Now we have completed the Linux & Git-GitHub hands-on, let's make a cheat sheet of all the commands we have learned so far.
Linux Commands -
- pwd: Print the current working directory.
- man: To display the user manual of any command that we can run on the terminal
- history: To display the history of the commands executed by the user.
- clear: To clear the terminal screen.
- date: Display the system date and time.
- echo: Display string of characters.
- whoami: Displays the login of the current user.
- tree: recursive directory listing program that produces a depth-indented listing of files
- uname: Displays the information about the system
1. Navigating the File System:
- ls: List files and directories.
- cd: Change the current directory.
- mkdir: Create a new directory.
- rm: Remove files or directories.
- cp: Copy files or directories.
- mv: Move or rename files or directories.
2. Viewing and Editing Files:
- cat: Display the contents of a file.
- less: View file contents interactively.
- nano or vim: Text editors for editing files.
- head: Display the beginning of a file.
- tail: Display the end of a file.
3. File Permissions:
- chmod: Change file permissions.
- chown: Change file ownership.
- chgrp: Change the group of directory/file
4. Processes and System Management:
- ps: Display information about processes.
- top : Monitor system processes interactively.
- kill: Terminate processes.
- shutdown or reboot: Shutdown or restart the system.
5. Networking:
- ifconfig or ip: Display or configure network interfaces.
- ping: Send ICMP echo requests to a host.
- ssh: Securely access remote systems over SSH.
- netstat : Display network statistics.
- hostname: allows us to set and view the hostname of the system.
- curl: used to transfer data to or from a server.
- wget: To download files and interact with REST APIs
6. Package Management:
- apt (Debian/Ubuntu) or yum (Red Hat/Fedora): Package management tools for installing, updating, and removing software packages.
- dpkg (Debian/Ubuntu) or rpm (Red Hat/Fedora): Direct package management tools.
7. File Compression and Archiving:
- tar: Create, extract, and manipulate archive files.
- gzip or gunzip: Compress or decompress files.
- zip or unzip: Compress or extract files in ZIP format.
8. User Management:
- useradd: Add a new user.
- passwd: Change user password.
- usermod: Modify user properties.
- userdel: Delete a user.
9. Disk and Storage Management:
- df: Display disk space usage.
- du: Display file and directory space usage.
- mount and umount: Mount and unmount filesystems.
10. Searching for files and directories:
- find: Search for files and directories in a specified directory
- grep: Search for specified patterns or text in files
- locate: Quickly find files using a database (requires updating the database)
- which: Displays the full path of a specified command.
Git-GitHub commands -
? Setting up Git:
? Creating Repositories:
- git init: Initialize a new Git repository in the current directory.
- git clone <repository_url>: Clone a remote repository to your local machine.
? Managing Changes:
- git add <file>: Add a file to the staging area.
- git commit -m "Commit message": Commit staged changes with a message.
- git status: Check the status
- git rm <file name> : To remove the file/folder
- git diff: Show the changes between working directory and staging area.
- git diff --staged: Show the changes between staging area and last commit.
- git reset <file>: Unstaged changes for a file, removing them from the staging area.
- git revert <commit>: Create a new commit that undoes the changes from a specific commit.
? Branching and Merging:
- git branch: List all branches in the repository.
- git branch -a: List all branches
- git branch <branch_name>: Create a new branch.
- git checkout <branch_name>: Switch to a different branch.
- git merge <branch_name>: Merge changes from one branch into another.
- git checkout -b <branch_name>: Create a new branch and switch to it.
- git branch --delete <branch_name> : To delete the branch
? Updating and Publishing:
- git pull: Fetch and merge changes from a remote repository.
- git push origin <branch_name>: Push local changes to a remote repository.
- git push -u origin <branch_name>: Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)
- git remote add origin ssh://[email protected]/[username]/[repository-name].git : Add a remote repository
? Viewing History:
- git log: Display commit history.
- git log --oneline: Display a single commit history.
- git-show: To see log messages
? Stashing Changes:
- git stash: Temporarily save changes that are not ready to be committed.
- git stash apply: Apply the most recent stash.
- git stash save: Changes can be stashed with a message
- git stash list: List out all the stashes stored in the stash stack
- git stash clear or drop: To delete all the stashes from the stash stack
- git stash branch <branch name>: Create a new branch from your latest stash
- git cherry-pick <commit>: Apply changes from a specific commit to the current branch.
- git remote -v: View a list of remote repositories and their URLs.
- git pull upstream <branch>: Pull changes from the original repository after forking (upstream).
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