Common shell Commands

$ cd ..

Basic structure of a shell command

Using autocomplete and the history

command	options	arguments
pwd			Print working directory
cd		/path/to/folder/	Change directory - change the current working directory to a specific Folder
ls	-ahl	/path/to/folder/	List information about files. -a Do not hide entries starting with a dot -h Print sizes in human readable format -l Use a long listing format
python		/path/to/script.py	Run a python 2.x or 3.x script 1
python3		/path/to/script.py	Run a python 3.x script
⇥			Autocomplete command (tab-key)
Ctrl-P, ↑			Show the previous command (control-P or arrow-up key)
Crtl-N, ↓			Show the next command (control-N or arrow-down key)
Ctrl-R		<search phrase>	Search for a previous command (control-R)
history			Show the previous commands as a numbered list
!<number>			Execute a command from the numbered list of previous commands
mkdir
open
rm
mv
ssh
sudo rapsi-config

Footnotes

1

Depends on how python was configured when it was installed.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-bash-history-commands-and-expansions-on-a-linux-vps

command	options	arguments
touch	-r	file1 file2	Change file access and modification times -r Set access and modifications from file1 -> file2

Common options and arguments

# Show version information
<command> -V --version

# Show available options and arguments
<command> -h --help

# Format and display the on-line manual pages
# NOTE: Press 'q' to exit the manual
man <command>

Fundamentals

# -c  Create a new archive containing the specified items
# -f  Specify the filename of the archive
# -v  Verbose output
# -z  Use zip/gzip for compression
tar -cfvz archive_name.tar.gz filename1 filename2 directory1

# -x  Extract the contents from a tar file
tar -xfvz archive_name.tar.gz