Terminal cheat sheet
From Publication Station
CORE COMMANDS
| cd [folder] | Change directory |
| ~/ | shortcut for your home directory. ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop |
| cd ~ | Change to Home directory, e.g. ‘cd ~/Documents/’ |
| cd / | Root of drive |
| ‘cd ../’ = Move 1 level up | |
| ‘cd ../../’ = Move 2 levels up | |
| ls | List files and folder inside current folder |
| pwd | Full path to working directory |
| cat [file] | print content (concatenate) of file to screen |
| less [file] | read into content (concatenate) of file to screen |
| rm [file] | Remove a file, e.g. rm [file] [file] |
| rm -r [dir] | Remove a directory and contents |
| cp [file] [newfile] | Copy file to file |
| cp [file] [dir] | Copy file to directory |
| mv [file] [new filename] | Move/Rename file or dirtory, e.g. mv -v [file] [dir] |
| clear | Clear screen |
COMMAND HISTORY
| history | Shows the stuff typed previously |
DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT
| mkdir [dir] | Create new directory |
| mkdir -p [dir]/[dir] | Create nested directories |
| rmdir [dir] | Remove directory ( only operates on empty directories ) |
| rm -R [dir] | Remove directory and contents |
PIPES - Allows to combine multiple commands that generate output
| more | Output content delivered in screensize chunks |
| > [file] | Push output to file, keep in mind it will get overwritten |
| >> [file] | Append output to existing file |
| < | Tell command to read content from a file |
HELP
| man [command] | Show the manual for ‘command’ |
| whatis [command] | Gives a one-line description of ‘command’ |
| [command] -h | Offers help |
| [command] —help | Offers help |
| [command] help | Offers help |
| reset | Resets the terminal display |
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