Editing Terminal cheat sheet

=== CORE COMMANDS ===

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|cd [folder]
|Change directory
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| ~/
| shortcut for your home directory. ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop
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|cd ~
|Change to Home directory, e.g. ‘cd ~/Documents/’
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|cd /
|Root of drive
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|
|‘cd ../’ = Move 1 level up
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|‘cd ../../’ = Move 2 levels up
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|ls
|List files and folder inside current folder 
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|pwd
|Full path to working directory
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|cat  [file]
|print content (concatenate) of file to screen
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|less [file]
|read into content (concatenate) of file to screen
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|rm [file]
|Remove a file, e.g. rm [file] [file]
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|rm -r [dir]
|Remove a directory and contents
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|cp [file] [newfile]
|Copy file to file
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|cp [file] [dir]
|Copy file to directory
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|mv [file] [new filename]
|Move/Rename file or dirtory, e.g. mv -v [file] [dir]
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|clear
|Clear screen
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=== COMMAND HISTORY ===

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|history 
|Shows the stuff typed previously
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=== DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT ===

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|mkdir [dir]
|Create new directory
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|mkdir -p [dir]/[dir]
|Create nested directories
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|rmdir [dir]
|Remove directory ( only operates on empty directories )
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|rm -R [dir]
|Remove directory and contents
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=== PIPES - Allows to combine multiple commands that generate output ===

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|more
|Output content delivered in screensize chunks
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|&gt; [file]
|Push output to file, keep in mind it will get overwritten
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|&gt;&gt; [file]
|Append output to existing file
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|&lt;
|Tell command to read content from a file
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=== HELP ===

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|man [command]
|Show the manual for ‘command’
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|whatis [command]
|Gives a one-line description of ‘command’
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|[command] -h
|Offers help
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|[command] —help
|Offers help
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|[command] help
|Offers help
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|reset
|Resets the terminal display
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