Commands Cheatsheet

Updated Feb 24, 2021 ·

Directory

Commands	Description
`pwd`	Displays the current directory
`ls`	Lists the contents of a directory
`ls -la`	Lists the contents but also shows permissions, user, group, size, and date/time created.
`ls -latr`	Similar with ls -la, but the t flag sorts contents from newest to oldest. r flag does the reverse. Check out other flags by typing-in man ls
`ll`	Shortcut for ls -l. Note that this doesn't always work
`cd`	Change directory, goes to the /root/ directory
`cd ~`	Goes to the root directory
`cd directory-name`	Goes to the directory selected. Change the directory-name to desired directory.
`cd ..`	Goes one-level up. Returns to previous directory.

Commands	Description
`touch file-name`	Creates a text file. Change file-name.
`echo text`	Prints text onto the screen, doesn't create a file
`echo text > file-name`	Doesn't print the text but instead redirect it to a new file called file-name. Note that file-name is now created.
`cat file-name`	Display contents of text file
`echo new-text > file-name`	Redirects new-text to file-name. Note that when using redirect, it replaces the entire content.
`echo newer-text >> file-name`	Appends newer-text at the end of the content of file-name
`vi file-name`	Edit file-name through vi
`vim file-name`	Edit file-name through vi improved
`nano file-name`	Edit file-name through nano