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Terminal Commands.

Contents at a Glance.

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Documentation.

Sort this commands.

Key/Command Description
sed -i '/swap/d' /etc/fstab
swapoff -a
sysctl --system
scp
watch [Command]
uname -r
ip a
ip a s less
echo -n 'somevalue' base64
lsb_release -dirc
alias [nameAlias]="commandAlisa"
pulseaudio -k “Dummy Output” No sound in Ubuntu
id
dive
nc -z -v -w 1 [nameService] [portNumber]
hostname [hostname] Change hostname.
hostname -I
ip a
man [someCommand] Show manual of command.
sudo apt-cache show [nameApp]
printenv

sudo touch /etc/profile.d/environment_variable.sh

> - Write to the file >> - Append to the file

General.

Key/Command Description
sudo [command] Run command with the security privileges of the superuser (Super User DO).
pwd Full path to working directory.
cat Concatenate to screen.
clear Clears the screen.
top Displays active processes. Press q to quit.
htop Displays active processes. Press q to quit.
tree
open [file] Opens a file (as if you double clicked it).
reset Resets the terminal display.
alias Show all alias.
history Show history.
whoami Show currently user used.
which [nameApp] Linux which command is used to identify the location of a given executable that is executed when you type the executable name (command) in the terminal prompt.
lsblk
df -h
free -h Show RAM memory. Human-readable.
free -m Show RAM memory.
nproc Number of CPU.
uptime Show time of operating system.
dpkg -L [namePackage] Shows you what files the package installed.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get full-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
  • echo "export PATH=$PATH:/pathToExecutableFile" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
  • echo -n 'someValue' | base64
  • echo -n 'encodedValue' | base64 --decode

WIFI.

Key/Command Description
nmcli d wifi list
nmcli c To see a list of all saved connections
nmcli radio wifi on
nmcli radio wifi off
nmcli d wifi connect wifiName password passwordValue
nmcli d wifi connect wifiName
nmcli -a d wifi connect wifiName
nmcli --ask d wifi connect wifiName
nmcli d wifi list --rescan yes
nmcli c delete wifiName To forget a connection (that was saved after you ran nmcli -a d wifi connect )

cyberghostvpn

  • cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code coyntryCode - list countries
  • cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code coyntryCode --city - list cities
  • cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code coyntryCode --city cityName --server - list servers
  • cyberghostvpn --traffic --country-code coyntryCode --city cityName --server serverInstanceName --connect
  • cyberghostvpn --status
  • cyberghostvpn --stop

SSH.

Key/Command Description
ssh-keygen
ssh-copy-id [nameUser]@[ipAddress] Copy ssh keys to dedicated server.

Users.

Key/Command Description
useradd [nameUser] Add new user.
passwd [nameUser] Change password of user.
usermod -aG [nameGroup] [nameUser] Add user to the group.

Ports.

Key/Command Description
sudo lsof -i -P -n grep LISTEN
sudo lsof -i -P -n
sudo lsof -i:[numberPort]
sudo fuser -k [portNumber]/tcp
sudo fuser [portNumber]/tcp
netstat -tulpn grep LISTEN
netstat -nltp grep [nameApp]

Process Management.

Key/Command Description
ps
ps -a Show list of processes.
ps -ef Show list of processes.
ps aux Show list of processes.
killall [nameProcess] Kill process by name.
pkill -f 'java -jar'
jps Java Virtual Machine Process Status Tool.
jps -l
jps -v
lsof -i :8080
kill $(lsof -t -i :8080)
pkill -f 'bazel'
ps -ef grep -iwc bazel

ps -ef | grep [nameProcess] ps -a | grep [nameProcess] Show process by name.

Navigation.

Key/Command Description
cd [folder] Change directory e.g. cd Documents.
cd [path] Change directory e.g. cd /home/user/Documents.
cd Home directory.
cd ~ Home directory.
cd / Root of drive.
cd .. Previous directory.
cd ../../ Move 2 levels up.
ls Short listing.
ls -l Long listing.
ls -a Listing incl. hidden files.
ls -la Long listing incl. hidden files.
ls -lh Long listing with Human readable file sizes.
ls -lah
ls -R Entire content of folder recursively.
ll
la
colorls
colorls -a
colorls -la

File Management.

Key/Command Description
touch [file] Create a new file.
rm [file] Remove a file, e.g. rm data.tmp.
rm -i [file] Remove with confirmation.
rm -f [file] Force removal without confirmation.
cp [file] [newFileName] Copy file to file.
cp [file] [dir] Copy file to directory.
mv [file] [newFileName] Move/Rename, e.g. mv file1.ad /tmp.
less [file] Output file content delivered in screensize chunks.
find . -name Finding Nested Files.

Directory Management.

Key/Command Description
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.
rm -r [dir] Remove a directory and contents.
rm -rf [dir] Force removal a directory and contents.
du -sch ./* Current Directory Size
du -ah -d 1
du -h -d 1

curl

Key/Command Description
-#, --progress-bar Make curl display a simple progress bar instead of the more informational standard meter.
-b, --cookie <name=data> Supply cookie with request. If no =, then specifies the cookie file to use (see -c).
-c, --cookie-jar File to save response cookies to.
-d, --data Send specified data in POST request. Details provided below.
-f, --fail Fail silently (don't output HTML error form if returned).
-F, --form <name=content> Submit form data.
-H, --header Headers to supply with request.
-i, --include Include HTTP headers in the output.
-I, --head Fetch headers only.
-k, --insecure Allow insecure connections to succeed.
-L, --location Follow redirects.
-o, --output Write output to . Can use --create-dirs in conjunction with this to create any directories specified in the -o path.
-O, --remote-name Write output to file named like the remote file (only writes to current directory).
-s, --silent Silent (quiet) mode. Use with -S to force it to show errors.
-v, --verbose Provide more information (useful for debugging).
-w, --write-out Make curl display information on stdout after a completed transfer. See man page for more details on available variables. Convenient way to force curl to append a newline to output: -w "\n" (can add to ~/.curlrc).
-X, --request The request method to use.
  • curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://localhost:8080
  • curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080
  • curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PATCH http://localhost:8080
  • curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X DELETE http://localhost:8080
  • curl -d '{"key1":"value1", "key2":"value2"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080

Permission.

Key/Command Description
chmod +x [file] Give permission to execute the file.
chown -R [userName]:[groupName] [path] Add permissions to folder or file.
chown -R [userName]:[groupName] [path] -R Add permissions recursively to folder or file.

Iptables Management.

Key/Command Description
sudo iptables-save View the current configuration for IPv4.
sudo ip6tables-save View the current configuration for IPv6.
sudo vim /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables-rules Create a script with a dump of iptables rules.
sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables-rules We make the iptables script executable.
sudo /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables-rules Load the iptables rules.
sudo iptables -L Show list of rules.

Ip6tables Management.

Key/Command Description
sudo ip6tables-save View the current configuration for IPv6.
sudo vim /etc/network/if-up.d/ip6tables-rules Create a script with a dump of ip6tables rules.
sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/ip6tables-rules We make the ip6tables script executable.
sudo /etc/network/if-up.d/ip6tables-rules Load the ip6tables rules.

Python.

Key/Command Description
python --version
python2 --version
python3 --version
python -V
python2 -V
python3 -V
pip3 --version
ls /usr/bin/python* Check what python versions are available on your Ubuntu system.
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2 1 Set Python alternatives.
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 2 Set Python alternatives.
sudo update-alternatives --list python Check if you already have some python alternatives configured.
sudo update-alternatives --config python Change to alternative python version.

Search.

Key/Command Description
find [dir] -name [search_pattern] Search for files, e.g. find /Users -name "file.txt".
grep [search_pattern] [file] Search for all lines that contain the pattern, e.g. grep "Tom" file.txt.
grep -r [search_pattern] [dir] Recursively search in all files in specified directory for all lines that contain the pattern.
grep -v [search_pattern] [file] Search for all lines that do NOT contain the pattern.
grep -i [search_pattern] [file] Search for all lines that contain the case-insensitive pattern.
-i Ignore case distinctions on Linux and Unix
-w Force PATTERN to match only whole words
-v Select non-matching lines
-n Print line number with output lines
-h Suppress the Unix file name prefix on output
-r Search directories recursivly on Linux
-R Just like -r but follow all symlinks
-l Print only names of FILEs with selected lines
-c Print only a count of selected lines per FILE
--color Display matched pattern in colors

System and Service Managements.

Alias Command
systemctl list-unit-files
systemctl list-units
systemctl --all
systemctl --failed
systemctl status [nameService] Show status of service.
systemctl status [nameService.service] Show status of service.
systemctl start [nameService.service] Start the service.
systemctl stop [nameService.service] Stops the service.
systemctl restart [nameService.service] Restart the service.
systemctl enable [nameService.service] Enable to starts on boot.
systemctl disable [nameService.service] Disable to start on boot.
systemctl is-enabled [nameService] Check status of service enabled or disabled.
service [nameService] start
service [nameService] status
service [nameService] reload
service [nameService] stop
service --status-all
systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl list-units | grep .service systemctl list-unit-files | grep .service

Log Managements.

Key/Command Description
journalctl Show every journal entry that is in the system will be displayed within a page.
journalctl -b Displaying logs from the current Boot.
journalctl --list-boots To see the boots that journald knows about.
journalctl -u [name] To see all of the logs from an unit name our system.
journalctl -p [priorityLevel] To see all of the logs at a priority level on you system.
journalctl -p err
journalctl -p crit
journalctl -n To display a set amount of records.
journalctl -f To actively follow the logs as they are being writen.

Groups Managements.

Key/Command Description
gpasswd -a [userName] [groupName] Add user to the group.
getent group [groupName]

Alias.

Alias Command
h history
history omz_history
l ls -CF
lS ls -1FSsh
la ls -A
lart ls -1Fcart
ldot ls -ld .*
ll ls -alF
lr ls -tRFh
lrt ls -1Fcrt
ls ls --color=auto
lsa ls -lah
lt ls -ltFh
mv mv -i
  • hsi history | grep -i
  • hs history | grep

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