Linux Commands Cheat Sheet 🐧

Everyday Linux Commands: Boost Your Productivity 🐧💼

Navigation:

• cd [directory]: Change directory. 🚀

• pwd: Print working directory. 📂

• ls [options] [path]: List files and directories. 🗂️

• mkdir [directory]: Create a new directory. 📁

• rmdir [directory]: Remove an empty directory. 🗑️

File Operations:

• touch [filename]: Create an empty file. ✨

• cp [source] [destination]: Copy files/directories. 📝

• mv [source] [destination]: Move/Rename files/directories. 🔄

• rm [options] [file/directory]: Remove files/directories. ❌

File Permissions:

• chmod [permissions] [file]: Change file permissions. 🔒

• chown [user:group] [file]: Change file ownership. 👥

Text Manipulation:

• cat [file]: Display file contents. 🐱

• less [file]: View file content interactively. 📖

• head [file]: Display the beginning of a file. 📄

• tail [file]: Display the end of a file. 📑

• grep [pattern] [file]: Search for patterns in a file. 🔍

• wc [file]: Count lines, words, and characters. 🧮

Process Management:

• ps: Display running processes. 🔄

• kill [PID]: Terminate process by PID. ☠️

• killall [process_name]: Terminate processes by name. ☠️

• top: Monitor system processes. 📈

System Information:

• uname -a: Display kernel info. 🐧

• df -h: Show disk space usage. 💽

• free -h: Display RAM usage. 🧠

• ifconfig: View network config. 🌐

User Management:

• whoami: Display current username. 👤

• id: Show user/group info. 👨‍👩‍👦

• users: List logged-in users. 🧑‍💻

• passwd: Change user password. 🔑

File Searching:

• find [path] [expression]: Search for files/dirs. 🔍

• locate [filename]: Find files using the database. 🔍

Archive & Compression:

• tar [options] [archive_name.tar] [files/dirs]: Create/extract tar archives. 🗃️

• gzip [file]: Compress using gzip. 🗜️

• gunzip [file]: Decompress with gzip. 🗜️

• zip [archive_name.zip] [files/dirs]: Create a zip archive. 📦

• unzip [archive_name.zip]: Extract from zip. 📦

Networking:

• ping [host]: Send ICMP echo requests. 🏓

• ssh [user@]host: Securely connect with SSH. 🔒

• scp [source] [destination]: Copy over SSH. 📤📥

• wget [url]: Download from the web. 🌐🔽

• curl [url]: Transfer with URLs. 🌐🔗

Disk & Filesystem:

• df -h: Show disk space usage. 💾

• du -h [directory]: Estimate file space usage. 📊

• mount: Show mounted filesystems. 🏔️

• umount [mount_point]: Unmount filesystem. 🗻

Package Management:

Debian/Ubuntu:

• apt-get: Package Tool. 📦🔧

• dpkg: Package manager for .deb. 📦📦

Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora:

• yum: Package manager. 📦🔧

• rpm: Package manager for .rpm. 📦📦

Process Monitoring:

• ps: Display running processes. 🔄

• top: Monitor processes. 📈

System Shutdown/Reboot:

• shutdown [options] [time]: Shut down or reboot. 🚫🔄

• reboot: Reboot immediately. 🔄

Help:

• man [command]: Display manual. ℹ️

• --help or -h: Get help. ℹ️

Git & GitHub Commands Cheat Sheet 🐙

Basic Git Commands 🚀

• git init: Initialize Git repo.

• git clone <repository_url>: Clone remote repo.

• git status: Check repo status.

• git add <file(s)>: Add changes to staging. 📝

• git commit -m "Commit message": Commit with the message. 💬

• git log: View commit history. 📜

• git diff: View commit differences. 📊

• git checkout -- <file(s)>: Discard changes. 🔄

• git reset HEAD <file(s)>: Unstage changes. 🙅‍♂️

• git revert <commit_hash>: Revert a commit. ⏪

• git reset --hard <commit_hash>: Reset to commit. 🔙

• git clean -n: List untracked files to be removed. 🗑️

• git cherry-pick <commit_hash>: Apply a specific commit. 🍒

• git rebase <branch_name>: Reapply commits on another base. 🔄

Branch & Tag Operations 🌿🏷️

• git branch: List/create/delete branches. 🌐

• git checkout <branch_name>: Switch branch. 🔄

• git checkout -b <branch_name>: Create & switch. 🌱

• git merge <branch_name>: Merge branch. 🤝

• git branch -d <branch_name>: Delete branch. ❌

• git tag <tag_name>: Create a lightweight tag. 🏷️

• git tag -a <tag_name> -m "Tag message": Create annotated tag. 🏷️

Stashing & Remote 📦🌐

• git stash: Temporarily save changes. 📦

• git stash apply: Apply last stash. 📦

• git stash pop: Apply & remove last stash. 📦

• git stash list: List stashed changes. 📦

• git stash drop: Discard last stash. 📦

• git remote add <remote_name> <repository_url>: Add remote repo. 🌐

• git remote -v: List remotes & URLs. 🌐

• git push <remote_name> <branch_name>: Push commits. ☁️

• git fetch <remote_name>: Fetch changes. 🔄

• git pull <remote_name> <branch_name>: Pull changes. 🔄

Advanced Git Actions 🚀

• git reflog: View the history of references. 📜

• git log --graph --oneline --all: Visualize the commit-graph concisely. 📈

• git rebase <branch_name>: Reapply commits on another base. 🔄

Note: 🚀

This cheat sheet contains all the commands used and mentioned in the past 11 blogs. It's a comprehensive and helpful resource that combines essential Linux commands for efficient file management and system control with powerful Git and GitHub commands for version control and collaborative coding. 🐧🐙 Elevate your skills, streamline your workflow, and navigate the coding universe with confidence. 💻 Embrace these tools to become a coder 🌟!