on all POSIX compliant systems: |
| `pathchk --portability {{path1 path2 …}}` |
| * Only check for empty pathnames or leading dashes (-): |
| `pathchk -P {{path1 path2 …}}`" |
| What is man command,,"# man |
| > Format and display manual pages. More information: |
| > https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/man.1.html. |
| * Display the man page for a command: |
| `man {{command}}` |
| * Display the man page for a command from section 7: |
| `man {{7}} {{command}}` |
| * List all available sections for a command: |
| `man -f {{command}}` |
| * Display the path searched for manpages: |
| `man --path` |
| * Display the location of a manpage rather than the manpage itself: |
| `man -w {{command}}` |
| * Display the man page using a specific locale: |
| `man {{command}} --locale={{locale}}` |
| * Search for manpages containing a search string: |
| `man -k ""{{search_string}}""`" |
| What is ps command,,"# ps |
| > Information about running processes. More information: |
| > https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/ps/. |
| * List all running processes: |
| `ps aux` |
| * List all running processes including the full command string: |
| `ps auxww` |
| * Search for a process that matches a string: |
| `ps aux | grep {{string}}` |
| * Get the parent PID of a process: |
| `ps -o ppid= -p {{pid}}` |
| * Sort processes by memory usage: |
| `ps -m` |
| * Sort processes by CPU usage: |
| `ps -r`" |
| What is git-ls-tree command,,"# git ls-tree |
| > List the contents of a tree object. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-ls-tree. |
| * List the contents of the tree on a branch: |
| `git ls-tree {{branch_name}}` |
| * List the contents of the tree on a commit, recursing into subtrees: |
| `git ls-tree -r {{commit_hash}}` |
| * List only the filenames of the tree on a commit: |
| `git ls-tree --name-only {{commit_hash}}`" |
| What is ssh command,,"# ssh |
| > Secure Shell is a protocol used to securely log onto remote systems. It can |
| > be used for logging or executing commands on a remote server. More |
| > information: https://man.openbsd.org/ssh. |
| * Connect to a remote server: |
| `ssh {{username}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * Connect to a remote server with a specific identity (private key): |
| `ssh -i {{path/to/key_file}} {{username}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * Connect to a remote server using a specific port: |
| `ssh {{username}}@{{remote_host}} -p {{2222}}` |
| * Run a command on a remote server with a [t]ty allocation allowing interaction with the remote command: |
| `ssh {{username}}@{{remote_host}} -t {{command}} {{command_arguments}}` |
| * SSH tunneling: Dynamic port forwarding (SOCKS proxy on `localhost:1080`): |
| `ssh -D {{1080}} {{username}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * SSH tunneling: Forward a specific port (`localhost:9999` to `example.org:80`) along with disabling pseudo-[T]ty allocation and executio[N] of remote commands: |
| `ssh -L {{9999}}:{{example.org}}:{{80}} -N -T {{username}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * SSH jumping: Connect through a jumphost to a remote server (Multiple jump hops may be specified separated by comma characters): |
| `ssh -J {{username}}@{{jump_host}} {{username}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * Agent forwarding: Forward the authentication information to the remote machine (see `man ssh_config` for available options): |
| `ssh -A {{username}}@{{remote_host}}`" |
| What is set command,,"# set |
| > Display, set or unset values of shell attributes and positional parameters. |
| > More information: https://manned.org/set. |
| * Display the names and values of shell variables: |
| `set` |
| * Mark variables that are modified or created for export: |
| `set -a` |
| * Notify of job termination immediately: |
| `set -b` |
| * Set various options, e.g. enable `vi` style line editing: |
| `set -o {{vi}}` |
| * Set the shell to exit as soon as the first error is encountered (mostly used in scripts): |
| `set -e`" |
| What is cut command,,"# cut |
| > Cut out fields from `stdin` or files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/cut.1. |
| * Print a specific character/field range of each line: |
| `{{command}} | cut -{{c|f}} {{1|1,10|1-10|1-|-10}}` |
| * Print a range of each line with a specific delimiter: |
| `{{command}} | cut -d ""{{,}}"" -{{c}} {{1}}` |
| * Print a range of each line of a specific file: |
| `cut -{{c}} {{1}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is chfn command,,"# chfn |
| > Update `finger` info for a user. More information: https://manned.org/chfn. |
| * Update a user's ""Name"" field in the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -f {{new_display_name}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Office Room Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -o {{new_office_room_number}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Office Phone Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -p {{new_office_telephone_number}} {{username}}` |
| * Update a user's ""Home Phone Number"" field for the output of `finger`: |
| `chfn -h {{new_home_telephone_number}} {{username}}`" |
| What is taskset command,,"# taskset |
| > Get or set a process' CPU affinity or start a new process with a defined CPU |
| > affinity. More information: https://manned.org/taskset. |
| * Get a running process' CPU affinity by PID: |
| `taskset --pid --cpu-list {{pid}}` |
| * Set a running process' CPU affinity by PID: |
| `taskset --pid --cpu-list {{cpu_id}} {{pid}}` |
| * Start a new process with affinity for a single CPU: |
| `taskset --cpu-list {{cpu_id}} {{command}}` |
| * Start a new process with affinity for multiple non-sequential CPUs: |
| `taskset --cpu-list {{cpu_id_1}},{{cpu_id_2}},{{cpu_id_3}}` |
| * Start a new process with affinity for CPUs 1 through 4: |
| `taskset --cpu-list {{cpu_id_1}}-{{cpu_id_4}}`" |
| What is script command,,"# script |
| > Make a typescript file of a terminal session. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/script. |
| * Start recording in file named ""typescript"": |
| `script` |
| * Stop recording: |
| `exit` |
| * Start recording in a given file: |
| `script {{logfile.log}}` |
| * Append to an existing file: |
| `script -a {{logfile.log}}` |
| * Execute quietly without start and done messages: |
| `script -q {{logfile.log}}`" |
| What is chown command,,"# chown |
| > Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown. |
| * Change the owner user of a file/directory: |
| `chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Change the owner user and group of a file/directory: |
| `chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents: |
| `chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Change the owner of a symbolic link: |
| `chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file: |
| `chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is g++ command,,"# g++ |
| > Compiles C++ source files. Part of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection). More |
| > information: https://gcc.gnu.org. |
| * Compile a source code file into an executable binary: |
| `g++ {{path/to/source.cpp}} -o {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Display common warnings: |
| `g++ {{path/to/source.cpp}} -Wall -o {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Choose a language standard to compile for (C++98/C++11/C++14/C++17): |
| `g++ {{path/to/source.cpp}} -std={{c++98|c++11|c++14|c++17}} -o |
| {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Include libraries located at a different path than the source file: |
| `g++ {{path/to/source.cpp}} -o {{path/to/output_executable}} |
| -I{{path/to/header}} -L{{path/to/library}} -l{{library_name}}` |
| * Compile and link multiple source code files into an executable binary: |
| `g++ -c {{path/to/source_1.cpp path/to/source_2.cpp ...}} && g++ -o |
| {{path/to/output_executable}} {{path/to/source_1.o path/to/source_2.o ...}}` |
| * Display version: |
| `g++ --version`" |
| What is cp command,,"# cp |
| > Copy files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp. |
| * Copy a file to another location: |
| `cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_file.ext}}` |
| * Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename: |
| `cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_parent_directory}}` |
| * Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it): |
| `cp -R {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied): |
| `cp -vR {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Copy multiple files at once to a directory: |
| `cp -t {{path/to/destination_directory}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting): |
| `cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Follow symbolic links before copying: |
| `cp -L {{link}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Use the first argument as the destination directory (useful for `xargs ... | cp -t <DEST_DIR>`): |
| `cp -t {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 |
| path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is sar command,,"# sar |
| > Monitor performance of various Linux subsystems. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/sar. |
| * Report I/O and transfer rate issued to physical devices, one per second (press CTRL+C to quit): |
| `sar -b {{1}}` |
| * Report a total of 10 network device statistics, one per 2 seconds: |
| `sar -n DEV {{2}} {{10}}` |
| * Report CPU utilization, one per 2 seconds: |
| `sar -u ALL {{2}}` |
| * Report a total of 20 memory utilization statistics, one per second: |
| `sar -r ALL {{1}} {{20}}` |
| * Report the run queue length and load averages, one per second: |
| `sar -q {{1}}` |
| * Report paging statistics, one per 5 seconds: |
| `sar -B {{5}}`" |
| What is rename command,,"# rename |
| > Rename a file or group of files with a regular expression. More information: |
| > https://www.manpagez.com/man/2/rename/. |
| * Replace `from` with `to` in the filenames of the specified files: |
| `rename 's/{{from}}/{{to}}/' {{*.txt}}`" |
| What is strip command,,"# strip |
| > Discard symbols from executables or object files. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/strip. |
| * Replace the input file with its stripped version: |
| `strip {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Strip symbols from a file, saving the output to a specific file: |
| `strip {{path/to/input_file}} -o {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Strip debug symbols only: |
| `strip --strip-debug {{path/to/file.o}}`" |
| What is head command,,"# head |
| > Output the first part of files. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html. |
| * Output the first few lines of a file: |
| `head --lines {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output the first few bytes of a file: |
| `head --bytes {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output everything but the last few lines of a file: |
| `head --lines -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Output everything but the last few bytes of a file: |
| `head --bytes -{{8}} {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is wall command,,"# wall |
| > Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/wall. |
| * Send a message: |
| `wall {{message}}` |
| * Send a message to users that belong to a specific group: |
| `wall --group {{group_name}} {{message}}` |
| * Send a message from a file: |
| `wall {{file}}` |
| * Send a message with timeout (default 300): |
| `wall --timeout {{seconds}} {{file}}`" |
| What is stat command,,"# stat |
| > Display file status. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/stat.html. |
| * Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others: |
| `stat {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Same as above but verbose (more similar to Linux's `stat`): |
| `stat -x {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show only octal file permissions: |
| `stat -f %Mp%Lp {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show owner and group of the file: |
| `stat -f ""%Su %Sg"" {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show the size of the file in bytes: |
| `stat -f ""%z %N"" {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is ar command,,"# ar |
| > Create, modify, and extract from Unix archives. Typically used for static |
| > libraries (`.a`) and Debian packages (`.deb`). See also: `tar`. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/ar. |
| * E[x]tract all members from an archive: |
| `ar x {{path/to/file.a}}` |
| * Lis[t] contents in a specific archive: |
| `ar t {{path/to/file.ar}}` |
| * [r]eplace or add specific files to an archive: |
| `ar r {{path/to/file.deb}} {{path/to/debian-binary path/to/control.tar.gz |
| path/to/data.tar.xz ...}}` |
| * In[s]ert an object file index (equivalent to using `ranlib`): |
| `ar s {{path/to/file.a}}` |
| * Create an archive with specific files and an accompanying object file index: |
| `ar rs {{path/to/file.a}} {{path/to/file1.o path/to/file2.o ...}}`" |
| What is git command,,"# git |
| > Distributed version control system. Some subcommands such as `commit`, |
| > `add`, `branch`, `checkout`, `push`, etc. have their own usage |
| > documentation, accessible via `tldr git subcommand`. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/. |
| * Check the Git version: |
| `git --version` |
| * Show general help: |
| `git --help` |
| * Show help on a Git subcommand (like `clone`, `add`, `push`, `log`, etc.): |
| `git help {{subcommand}}` |
| * Execute a Git subcommand: |
| `git {{subcommand}}` |
| * Execute a Git subcommand on a custom repository root path: |
| `git -C {{path/to/repo}} {{subcommand}}` |
| * Execute a Git subcommand with a given configuration set: |
| `git -c '{{config.key}}={{value}}' {{subcommand}}`" |
| What is printenv command,,"# printenv |
| > Print values of all or specific environment variables. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/printenv. |
| * Display key-value pairs of all environment variables: |
| `printenv` |
| * Display the value of a specific variable: |
| `printenv {{HOME}}` |
| * Display the value of a variable and end with NUL instead of newline: |
| `printenv --null {{HOME}}`" |
| What is chsh command,,"# chsh |
| > Change user's login shell. More information: https://manned.org/chsh. |
| * Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively: |
| `chsh` |
| * Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user: |
| `chsh -s {{path/to/shell}}` |
| * Set a login [s]hell for a specific user: |
| `chsh -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}` |
| * [l]ist available shells: |
| `chsh -l`" |
| What is pax command,,"# pax |
| > Archiving and copying utility. More information: https://manned.org/pax.1p. |
| * List the contents of an archive: |
| `pax -f {{archive.tar}}` |
| * List the contents of a gzipped archive: |
| `pax -zf {{archive.tar.gz}}` |
| * Create an archive from files: |
| `pax -wf {{target.tar}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}` |
| * Create an archive from files, using output redirection: |
| `pax -w {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}} > |
| {{target.tar}}` |
| * Extract an archive into the current directory: |
| `pax -rf {{source.tar}}` |
| * Copy to a directory, while keeping the original metadata; `target/` must exist: |
| `pax -rw {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/directory1}} {{path/to/directory2}} |
| {{target/}}`" |
| What is git-replace command,,"# git replace |
| > Create, list, and delete refs to replace objects. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-replace. |
| * Replace any commit with a different one, leaving other commits unchanged: |
| `git replace {{object}} {{replacement}}` |
| * Delete existing replace refs for the given objects: |
| `git replace --delete {{object}}` |
| * Edit an object’s content interactively: |
| `git replace --edit {{object}}`" |
| What is yes command,,"# yes |
| > Output something repeatedly. This command is commonly used to answer yes to |
| > every prompt by install commands (such as apt-get). More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/yes. |
| * Repeatedly output ""message"": |
| `yes {{message}}` |
| * Repeatedly output ""y"": |
| `yes` |
| * Accept everything prompted by the `apt-get` command: |
| `yes | sudo apt-get install {{program}}`" |
| What is mkdir command,,"# mkdir |
| > Create directories and set their permissions. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir. |
| * Create specific directories: |
| `mkdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Create specific directories and their [p]arents if needed: |
| `mkdir -p {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}` |
| * Create directories with specific permissions: |
| `mkdir -m {{rwxrw-r--}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is ipcrm command,,"# ipcrm |
| > Delete IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/ipcrm. |
| * Delete a shared memory segment by ID: |
| `ipcrm --shmem-id {{shmem_id}}` |
| * Delete a shared memory segment by key: |
| `ipcrm --shmem-key {{shmem_key}}` |
| * Delete an IPC queue by ID: |
| `ipcrm --queue-id {{ipc_queue_id}}` |
| * Delete an IPC queue by key: |
| `ipcrm --queue-key {{ipc_queue_key}}` |
| * Delete a semaphore by ID: |
| `ipcrm --semaphore-id {{semaphore_id}}` |
| * Delete a semaphore by key: |
| `ipcrm --semaphore-key {{semaphore_key}}` |
| * Delete all IPC resources: |
| `ipcrm --all`" |
| What is chmod command,,"# chmod |
| > Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chmod. |
| * Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it: |
| `chmod u+x {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory: |
| `chmod u+rw {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup: |
| `chmod g-x {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute: |
| `chmod a+rx {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup: |
| `chmod o=g {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Remove all rights from [o]thers: |
| `chmod o= {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite: |
| `chmod -R g+w,o+w {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files and e[X]ecute permissions to sub-directories within a directory: |
| `chmod -R a+rX {{path/to/directory}}`" |
| What is git-help command,,"# git help |
| > Display help information about Git. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-help. |
| * Display help about a specific Git subcommand: |
| `git help {{subcommand}}` |
| * Display help about a specific Git subcommand in a web browser: |
| `git help --web {{subcommand}}` |
| * Display a list of all available Git subcommands: |
| `git help --all` |
| * List the available guides: |
| `git help --guide` |
| * List all possible configuration variables: |
| `git help --config`" |
| What is sort command,,"# sort |
| > Sort lines of text files. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort. |
| * Sort a file in ascending order: |
| `sort {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file in descending order: |
| `sort --reverse {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file in case-insensitive way: |
| `sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file using numeric rather than alphabetic order: |
| `sort --numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort `/etc/passwd` by the 3rd field of each line numerically, using "":"" as a field separator: |
| `sort --field-separator={{:}} --key={{3n}} {{/etc/passwd}}` |
| * Sort a file preserving only unique lines: |
| `sort --unique {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort a file, printing the output to the specified output file (can be used to sort a file in-place): |
| `sort --output={{path/to/file}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Sort numbers with exponents: |
| `sort --general-numeric-sort {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is md5sum command,,"# md5sum |
| > Calculate MD5 cryptographic checksums. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/md5sum. |
| * Calculate the MD5 checksum for one or more files: |
| `md5sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Calculate and save the list of MD5 checksums to a file: |
| `md5sum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.md5}}` |
| * Calculate an MD5 checksum from `stdin`: |
| `{{command}} | md5sum` |
| * Read a file of MD5 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: |
| `md5sum --check {{path/to/file.md5}}` |
| * Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: |
| `md5sum --check --quiet {{path/to/file.md5}}` |
| * Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: |
| `md5sum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file.md5}}`" |
| What is kill command,,"# kill |
| > Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All |
| > signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to |
| > perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill. |
| * Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal: |
| `kill {{process_id}}` |
| * List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix): |
| `kill -l` |
| * Terminate a background job: |
| `kill %{{job_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating: |
| `kill -{{1|HUP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `Ctrl + C`: |
| `kill -{{2|INT}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal): |
| `kill -{{9|KILL}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT (""continue"") signal is received: |
| `kill -{{17|STOP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id): |
| `kill -{{SIGUSR1}} -{{group_id}}`" |
| What is groff command,,"# groff |
| > GNU replacement for the `troff` and `nroff` typesetting utilities. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff. |
| * Format output for a PostScript printer, saving the output to a file: |
| `groff {{path/to/input.roff}} > {{path/to/output.ps}}` |
| * Render a man page using the ASCII output device, and display it using a pager: |
| `groff -man -T ascii {{path/to/manpage.1}} | less --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS` |
| * Render a man page into an HTML file: |
| `groff -man -T html {{path/to/manpage.1}} > {{path/to/manpage.html}}` |
| * Typeset a roff file containing [t]ables and [p]ictures, using the [me] macro set, to PDF, saving the output: |
| `groff {{-t}} {{-p}} -{{me}} -T {{pdf}} {{path/to/input.me}} > |
| {{path/to/output.pdf}}` |
| * Run a `groff` command with preprocessor and macro options guessed by the `grog` utility: |
| `eval ""$(grog -T utf8 {{path/to/input.me}})""`" |
| What is git-checkout-index command,,"# git checkout-index |
| > Copy files from the index to the working tree. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout-index. |
| * Restore any files deleted since the last commit: |
| `git checkout-index --all` |
| * Restore any files deleted or changed since the last commit: |
| `git checkout-index --all --force` |
| * Restore any files changed since the last commit, ignoring any files that were deleted: |
| `git checkout-index --all --force --no-create` |
| * Export a copy of the entire tree at the last commit to the specified directory (the trailing slash is important): |
| `git checkout-index --all --force --prefix={{path/to/export_directory/}}`" |
| What is trace-cmd command,,"# trace-cmd |
| > Utility to interact with the Ftrace Linux kernel internal tracer. This |
| > utility only runs as root. More information: https://manned.org/trace-cmd. |
| * Display the status of tracing system: |
| `trace-cmd stat` |
| * List available tracers: |
| `trace-cmd list -t` |
| * Start tracing with a specific plugin: |
| `trace-cmd start -p |
| {{timerlat|osnoise|hwlat|blk|mmiotrace|function_graph|wakeup_dl|wakeup_rt|wakeup|function|nop}}` |
| * View the trace output: |
| `trace-cmd show` |
| * Stop the tracing but retain the buffers: |
| `trace-cmd stop` |
| * Clear the trace buffers: |
| `trace-cmd clear` |
| * Clear the trace buffers and stop tracing: |
| `trace-cmd reset`" |
| What is umask command,,"# umask |
| > Manage the read/write/execute permissions that are masked out (i.e. |
| > restricted) for newly created files by the user. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/umask. |
| * Display the current mask in octal notation: |
| `umask` |
| * Display the current mask in symbolic (human-readable) mode: |
| `umask -S` |
| * Change the mask symbolically to allow read permission for all users (the rest of the mask bits are unchanged): |
| `umask {{a+r}}` |
| * Set the mask (using octal) to restrict no permissions for the file's owner, and restrict all permissions for everyone else: |
| `umask {{077}}`" |
| What is touch command,,"# touch |
| > Create files and set access/modification times. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.1/touch. |
| * Create specific files: |
| `touch {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file [a]ccess or [m]odification times to the current one and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -{{a|m}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file [t]ime to a specific value and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -t {{YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Set the file time of a specific file to the time of anothe[r] file and don't [c]reate file if it doesn't exist: |
| `touch -c -r {{~/.emacs}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`" |
| What is echo command,,"# echo |
| > Print given arguments. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo. |
| * Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional: |
| `echo ""{{Hello World}}""` |
| * Print a message with environment variables: |
| `echo ""{{My path is $PATH}}""` |
| * Print a message without the trailing newline: |
| `echo -n ""{{Hello World}}""` |
| * Append a message to the file: |
| `echo ""{{Hello World}}"" >> {{file.txt}}` |
| * Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters): |
| `echo -e ""{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}""` |
| * Print the exit status of the last executed command (Note: In Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell the equivalent commands are `echo %errorlevel%` and `$lastexitcode` respectively): |
| `echo $?`" |
| What is systemctl command,,"# systemctl |
| > Control the systemd system and service manager. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemctl.html. |
| * Show all running services: |
| `systemctl status` |
| * List failed units: |
| `systemctl --failed` |
| * Start/Stop/Restart/Reload a service: |
| `systemctl {{start|stop|restart|reload}} {{unit}}` |
| * Show the status of a unit: |
| `systemctl status {{unit}}` |
| * Enable/Disable a unit to be started on bootup: |
| `systemctl {{enable|disable}} {{unit}}` |
| * Mask/Unmask a unit to prevent enablement and manual activation: |
| `systemctl {{mask|unmask}} {{unit}}` |
| * Reload systemd, scanning for new or changed units: |
| `systemctl daemon-reload` |
| * Check if a unit is enabled: |
| `systemctl is-enabled {{unit}}`" |
| What is patch command,,"# patch |
| > Patch a file (or files) with a diff file. Note that diff files should be |
| > generated by the `diff` command. More information: https://manned.org/patch. |
| * Apply a patch using a diff file (filenames must be included in the diff file): |
| `patch < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply a patch to a specific file: |
| `patch {{path/to/file}} < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Patch a file writing the result to a different file: |
| `patch {{path/to/input_file}} -o {{path/to/output_file}} < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply a patch to the current directory: |
| `patch -p1 < {{patch.diff}}` |
| * Apply the reverse of a patch: |
| `patch -R < {{patch.diff}}`" |
| What is find command,,"# find |
| > Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/find. |
| * Find files by extension: |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'` |
| * Find files matching multiple path/name patterns: |
| `find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}}' -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'` |
| * Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode: |
| `find {{root_path}} -type d -iname '{{*lib*}}'` |
| * Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths: |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.py}}' -not -path '{{*/site-packages/*}}'` |
| * Find files matching a given size range, limiting the recursive depth to ""1"": |
| `find {{root_path}} -maxdepth 1 -size {{+500k}} -size {{-10M}}` |
| * Run a command for each file (use `{}` within the command to access the filename): |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}' -exec {{wc -l {} }}\;` |
| * Find files modified in the last 7 days: |
| `find {{root_path}} -daystart -mtime -{{7}}` |
| * Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them: |
| `find {{root_path}} -type {{f}} -empty -delete`" |
| What is expect command,,"# expect |
| > Script executor that interacts with other programs that require user input. |
| > More information: https://manned.org/expect. |
| * Execute an expect script from a file: |
| `expect {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Execute a specified expect script: |
| `expect -c ""{{commands}}""` |
| * Enter an interactive REPL (use `exit` or Ctrl + D to exit): |
| `expect -i`" |
| What is du command,,"# du |
| > Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More |
| > information: https://ss64.com/osx/du.html. |
| * List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (KiB/MiB/GiB): |
| `du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size): |
| `du -h {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units: |
| `du -sh {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it: |
| `du -ah {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to N levels deep: |
| `du -h -d {{2}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * List the human-readable size of all `.jpg` files in subdirectories of the current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end: |
| `du -ch {{*/*.jpg}}`" |
| What is fold command,,"# fold |
| > Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to |
| > `stdout`. More information: https://manned.org/fold.1p. |
| * Wrap each line to default width (80 characters): |
| `fold {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Wrap each line to width ""30"": |
| `fold -w30 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Wrap each line to width ""5"" and break the line at spaces (puts each space separated word in a new line, words with length > 5 are wrapped): |
| `fold -w5 -s {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is nohup command,,"# nohup |
| > Allows for a process to live when the terminal gets killed. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nohup. |
| * Run a process that can live beyond the terminal: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}}` |
| * Launch `nohup` in background mode: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} &` |
| * Run a shell script that can live beyond the terminal: |
| `nohup {{path/to/script.sh}} &` |
| * Run a process and write the output to a specific file: |
| `nohup {{command}} {{argument1 argument2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}} &`" |
| What is git-rm command,,"# git rm |
| > Remove files from repository index and local filesystem. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rm. |
| * Remove file from repository index and filesystem: |
| `git rm {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Remove directory: |
| `git rm -r {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Remove file from repository index but keep it untouched locally: |
| `git rm --cached {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is getconf command,,"# getconf |
| > Get configuration values from your Linux system. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/getconf.1. |
| * List [a]ll configuration values available: |
| `getconf -a` |
| * List the configuration values for a specific directory: |
| `getconf -a {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Check if your linux system is a 32-bit or 64-bit: |
| `getconf LONG_BIT` |
| * Check how many processes the current user can run at once: |
| `getconf CHILD_MAX` |
| * List every configuration value and then find patterns with the grep command (i.e every value with MAX in it): |
| `getconf -a | grep MAX`" |
| What is wget command,,"# wget |
| > Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget. |
| * Download the contents of a URL to a file (named ""foo"" in this case): |
| `wget {{https://example.com/foo}}` |
| * Download the contents of a URL to a file (named ""bar"" in this case): |
| `wget --output-document {{bar}} {{https://example.com/foo}}` |
| * Download a single web page and all its resources with 3-second intervals between requests (scripts, stylesheets, images, etc.): |
| `wget --page-requisites --convert-links --wait=3 |
| {{https://example.com/somepage.html}}` |
| * Download all listed files within a directory and its sub-directories (does not download embedded page elements): |
| `wget --mirror --no-parent {{https://example.com/somepath/}}` |
| * Limit the download speed and the number of connection retries: |
| `wget --limit-rate={{300k}} --tries={{100}} {{https://example.com/somepath/}}` |
| * Download a file from an HTTP server using Basic Auth (also works for FTP): |
| `wget --user={{username}} --password={{password}} {{https://example.com}}` |
| * Continue an incomplete download: |
| `wget --continue {{https://example.com}}` |
| * Download all URLs stored in a text file to a specific directory: |
| `wget --directory-prefix {{path/to/directory}} --input-file {{URLs.txt}}`" |
| What is systemd-mount command,,"# systemd-mount |
| > Establish and destroy transient mount or auto-mount points. More |
| > information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd- |
| > mount.html. |
| * Mount a file system (image or block device) at `/run/media/system/LABEL` where LABEL is the filesystem label or the device name if there is no label: |
| `systemd-mount {{path/to/file_or_device}}` |
| * Mount a file system (image or block device) at a specific location: |
| `systemd-mount {{path/to/file_or_device}} {{path/to/mount_point}}` |
| * Show a list of all local, known block devices with file systems that may be mounted: |
| `systemd-mount --list` |
| * Create an automount point that mounts the actual file system at the time of first access: |
| `systemd-mount --automount=yes {{path/to/file_or_device}}` |
| * Unmount one or more devices: |
| `systemd-mount --umount {{path/to/mount_point_or_device1}} |
| {{path/to/mount_point_or_device2}}` |
| * Mount a file system (image or block device) with a specific file system type: |
| `systemd-mount --type={{file_system_type}} {{path/to/file_or_device}} |
| {{path/to/mount_point}}` |
| * Mount a file system (image or block device) with additional mount options: |
| `systemd-mount --options={{mount_options}} {{path/to/file_or_device}} |
| {{path/to/mount_point}}`" |
| What is date command,,"# date |
| > Set or display the system date. More information: |
| > https://ss64.com/osx/date.html. |
| * Display the current date using the default locale's format: |
| `date +%c` |
| * Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format: |
| `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ` |
| * Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch): |
| `date +%s` |
| * Display a specific date (represented as a Unix timestamp) using the default format: |
| `date -r 1473305798`" |
| What is mcookie command,,"# mcookie |
| > Generates random 128-bit hexadecimal numbers. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/mcookie. |
| * Generate a random number: |
| `mcookie` |
| * Generate a random number, using the contents of a file as a seed for the randomness: |
| `mcookie --file {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Generate a random number, using a specific number of bytes from a file as a seed for the randomness: |
| `mcookie --file {{path/to/file}} --max-size {{number_of_bytes}}` |
| * Print the details of the randomness used, such as the origin and seed for each source: |
| `mcookie --verbose`" |
| What is scriptreplay command,,"# scriptreplay |
| > Replay a typescript created by the `script` command to `stdout`. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/scriptreplay. |
| * Replay a typescript at the speed it was recorded: |
| `scriptreplay {{path/to/timing_file}} {{path/to/typescript}}` |
| * Replay a typescript at double the original speed: |
| `scriptreplay {{path/to/timingfile}} {{path/to/typescript}} 2` |
| * Replay a typescript at half the original speed: |
| `scriptreplay {{path/to/timingfile}} {{path/to/typescript}} 0.5`" |
| What is git-repack command,,"# git repack |
| > Pack unpacked objects in a Git repository. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-repack. |
| * Pack unpacked objects in the current directory: |
| `git repack` |
| * Also remove redundant objects after packing: |
| `git repack -d`" |
| What is rev command,,"# rev |
| > Reverse a line of text. More information: https://manned.org/rev. |
| * Reverse the text string ""hello"": |
| `echo ""hello"" | rev` |
| * Reverse an entire file and print to `stdout`: |
| `rev {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is logname command,,"# logname |
| > Shows the user's login name. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/logname. |
| * Display the currently logged in user's name: |
| `logname`" |
| What is true command,,"# true |
| > Returns a successful exit status code of 0. Use this with the || operator to |
| > make a command always exit with 0. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true. |
| * Return a successful exit code: |
| `true`" |
| What is sed command,,"# sed |
| > Edit text in a scriptable manner. See also: `awk`, `ed`. More information: |
| > https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/sed.1.html. |
| * Replace all `apple` (basic regex) occurrences with `mango` (basic regex) in all input lines and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed 's/apple/mango/g'` |
| * Execute a specific script [f]ile and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -f {{path/to/script_file.sed}}` |
| * Replace all `apple` (extended regex) occurrences with `APPLE` (extended regex) in all input lines and print the result to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -E 's/(apple)/\U\1/g'` |
| * Print just a first line to `stdout`: |
| `{{command}} | sed -n '1p'` |
| * Replace all `apple` (basic regex) occurrences with `mango` (basic regex) in a `file` and save a backup of the original to `file.bak`: |
| `sed -i bak 's/apple/mango/g' {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is lsattr command,,"# lsattr |
| > List file attributes on a Linux filesystem. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/lsattr. |
| * Display the attributes of the files in the current directory: |
| `lsattr` |
| * List the attributes of files in a particular path: |
| `lsattr {{path}}` |
| * List file attributes recursively in the current and subsequent directories: |
| `lsattr -R` |
| * Show attributes of all the files in the current directory, including hidden ones: |
| `lsattr -a` |
| * Display attributes of directories in the current directory: |
| `lsattr -d`" |
| What is delta command,,"# delta |
| > A viewer for Git and diff output. More information: |
| > https://github.com/dandavison/delta. |
| * Compare files or directories: |
| `delta {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}` |
| * Compare files or directories, showing the line numbers: |
| `delta --line-numbers {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} |
| {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}` |
| * Compare files or directories, showing the differences side by side: |
| `delta --side-by-side {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} |
| {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}` |
| * Compare files or directories, ignoring any Git configuration settings: |
| `delta --no-gitconfig {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} |
| {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}` |
| * Compare, rendering commit hashes, file names, and line numbers as hyperlinks, according to the hyperlink spec for terminal emulators: |
| `delta --hyperlinks {{path/to/old_file_or_directory}} |
| {{path/to/new_file_or_directory}}` |
| * Display the current settings: |
| `delta --show-config` |
| * Display supported languages and associated file extensions: |
| `delta --list-languages`" |
| What is git-submodule command,,"# git submodule |
| > Inspects, updates and manages submodules. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-submodule. |
| * Install a repository's specified submodules: |
| `git submodule update --init --recursive` |
| * Add a Git repository as a submodule: |
| `git submodule add {{repository_url}}` |
| * Add a Git repository as a submodule at the specified directory: |
| `git submodule add {{repository_url}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Update every submodule to its latest commit: |
| `git submodule foreach git pull`" |
| What is git-send-email command,,"# git send-email |
| > Send a collection of patches as emails. Patches can be specified as files, |
| > directions, or a revision list. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-send-email. |
| * Send the last commit in the current branch: |
| `git send-email -1` |
| * Send a given commit: |
| `git send-email -1 {{commit}}` |
| * Send multiple (e.g. 10) commits in the current branch: |
| `git send-email {{-10}}` |
| * Send an introductory email message for the patch series: |
| `git send-email -{{number_of_commits}} --compose` |
| * Review and edit the email message for each patch you're about to send: |
| `git send-email -{{number_of_commits}} --annotate`" |
| What is git-checkout command,,"# git checkout |
| > Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout. |
| * Create and switch to a new branch: |
| `git checkout -b {{branch_name}}` |
| * Create and switch to a new branch based on a specific reference (branch, remote/branch, tag are examples of valid references): |
| `git checkout -b {{branch_name}} {{reference}}` |
| * Switch to an existing local branch: |
| `git checkout {{branch_name}}` |
| * Switch to the previously checked out branch: |
| `git checkout -` |
| * Switch to an existing remote branch: |
| `git checkout --track {{remote_name}}/{{branch_name}}` |
| * Discard all unstaged changes in the current directory (see `git reset` for more undo-like commands): |
| `git checkout .` |
| * Discard unstaged changes to a given file: |
| `git checkout {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Replace a file in the current directory with the version of it committed in a given branch: |
| `git checkout {{branch_name}} -- {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is git-show-ref command,,"# git show-ref |
| > Git command for listing references. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-show-ref. |
| * Show all refs in the repository: |
| `git show-ref` |
| * Show only heads references: |
| `git show-ref --heads` |
| * Show only tags references: |
| `git show-ref --tags` |
| * Verify that a given reference exists: |
| `git show-ref --verify {{path/to/ref}}`" |
| What is tbl command,,"# tbl |
| > Table preprocessor for the groff (GNU Troff) document formatting system. See |
| > also `groff` and `troff`. More information: https://manned.org/tbl. |
| * Process input with tables, saving the output for future typesetting with groff to PostScript: |
| `tbl {{path/to/input_file}} > {{path/to/output.roff}}` |
| * Typeset input with tables to PDF using the [me] macro package: |
| `tbl -T {{pdf}} {{path/to/input.tbl}} | groff -{{me}} -T {{pdf}} > |
| {{path/to/output.pdf}}`" |
| What is fg command,,"# fg |
| > Run jobs in foreground. More information: https://manned.org/fg. |
| * Bring most recently suspended or running background job to foreground: |
| `fg` |
| * Bring a specific job to foreground: |
| `fg %{{job_id}}`" |
| What is kill command,,"# kill |
| > Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All |
| > signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to |
| > perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill. |
| * Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal: |
| `kill {{process_id}}` |
| * List available signal names (to be used without the `SIG` prefix): |
| `kill -l` |
| * Terminate a background job: |
| `kill %{{job_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGHUP (hang up) signal. Many daemons will reload instead of terminating: |
| `kill -{{1|HUP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Terminate a program using the SIGINT (interrupt) signal. This is typically initiated by the user pressing `Ctrl + C`: |
| `kill -{{2|INT}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to immediately terminate a program (which gets no chance to capture the signal): |
| `kill -{{9|KILL}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Signal the operating system to pause a program until a SIGCONT (""continue"") signal is received: |
| `kill -{{17|STOP}} {{process_id}}` |
| * Send a `SIGUSR1` signal to all processes with the given GID (group id): |
| `kill -{{SIGUSR1}} -{{group_id}}`" |
| What is git-credential command,,"# git credential |
| > Retrieve and store user credentials. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-credential. |
| * Display credential information, retrieving the username and password from configuration files: |
| `echo ""{{url=http://example.com}}"" | git credential fill` |
| * Send credential information to all configured credential helpers to store for later use: |
| `echo ""{{url=http://example.com}}"" | git credential approve` |
| * Erase the specified credential information from all the configured credential helpers: |
| `echo ""{{url=http://example.com}}"" | git credential reject`" |
| What is git-stripspace command,,"# git stripspace |
| > Read text (e.g. commit messages, notes, tags, and branch descriptions) from |
| > `stdin` and clean it into the manner used by Git. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stripspace. |
| * Trim whitespace from a file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | git stripspace` |
| * Trim whitespace and Git comments from a file: |
| `cat {{path/to/file}} | git stripspace --strip-comments` |
| * Convert all lines in a file into Git comments: |
| `git stripspace --comment-lines < {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is hostname command,,"# hostname |
| > Show or set the system's host name. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/hostname. |
| * Show current host name: |
| `hostname` |
| * Show the network address of the host name: |
| `hostname -i` |
| * Show all network addresses of the host: |
| `hostname -I` |
| * Show the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name): |
| `hostname --fqdn` |
| * Set current host name: |
| `hostname {{new_hostname}}`" |
| What is fuser command,,"# fuser |
| > Display process IDs currently using files or sockets. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/fuser. |
| * Find which processes are accessing a file or directory: |
| `fuser {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Show more fields (`USER`, `PID`, `ACCESS` and `COMMAND`): |
| `fuser --verbose {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Identify processes using a TCP socket: |
| `fuser --namespace tcp {{port}}` |
| * Kill all processes accessing a file or directory (sends the `SIGKILL` signal): |
| `fuser --kill {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Find which processes are accessing the filesystem containing a specific file or directory: |
| `fuser --mount {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Kill all processes with a TCP connection on a specific port: |
| `fuser --kill {{port}}/tcp`" |
| What is git-mergetool command,,"# git mergetool |
| > Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-mergetool. |
| * Launch the default merge tool to resolve conflicts: |
| `git mergetool` |
| * List valid merge tools: |
| `git mergetool --tool-help` |
| * Launch the merge tool identified by a name: |
| `git mergetool --tool {{tool_name}}` |
| * Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge tool: |
| `git mergetool --no-prompt` |
| * Explicitly use the GUI merge tool (see the `merge.guitool` config variable): |
| `git mergetool --gui` |
| * Explicitly use the regular merge tool (see the `merge.tool` config variable): |
| `git mergetool --no-gui`" |
| What is su command,,"# su |
| > Switch shell to another user. More information: https://manned.org/su. |
| * Switch to superuser (requires the root password): |
| `su` |
| * Switch to a given user (requires the user's password): |
| `su {{username}}` |
| * Switch to a given user and simulate a full login shell: |
| `su - {{username}}` |
| * Execute a command as another user: |
| `su - {{username}} -c ""{{command}}""`" |
| What is git-request-pull command,,"# git request-pull |
| > Generate a request asking the upstream project to pull changes into its |
| > tree. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-request-pull. |
| * Produce a request summarizing the changes between the v1.1 release and a specified branch: |
| `git request-pull {{v1.1}} {{https://example.com/project}} {{branch_name}}` |
| * Produce a request summarizing the changes between the v0.1 release on the `foo` branch and the local `bar` branch: |
| `git request-pull {{v0.1}} {{https://example.com/project}} {{foo:bar}}`" |
| What is perf command,,"# perf |
| > Framework for Linux performance counter measurements. More information: |
| > https://perf.wiki.kernel.org. |
| * Display basic performance counter stats for a command: |
| `perf stat {{gcc hello.c}}` |
| * Display system-wide real-time performance counter profile: |
| `sudo perf top` |
| * Run a command and record its profile into `perf.data`: |
| `sudo perf record {{command}}` |
| * Record the profile of an existing process into `perf.data`: |
| `sudo perf record -p {{pid}}` |
| * Read `perf.data` (created by `perf record`) and display the profile: |
| `sudo perf report`" |
| What is chrt command,,"# chrt |
| > Manipulate the real-time attributes of a process. More information: |
| > https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/chrt.1.html. |
| * Display attributes of a process: |
| `chrt --pid {{PID}}` |
| * Display attributes of all threads of a process: |
| `chrt --all-tasks --pid {{PID}}` |
| * Display the min/max priority values that can be used with `chrt`: |
| `chrt --max` |
| * Set the scheduling policy for a process: |
| `chrt --pid {{PID}} --{{deadline|idle|batch|rr|fifo|other}}`" |
| What is git-describe command,,"# git describe |
| > Give an object a human-readable name based on an available ref. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe. |
| * Create a unique name for the current commit (the name contains the most recent annotated tag, the number of additional commits, and the abbreviated commit hash): |
| `git describe` |
| * Create a name with 4 digits for the abbreviated commit hash: |
| `git describe --abbrev={{4}}` |
| * Generate a name with the tag reference path: |
| `git describe --all` |
| * Describe a Git tag: |
| `git describe {{v1.0.0}}` |
| * Create a name for the last commit of a given branch: |
| `git describe {{branch_name}}`" |
| What is tail command,,"# tail |
| > Display the last part of a file. See also: `head`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1. |
| * Show last 'count' lines in file: |
| `tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print a file from a specific line number: |
| `tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print a specific count of bytes from the end of a given file: |
| `tail -c {{8}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Print the last lines of a given file and keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`: |
| `tail -f {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Keep reading file until `Ctrl + C`, even if the file is inaccessible: |
| `tail -F {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Show last 'count' lines in 'file' and refresh every 'seconds' seconds: |
| `tail -n {{8}} -s {{10}} -f {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is truncate command,,"# truncate |
| > Shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/truncate. |
| * Set a size of 10 GB to an existing file, or create a new file with the specified size: |
| `truncate --size {{10G}} {{filename}}` |
| * Extend the file size by 50 MiB, fill with holes (which reads as zero bytes): |
| `truncate --size +{{50M}} {{filename}}` |
| * Shrink the file by 2 GiB, by removing data from the end of file: |
| `truncate --size -{{2G}} {{filename}}` |
| * Empty the file's content: |
| `truncate --size 0 {{filename}}` |
| * Empty the file's content, but do not create the file if it does not exist: |
| `truncate --no-create --size 0 {{filename}}`" |
| What is git-check-attr command,,"# git check-attr |
| > For every pathname, list if each attribute is unspecified, set, or unset as |
| > a gitattribute on that pathname. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-check-attr. |
| * Check the values of all attributes on a file: |
| `git check-attr --all {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Check the value of a specific attribute on a file: |
| `git check-attr {{attribute}} {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Check the value of a specific attribute on files: |
| `git check-attr --all {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Check the value of a specific attribute on one or more files: |
| `git check-attr {{attribute}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`" |
| What is tr command,,"# tr |
| > Translate characters: run replacements based on single characters and |
| > character sets. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tr. |
| * Replace all occurrences of a character in a file, and print the result: |
| `tr {{find_character}} {{replace_character}} < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Replace all occurrences of a character from another command's output: |
| `echo {{text}} | tr {{find_character}} {{replace_character}}` |
| * Map each character of the first set to the corresponding character of the second set: |
| `tr '{{abcd}}' '{{jkmn}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Delete all occurrences of the specified set of characters from the input: |
| `tr -d '{{input_characters}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Compress a series of identical characters to a single character: |
| `tr -s '{{input_characters}}' < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Translate the contents of a file to upper-case: |
| `tr ""[:lower:]"" ""[:upper:]"" < {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Strip out non-printable characters from a file: |
| `tr -cd ""[:print:]"" < {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is cp command,,"# cp |
| > Copy files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp. |
| * Copy a file to another location: |
| `cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_file.ext}}` |
| * Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename: |
| `cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_parent_directory}}` |
| * Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it): |
| `cp -R {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied): |
| `cp -vR {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Copy multiple files at once to a directory: |
| `cp -t {{path/to/destination_directory}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting): |
| `cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Follow symbolic links before copying: |
| `cp -L {{link}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` |
| * Use the first argument as the destination directory (useful for `xargs ... | cp -t <DEST_DIR>`): |
| `cp -t {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 |
| path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`" |
| What is git-push command,,"# git push |
| > Push commits to a remote repository. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-push. |
| * Send local changes in the current branch to its default remote counterpart: |
| `git push` |
| * Send changes from a specific local branch to its remote counterpart: |
| `git push {{remote_name}} {{local_branch}}` |
| * Send changes from a specific local branch to its remote counterpart, and set the remote one as the default push/pull target of the local one: |
| `git push -u {{remote_name}} {{local_branch}}` |
| * Send changes from a specific local branch to a specific remote branch: |
| `git push {{remote_name}} {{local_branch}}:{{remote_branch}}` |
| * Send changes on all local branches to their counterparts in a given remote repository: |
| `git push --all {{remote_name}}` |
| * Delete a branch in a remote repository: |
| `git push {{remote_name}} --delete {{remote_branch}}` |
| * Remove remote branches that don't have a local counterpart: |
| `git push --prune {{remote_name}}` |
| * Publish tags that aren't yet in the remote repository: |
| `git push --tags`" |
| What is lpstat command,,"# lpstat |
| > Display status information about the current classes, jobs, and printers. |
| > More information: https://ss64.com/osx/lpstat.html. |
| * Show a long listing of printers, classes, and jobs: |
| `lpstat -l` |
| * Force encryption when connecting to the CUPS server: |
| `lpstat -E` |
| * Show the ranking of print jobs: |
| `lpstat -R` |
| * Show whether or not the CUPS server is running: |
| `lpstat -r` |
| * Show all status information: |
| `lpstat -t`" |
| What is find command,,"# find |
| > Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/find. |
| * Find files by extension: |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'` |
| * Find files matching multiple path/name patterns: |
| `find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}}' -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'` |
| * Find directories matching a given name, in case-insensitive mode: |
| `find {{root_path}} -type d -iname '{{*lib*}}'` |
| * Find files matching a given pattern, excluding specific paths: |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.py}}' -not -path '{{*/site-packages/*}}'` |
| * Find files matching a given size range, limiting the recursive depth to ""1"": |
| `find {{root_path}} -maxdepth 1 -size {{+500k}} -size {{-10M}}` |
| * Run a command for each file (use `{}` within the command to access the filename): |
| `find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}' -exec {{wc -l {} }}\;` |
| * Find files modified in the last 7 days: |
| `find {{root_path}} -daystart -mtime -{{7}}` |
| * Find empty (0 byte) files and delete them: |
| `find {{root_path}} -type {{f}} -empty -delete`" |
| What is flock command,,"# flock |
| > Manage locks from shell scripts. It can be used to ensure that only one |
| > process of a command is running. More information: https://manned.org/flock. |
| * Run a command with a file lock as soon as the lock is not required by others: |
| `flock {{path/to/lock.lock}} --command ""{{command}}""` |
| * Run a command with a file lock, and exit if the lock doesn't exist: |
| `flock {{path/to/lock.lock}} --nonblock --command ""{{command}}""` |
| * Run a command with a file lock, and exit with a specific error code if the lock doesn't exist: |
| `flock {{path/to/lock.lock}} --nonblock --conflict-exit-code {{error_code}} -c |
| ""{{command}}""`" |
| What is ssh-add command,,"# ssh-add |
| > Manage loaded ssh keys in the ssh-agent. Ensure that ssh-agent is up and |
| > running for the keys to be loaded in it. More information: |
| > https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-add. |
| * Add the default ssh keys in `~/.ssh` to the ssh-agent: |
| `ssh-add` |
| * Add a specific key to the ssh-agent: |
| `ssh-add {{path/to/private_key}}` |
| * List fingerprints of currently loaded keys: |
| `ssh-add -l` |
| * Delete a key from the ssh-agent: |
| `ssh-add -d {{path/to/private_key}}` |
| * Delete all currently loaded keys from the ssh-agent: |
| `ssh-add -D` |
| * Add a key to the ssh-agent and the keychain: |
| `ssh-add -K {{path/to/private_key}}`" |
| What is git-show-branch command,,"# git show-branch |
| > Show branches and their commits. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-show-branch. |
| * Show a summary of the latest commit on a branch: |
| `git show-branch {{branch_name|ref|commit}}` |
| * Compare commits in the history of multiple commits or branches: |
| `git show-branch {{branch_name|ref|commit}}` |
| * Compare all remote tracking branches: |
| `git show-branch --remotes` |
| * Compare both local and remote tracking branches: |
| `git show-branch --all` |
| * List the latest commits in all branches: |
| `git show-branch --all --list` |
| * Compare a given branch with the current branch: |
| `git show-branch --current {{commit|branch_name|ref}}` |
| * Display the commit name instead of the relative name: |
| `git show-branch --sha1-name --current {{current|branch_name|ref}}` |
| * Keep going a given number of commits past the common ancestor: |
| `git show-branch --more {{5}} {{commit|branch_name|ref}} |
| {{commit|branch_name|ref}} {{...}}`" |
| What is gawk command,,"# gawk |
| > This command is an alias of GNU `awk`. |
| * View documentation for the original command: |
| `tldr -p linux awk`" |
| What is trap command,,"# trap |
| > Automatically execute commands after receiving signals by processes or the |
| > operating system. Can be used to perform cleanups for interruptions by the |
| > user or other actions. More information: https://manned.org/trap. |
| * List available signals to set traps for: |
| `trap -l` |
| * List active traps for the current shell: |
| `trap -p` |
| * Set a trap to execute commands when one or more signals are detected: |
| `trap 'echo ""Caught signal {{SIGHUP}}""' {{SIGHUP}}` |
| * Remove active traps: |
| `trap - {{SIGHUP}} {{SIGINT}}`" |
| What is git-whatchanged command,,"# git whatchanged |
| > Show what has changed with recent commits or files. See also `git log`. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-whatchanged. |
| * Display logs and changes for recent commits: |
| `git whatchanged` |
| * Display logs and changes for recent commits within the specified time frame: |
| `git whatchanged --since=""{{2 hours ago}}""` |
| * Display logs and changes for recent commits for specific files or directories: |
| `git whatchanged {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is troff command,,"# troff |
| > Typesetting processor for the groff (GNU Troff) document formatting system. |
| > See also `groff`. More information: https://manned.org/troff. |
| * Format output for a PostScript printer, saving the output to a file: |
| `troff {{path/to/input.roff}} | grops > {{path/to/output.ps}}` |
| * Format output for a PostScript printer using the [me] macro package, saving the output to a file: |
| `troff -{{me}} {{path/to/input.roff}} | grops > {{path/to/output.ps}}` |
| * Format output as [a]SCII text using the [man] macro package: |
| `troff -T {{ascii}} -{{man}} {{path/to/input.roff}} | grotty` |
| * Format output as a [pdf] file, saving the output to a file: |
| `troff -T {{pdf}} {{path/to/input.roff}} | gropdf > {{path/to/output.pdf}}`" |
| What is ar command,,"# ar |
| > Create, modify, and extract from Unix archives. Typically used for static |
| > libraries (`.a`) and Debian packages (`.deb`). See also: `tar`. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/ar. |
| * E[x]tract all members from an archive: |
| `ar x {{path/to/file.a}}` |
| * Lis[t] contents in a specific archive: |
| `ar t {{path/to/file.ar}}` |
| * [r]eplace or add specific files to an archive: |
| `ar r {{path/to/file.deb}} {{path/to/debian-binary path/to/control.tar.gz |
| path/to/data.tar.xz ...}}` |
| * In[s]ert an object file index (equivalent to using `ranlib`): |
| `ar s {{path/to/file.a}}` |
| * Create an archive with specific files and an accompanying object file index: |
| `ar rs {{path/to/file.a}} {{path/to/file1.o path/to/file2.o ...}}`" |
| What is hostnamectl command,,"# hostnamectl |
| > Get or set the hostname of the computer. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/hostnamectl. |
| * Get the hostname of the computer: |
| `hostnamectl` |
| * Set the hostname of the computer: |
| `sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ""{{hostname}}""` |
| * Set a pretty hostname for the computer: |
| `sudo hostnamectl set-hostname --static ""{{hostname.example.com}}"" && sudo |
| hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty ""{{hostname}}""` |
| * Reset hostname to its default value: |
| `sudo hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty """"`" |
| What is split command,,"# split |
| > Split a file into pieces. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/split.html. |
| * Split a file, each split having 10 lines (except the last split): |
| `split -l {{10}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file by a regular expression. The matching line will be the first line of the next output file: |
| `split -p {{cat|^[dh]og}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file with 512 bytes in each split (except the last split; use 512k for kilobytes and 512m for megabytes): |
| `split -b {{512}} {{filename}}` |
| * Split a file into 5 files. File is split such that each split has same size (except the last split): |
| `split -n {{5}} {{filename}}`" |
| What is sftp command,,"# sftp |
| > Secure File Transfer Program. Interactive program to copy files between |
| > hosts over SSH. For non-interactive file transfers, see `scp` or `rsync`. |
| > More information: https://manned.org/sftp. |
| * Connect to a remote server and enter an interactive command mode: |
| `sftp {{remote_user}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * Connect using an alternate port: |
| `sftp -P {{remote_port}} {{remote_user}}@{{remote_host}}` |
| * Connect using a predefined host (in `~/.ssh/config`): |
| `sftp {{host}}` |
| * Transfer remote file to the local system: |
| `get {{/path/remote_file}}` |
| * Transfer local file to the remote system: |
| `put {{/path/local_file}}` |
| * Transfer remote directory to the local system recursively (works with `put` too): |
| `get -R {{/path/remote_directory}}` |
| * Get list of files on local machine: |
| `lls` |
| * Get list of files on remote machine: |
| `ls`" |
| What is renice command,,"# renice |
| > Alters the scheduling priority/niceness of one or more running processes. |
| > Niceness values range from -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least |
| > favorable to the process). More information: https://manned.org/renice. |
| * Change priority of a running process: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} -p {{pid}}` |
| * Change priority of all processes owned by a user: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} -u {{user}}` |
| * Change priority of all processes that belong to a process group: |
| `renice -n {{niceness_value}} --pgrp {{process_group}}`" |
| What is envsubst command,,"# envsubst |
| > Substitutes environment variables with their value in shell format strings. |
| > Variables to be replaced should be in either `${var}` or `$var` format. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/envsubst- |
| > Invocation.html. |
| * Replace environment variables in `stdin` and output to `stdout`: |
| `echo '{{$HOME}}' | envsubst` |
| * Replace environment variables in an input file and output to `stdout`: |
| `envsubst < {{path/to/input_file}}` |
| * Replace environment variables in an input file and output to a file: |
| `envsubst < {{path/to/input_file}} > {{path/to/output_file}}` |
| * Replace environment variables in an input file from a space-separated list: |
| `envsubst '{{$USER $SHELL $HOME}}' < {{path/to/input_file}}`" |
| What is comm command,,"# comm |
| > Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More |
| > information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/comm. |
| * Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file and common lines: |
| `comm {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Print only lines common to both files: |
| `comm -12 {{file1}} {{file2}}` |
| * Print only lines common to both files, reading one file from `stdin`: |
| `cat {{file1}} | comm -12 - {{file2}}` |
| * Get lines only found in first file, saving the result to a third file: |
| `comm -23 {{file1}} {{file2}} > {{file1_only}}` |
| * Print lines only found in second file, when the files aren't sorted: |
| `comm -13 <(sort {{file1}}) <(sort {{file2}})`" |
| What is gdb command,,"# gdb |
| > The GNU Debugger. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb. |
| * Debug an executable: |
| `gdb {{executable}}` |
| * Attach a process to gdb: |
| `gdb -p {{procID}}` |
| * Debug with a core file: |
| `gdb -c {{core}} {{executable}}` |
| * Execute given GDB commands upon start: |
| `gdb -ex ""{{commands}}"" {{executable}}` |
| * Start `gdb` and pass arguments to the executable: |
| `gdb --args {{executable}} {{argument1}} {{argument2}}`" |
| What is git-prune command,,"# git prune |
| > Git command for pruning all unreachable objects from the object database. |
| > This command is often not used directly but as an internal command that is |
| > used by Git gc. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-prune. |
| * Report what would be removed by Git prune without removing it: |
| `git prune --dry-run` |
| * Prune unreachable objects and display what has been pruned to `stdout`: |
| `git prune --verbose` |
| * Prune unreachable objects while showing progress: |
| `git prune --progress`" |
| What is oomctl command,,"# oomctl |
| > Analyze the state stored in `systemd-oomd`. More information: |
| > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/oomctl.html. |
| * Show the current state of the cgroups and system contexts stored by `systemd-oomd`: |
| `oomctl dump`" |
| What is git-config command,,"# git config |
| > Manage custom configuration options for Git repositories. These |
| > configurations can be local (for the current repository) or global (for the |
| > current user). More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config. |
| * List only local configuration entries (stored in `.git/config` in the current repository): |
| `git config --list --local` |
| * List only global configuration entries (stored in `~/.gitconfig` by default or in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` if such a file exists): |
| `git config --list --global` |
| * List only system configuration entries (stored in `/etc/gitconfig`), and show their file location: |
| `git config --list --system --show-origin` |
| * Get the value of a given configuration entry: |
| `git config alias.unstage` |
| * Set the global value of a given configuration entry: |
| `git config --global alias.unstage ""reset HEAD --""` |
| * Revert a global configuration entry to its default value: |
| `git config --global --unset alias.unstage` |
| * Edit the Git configuration for the current repository in the default editor: |
| `git config --edit` |
| * Edit the global Git configuration in the default editor: |
| `git config --global --edit`" |
| What is git-merge-base command,,"# git merge-base |
| > Find a common ancestor of two commits. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-merge-base. |
| * Print the best common ancestor of two commits: |
| `git merge-base {{commit_1}} {{commit_2}}` |
| * Output all best common ancestors of two commits: |
| `git merge-base --all {{commit_1}} {{commit_2}}` |
| * Check if a commit is an ancestor of a specific commit: |
| `git merge-base --is-ancestor {{ancestor_commit}} {{commit}}`" |
| What is pwd command,,"# pwd |
| > Print name of current/working directory. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pwd. |
| * Print the current directory: |
| `pwd` |
| * Print the current directory, and resolve all symlinks (i.e. show the ""physical"" path): |
| `pwd -P`" |
| What is git-unpack-file command,,"# git unpack-file |
| > Create a temporary file with a blob's contents. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-unpack-file. |
| * Create a file holding the contents of the blob specified by its ID then print the name of the temporary file: |
| `git unpack-file {{blob_id}}`" |
| What is git-fsck command,,"# git fsck |
| > Verify the validity and connectivity of nodes in a Git repository index. |
| > Does not make any modifications. See `git gc` for cleaning up dangling |
| > blobs. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck. |
| * Check the current repository: |
| `git fsck` |
| * List all tags found: |
| `git fsck --tags` |
| * List all root nodes found: |
| `git fsck --root`" |
| What is chgrp command,,"# chgrp |
| > Change group ownership of files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chgrp. |
| * Change the owner group of a file/directory: |
| `chgrp {{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Recursively change the owner group of a directory and its contents: |
| `chgrp -R {{group}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Change the owner group of a symbolic link: |
| `chgrp -h {{group}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Change the owner group of a file/directory to match a reference file: |
| `chgrp --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is free command,,"# free |
| > Display amount of free and used memory in the system. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/free. |
| * Display system memory: |
| `free` |
| * Display memory in Bytes/KB/MB/GB: |
| `free -{{b|k|m|g}}` |
| * Display memory in human-readable units: |
| `free -h` |
| * Refresh the output every 2 seconds: |
| `free -s {{2}}`" |
| What is id command,,"# id |
| > Display current user and group identity. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/id. |
| * Display current user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong: |
| `id` |
| * Display the current user identity as a number: |
| `id -u` |
| * Display the current group identity as a number: |
| `id -g` |
| * Display an arbitrary user's ID (UID), group ID (GID) and groups to which they belong: |
| `id {{username}}`" |
| What is readelf command,,"# readelf |
| > Displays information about ELF files. More information: |
| > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/readelf.1.html. |
| * Display all information about the ELF file: |
| `readelf -all {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Display all the headers present in the ELF file: |
| `readelf --headers {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Display the entries in symbol table section of the ELF file, if it has one: |
| `readelf --symbols {{path/to/binary}}` |
| * Display the information contained in the ELF header at the start of the file: |
| `readelf --file-header {{path/to/binary}}`" |
| What is ld command,,"# ld |
| > Link object files together. More information: |
| > https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.38/ld.html. |
| * Link a specific object file with no dependencies into an executable: |
| `ld {{path/to/file.o}} --output {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Link two object files together: |
| `ld {{path/to/file1.o}} {{path/to/file2.o}} --output |
| {{path/to/output_executable}}` |
| * Dynamically link an x86_64 program to glibc (file paths change depending on the system): |
| `ld --output {{path/to/output_executable}} --dynamic-linker /lib/ld- |
| linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib/crt1.o /lib/crti.o -lc {{path/to/file.o}} /lib/crtn.o`" |
| What is git-commit command,,"# git commit |
| > Commit files to the repository. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-commit. |
| * Commit staged files to the repository with a message: |
| `git commit --message ""{{message}}""` |
| * Commit staged files with a message read from a file: |
| `git commit --file {{path/to/commit_message_file}}` |
| * Auto stage all modified and deleted files and commit with a message: |
| `git commit --all --message ""{{message}}""` |
| * Commit staged files and sign them with the specified GPG key (or the one defined in the config file if no argument is specified): |
| `git commit --gpg-sign {{key_id}} --message ""{{message}}""` |
| * Update the last commit by adding the currently staged changes, changing the commit's hash: |
| `git commit --amend` |
| * Commit only specific (already staged) files: |
| `git commit {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` |
| * Create a commit, even if there are no staged files: |
| `git commit --message ""{{message}}"" --allow-empty`" |
| What is xargs command,,"# xargs |
| > Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file, |
| > etc. The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate |
| > pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file. More information: |
| > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html. |
| * Run a command using the input data as arguments: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs {{command}}` |
| * Run multiple chained commands on the input data: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs sh -c ""{{command1}} && {{command2}} | |
| {{command3}}""` |
| * Delete all files with a `.backup` extension (`-print0` uses a null character to split file names, and `-0` uses it as delimiter): |
| `find . -name {{'*.backup'}} -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v` |
| * Execute the command once for each input line, replacing any occurrences of the placeholder (here marked as `_`) with the input line: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs -I _ {{command}} _ {{optional_extra_arguments}}` |
| * Parallel runs of up to `max-procs` processes at a time; the default is 1. If `max-procs` is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a time: |
| `{{arguments_source}} | xargs -P {{max-procs}} {{command}}`" |
| What is stty command,,"# stty |
| > Set options for a terminal device interface. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stty. |
| * Display all settings for the current terminal: |
| `stty --all` |
| * Set the number of rows or columns: |
| `stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}` |
| * Get the actual transfer speed of a device: |
| `stty --file {{path/to/device_file}} speed` |
| * Reset all modes to reasonable values for the current terminal: |
| `stty sane`" |
| What is git-ls-files command,,"# git ls-files |
| > Show information about files in the index and the working tree. More |
| > information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-ls-files. |
| * Show deleted files: |
| `git ls-files --deleted` |
| * Show modified and deleted files: |
| `git ls-files --modified` |
| * Show ignored and untracked files: |
| `git ls-files --others` |
| * Show untracked files, not ignored: |
| `git ls-files --others --exclude-standard`" |
| What is shred command,,"# shred |
| > Overwrite files to securely delete data. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/shred. |
| * Overwrite a file: |
| `shred {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Overwrite a file, leaving zeroes instead of random data: |
| `shred --zero {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Overwrite a file 25 times: |
| `shred -n25 {{path/to/file}}` |
| * Overwrite a file and remove it: |
| `shred --remove {{path/to/file}}`" |
| What is tac command,,"# tac |
| > Display and concatenate files with lines in reversed order. See also: `cat`. |
| > More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tac. |
| * Concatenate specific files in reversed order: |
| `tac {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Display `stdin` in reversed order: |
| `{{cat path/to/file}} | tac` |
| * Use a specific [s]eparator: |
| `tac -s {{separator}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Use a specific [r]egex as a [s]eparator: |
| `tac -r -s {{separator}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` |
| * Use a separator [b]efore each file: |
| `tac -b {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}`" |
| What is write command,,"# write |
| > Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (ctrl-C to |
| > stop writing messages). Use the `who` command to find out all terminal_ids |
| > of all active users active on the system. See also `mesg`. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/write. |
| * Send a message to a given user on a given terminal id: |
| `write {{username}} {{terminal_id}}` |
| * Send message to ""testuser"" on terminal `/dev/tty/5`: |
| `write {{testuser}} {{tty/5}}` |
| * Send message to ""johndoe"" on pseudo terminal `/dev/pts/5`: |
| `write {{johndoe}} {{pts/5}}`" |
| What is git-ls-remote command,,"# git ls-remote |
| > Git command for listing references in a remote repository based on name or |
| > URL. If no name or URL are given, then the configured upstream branch will |
| > be used, or remote origin if the former is not configured. More information: |
| > https://git-scm.com/docs/git-ls-remote. |
| * Show all references in the default remote repository: |
| `git ls-remote` |
| * Show only heads references in the default remote repository: |
| `git ls-remote --heads` |
| * Show only tags references in the default remote repository: |
| `git ls-remote --tags` |
| * Show all references from a remote repository based on name or URL: |
| `git ls-remote {{repository_url}}` |
| * Show references from a remote repository filtered by a pattern: |
| `git ls-remote {{repository_name}} ""{{pattern}}""`" |
| What is git-merge command,,"# git merge |
| > Merge branches. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge. |
| * Merge a branch into your current branch: |
| `git merge {{branch_name}}` |
| * Edit the merge message: |
| `git merge --edit {{branch_name}}` |
| * Merge a branch and create a merge commit: |
| `git merge --no-ff {{branch_name}}` |
| * Abort a merge in case of conflicts: |
| `git merge --abort` |
| * Merge using a specific strategy: |
| `git merge --strategy {{strategy}} --strategy-option {{strategy_option}} |
| {{branch_name}}`" |
| What is chown command,,"# chown |
| > Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown. |
| * Change the owner user of a file/directory: |
| `chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Change the owner user and group of a file/directory: |
| `chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` |
| * Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents: |
| `chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}` |
| * Change the owner of a symbolic link: |
| `chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}` |
| * Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file: |
| `chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`" |
| What is sshfs command,,"# sshfs |
| > Filesystem client based on SSH. More information: |
| > https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs. |
| * Mount remote directory: |
| `sshfs {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} {{mountpoint}}` |
| * Unmount remote directory: |
| `umount {{mountpoint}}` |
| * Mount remote directory from server with specific port: |
| `sshfs {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} -p {{2222}}` |
| * Use compression: |
| `sshfs {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} -C` |
| * Follow symbolic links: |
| `sshfs -o follow_symlinks {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} |
| {{mountpoint}}`" |
| What is sleep command,,"# sleep |
| > Delay for a specified amount of time. More information: |
| > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sleep.html. |
| * Delay in seconds: |
| `sleep {{seconds}}` |
| * Execute a specific command after 20 seconds delay: |
| `sleep 20 && {{command}}`" |
| What is manpath command,,"# manpath |
| > Determine the search path for manual pages. More information: |
| > https://manned.org/manpath. |
| * Display the search path used to find man pages: |
| `manpath` |
| * Show the entire global manpath: |
| `manpath --global`" |
| What is mv command,,"# mv |
| > Move or rename files and directories. More information: |
| > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mv. |
| * Rename a file or directory when the target is not an existing directory: |
| `mv {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Move a file or directory into an existing directory: |
| `mv {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/existing_directory}}` |
| * Move multiple files into an existing directory, keeping the filenames unchanged: |
| `mv {{path/to/source1 path/to/source2 ...}} {{path/to/existing_directory}}` |
| * Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files: |
| `mv -f {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files, regardless of file permissions: |
| `mv -i {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Do not overwrite existing files at the target: |
| `mv -n {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}` |
| * Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved: |
| `mv -v {{path/to/source}} {{path/to/target}}`" |
| What is whereis command,,"# whereis |
| > Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command. More |
| > information: https://manned.org/whereis. |
| * Locate binary, source and man pages for ssh: |
| `whereis {{ssh}}` |
| * Locate binary and man pages for ls: |
| `whereis -bm {{ls}}` |
| * Locate source of gcc and man pages for Git: |
| `whereis -s {{gcc}} -m {{git}}` |
| * Locate binaries for gcc in `/usr/bin/` only: |
| `whereis -b -B {{/usr/bin/}} -f {{gcc}}` |
| * Locate unusual binaries (those that have more or less than one binary on the system): |
| `whereis -u *` |
| * Locate binaries that have unusual manual entries (binaries that have more or less than one manual installed): |
| `whereis -u -m *`" |
| What is git-daemon command,,"# git daemon |
| > A really simple server for Git repositories. More information: https://git- |
| > scm.com/docs/git-daemon. |
| * Launch a Git daemon with a whitelisted set of directories: |
| `git daemon --export-all {{path/to/directory1}} {{path/to/directory2}}` |
| * Launch a Git daemon with a specific base directory and allow pulling from all sub-directories that look like Git repositories: |
| `git daemon --base-path={{path/to/directory}} --export-all --reuseaddr` |
| * Launch a Git daemon for the specified directory, verbosely printing log messages and allowing Git clients to write to it: |
| `git daemon {{path/to/directory}} --enable=receive-pack --informative-errors |
| --verbose`" |
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