| Command |
Description
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alias |
Creates a commnad
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| alien |
Migrate packages from .rpm to .deb and vice versa
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| apropos <subject> |
Sows commnads related to a subject
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| apt-get |
Package installation and system update
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| cal |
Shows calendar
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| cat <filename> |
Shows file content
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| clear |
Clear screen
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| date |
Shows date
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| df |
Shows the disk ussage. Example: df -h
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| dpkg |
.deb package installation: sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb
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| du |
Disk ussage
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| fdisk |
Disk partition utility
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| find |
Find files
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| free |
Shows free memory
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| grep <text> |
finds text
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| head |
Shows file start (-n, -f,...)
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| history |
Shows the commnad history (contained in ~.bash_history)
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| info <command> |
Sows command info
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| ln | Create simbolic links
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| lspci -v |
View PCI device information
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| man <command> |
Sowhs a command manual page
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| mc |
Midnight commander. File system navigation
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| more <filename> |
Shows file content, screen by screen
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| mount |
File sistem mounting
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| pwd |
Shows working directory
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| rsync -a ruta1 ruta2 [--exclude=/{dir1, dir2..]/] |
Copies files from ruta1 to ruta2 excluding dir1, dir2,...
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| scp |
Copy files to a remote machine over ssh protocol
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| sed |
String replacement
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| sort |
Sorts the content of a file line by line
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| su |
Log as root at the terminal (sudo su)
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| sudo <command> |
Execute command as root
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| tail |
Shows file end (-n, -f, ...)
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| touch <file_name> |
Creates an empty file
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| tty |
Shows the terminal where you are connected
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| uname |
Shows system info
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| wc -l |
Counts lines
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| wget |
Download files/web pages
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| vim |
Text file editor
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| who |
Connected persons
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| whoami |
Who am i
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| <cmd1> | <cmd2> |
Pipe: takes the output of command1 as input of command2. example: cat /etc/passwd | sort | more
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