之前在微博上看到了一款神器tldr,更友好的命令使用说明,妈妈再也不用担心我记不住命令了!今天抽空整理一下, 以备没用安装tldr的机器也能查阅常用的几个。
官方网站:
https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
命令列表
执行tldr list,得到一些常用的命令列表
ab, ack, ag, alias, apropos, ar, awk, bc, bundle, cal, calibre-server, calibredb,
cat, cd, chmod, chown, chsh, cksum, clang, comm, convert, cordova, cp, curl, cut, date, deluser,
df, diff, dig, docker, drush, ebook-convert, echo, electrum, env, exiftool, fdupes, ffmpeg,
file, find, fswebcam, gcc, gem, gifsicle,
git-add, git-blame, git-branch, git-checkout, git-clone, git-commit, git-config, git-diff, git-init,
git-log, git-merge, git-mv, git-pull, git-push, git-remote, git-rm, git-stash, git-status, git-tag, git,
gpg, grep, gzip, handbrakecli, haxelib, history, iconv, ifconfig, ioping, ipcs,
java, javac, kill, less, ln, lp, lpstat, ls, lsof, man, mkdir, more, mount, mp4box, mtr,
mv, mysql, mysqldump, nc, nginx, nice, nmap, node, nohup, npm, nvm, pandoc,
passwd, patch, pgrep, php, ping, pip, play, printf, ps, psql, pushd, pwd, python, redis-cli,
rename, renice, rm, rmdir, rsync, salt-call, salt-key, salt-run, salt, scp, screen,
sed, sort, sox, split, srm, ssh, sshfs, sudo, svn, tail, tar, tcpdump, tee,
telnet, test, time, tldr, tmux, touch, tr, traceroute, transcode, tree, ufraw-batch, umount,
uname, unzip, uptime, useradd, userdel, usermod, vim, vimtutor, w, wc,
wget, which, yes, zbarimg, zfs, zip, zpool, apt-get, aptitude, base64, dpkg,
du, emerge, findmnt, firewall-cmd, free, head, hostname, iostat, ip, journalctl,
locate, lsb_release, md5sum, mdadm, netstat, pacman, sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum,
shuf, shutdown, ss, strace, systemctl, tcpflow,
top, wall, watch, wpa_cli, xargs, xsetwacom, airport, brew, caffeinate, diskutil, drutil,
du, head, hostname, locate, md5, mdfind, netstat, networksetup, open, pbcopy, pbpaste, qlmanage,
route, say, shutdown, sw_vers, sysctl, system_profiler, systemsetup,
top, wacaw, xctool, xed, xsltproc, prctl, prstat, svcadm, svccfg, svcs
命令详解
按字母顺序列举。
ack
ack
A search tool like grep, optimized for programmers.
- Find files containing "foo"
ack foo
- Find files in a specific language
ack --ruby each_with_object
- Count the total number of matches for the term "foo"
ack -ch foo
- Show the file names containing "foo" and number of matches in each file
ack -cl foo
alias
alias
Creates an alias for a word when used
as the first word of a command
- creating a generic alias
alias word="command"
- remove an aliased command
unalias word
- full list of aliased words
alias -p
- turning rm an interative command
alias rm="rm -i"
- overriding la as ls -a
alias la="ls -a"
awk
awk
A versatile programming language for working on files
- Print the fifth column in a space separated file
awk '{print $5}' filename
- Print the third column in a comma separated file
awk -F ',' '{print $3}' filename
- Sum the values in the first column and print the total
awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}' filename
- Sum the values in the first column and pretty-print the values and then the total
awk '{s+=$1; print $1} END {print "--------"; print s}' filename
base64
base64
Encode or decode file or standard input, to standard output.
- Encode a file
base64 filename
- Decode a file
base64 -d filename
- Encode from stdin
somecommand | base64
- Decode from stdin
somecommand | base64 -d
cat
cat
Print and concatenate files.
- Print the contents of to the standard output
cat file1
- Concatenate several files into the target file.
cat file1 file2 > target-file
chmod
chmod
Change the access permissions of a file or directory
- Give the (u)ser who owns a file the right to e(x)ecute it
chmod u+x file
- Give the user rights to (r)ead and (w)rite to a file/directory
chmod u+rw file
- Remove executable rights from the (g)roup
chmod g-x file
- Give (a)ll users rights to read and execute
chmod a+rx file
- Give (o)thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the group
chmod o=g file
chown
chown
Change the owning user/group of the specified files
- change the user of a file
chown user path/to/file
- change the user and group of a file
chown user:group path/to/file
- recursively change the owner of an entire folder
chown -R user path/to/folder
- change the owner of a symbolic link
chown -h user path/to/symlink
- use the owner and group of a reference file and apply those values to another file
chown --reference=reference-file path/to/file
chsh
chsh
Change user's login shell
- change shell
chsh -s path/to/shell_binary username
convert
convert
Imagemagick image conversion tool
- Convert an image from JPG to PNG
convert image.jpg image.png
- Scale an image 50% it's original size
convert image.png -resize 50% image2.png
- Horizontally append images
convert image1.png image2.png image3.png +append image123.png
cp
cp
Copy files
- Copy files in arbitrary locations
cp /path/to/original /path/to/copy
- Copy a file to a parent directory
cp /path/to/original ../path/to/copy
- Copy directories recursive using the option -r
cp -r /path/to/original /path/to/copy
- Show files as they are copied
cp -vr /path/to/original /path/to/copy
- Make a copy of a file, adding an extension
cp file.html{,.backup}
- Make a copy of a file, changing the extension
cp file.{html,backup}
curl
curl
Transfers data from or to a server
Supports most protocols including HTTP, FTP, POP
- Download a URL to a file
curl "URL" -o filename
- send form-encoded data
curl --data name=bob http://localhost/form
- send JSON data
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"bob"}' http://localhost/login
- specify an HTTP method
curl -X DELETE http://localhost/item/123
- head request
curl --head http://localhost
- pass a user name and password for server authentication
curl -u myusername:mypassword http://localhost
cut
cut
Cut out fields from STDIN or files
- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of STDIN
cut -c 1-16
- Cut out the first sixteen characters of each line of the given files
cut -c 1-16 file
- Cut out everything from the 3rd character to the end of each line
cut -c3-
- Cut out the fifth field, split on the colon character of each line
cut -d':' -f5
- Cut out the fields five and 10, split on the colon character of each line
cut -d':' -f5,10
- Cut out the fields five through 10, split on the colon character of each line
cut -d':' -f5-10
date
date
Set or display the system date
- Display the date using the default locale
date +"%c"
- Display the date in UTC and ISO 8601 format
date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
df
df
gives an overview of the file system disk space usage
- display all file systems and their disk usage
df
- display all file systems and their disk usage in human readable form
df -h
diff
diff
Compare files and directories
- Compare files
diff file1 file2
- Compare files, ignoring white spaces
diff -w file1 file2
- Compare files, showing differences side by side
diff -y file1 file2
- Compare directories recursively
diff -r directory1 directory2
- Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ
dpkg
dpkg
debian package manager
- install a package
dpkg -i /path/to/file
- remove a package
dpkg -r package_name
- list installed packages
dpkg -l pattern
- list package contents
dpkg -L package_name
du
du
Estimate file space usage
- get a sum of the total size of a file/folder in human readable units
du -sh file/directory
- list file sizes of a directory and any subdirectories in KB
du -k file/directory
- get recursively, individual file/folder sizes in human readable form
du -ah directory
- list the KB sizes of directories for N levels below the specified directory
du --max-depth=N
env
env
Show the environment or run a program in a modified environment
- Show the environment
env
- Clear the environment and run a program
env -i program
- Remove variable from the environment and run a program
env -u variable program
- Set a variable and run a program
env variable=value program
find
find
Find files under the given directory tree, recursively
- find files by extension
find root_path -name '*.py'
- find files matching path pattern
find root_path -path '**/lib/**/*.py'
- run a command for each file, use {} within the command to access the filename
find root_path -name '*.py' -exec wc -l {} /;
- find files modified since a certain time
find root_path -name '*.py' -mtime -1d
- find files using case insensitive name matching, of a certain size
find root_path -size +500k -size -10MB -iname '*.TaR.gZ'
- delete files by name, older than a certain number of days
find root_path -name '*.py' -mtime -180d -delete
gcc
gcc
Preprocesses and compiles C and C++ source files, then assembles and links them together.
- Compile multiple source files into executable
gcc source1.c source2.c -o executable
- Allow warnings, debug symbols in output
gcc source.c -Wall -Og -o executable
- Include libraries from a different path
gcc source.c -o executable -Iheader_path -Llibrary_path -llibrary_name
git …
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git add
git add
Adds changed files to the index
- Add a file to the index
git add PATHSPEC
- Add all files (tracked and untracked)
git add .
- Only add already tracked files
git add -u
- Also add ignored files
git add -f -
git blame
git blame
Show commit hash and last author on each line of a file
- Print file with author name and commit hash on each line
git blame file
- Print file with author email and commit hash on each line
git blame -e file -
git branch
Main command for working with branches
- List local branches. The current branch is highlighted by *.
git branch
- List all local and remote branches
git branch -a
- Create new branch based on current branch
git branch BRANCH-NAME
- Delete a local branch
git branch -d BRANCH-NAME
- Move/Rename a branch
git branch -mch -
git checkout
git checkout
Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
- Switch to another branch
git checkout BRANCH-NAME
- Create and switch to a new branch
git checkout -b BRANCH-NAME
- Undo unstaged local modification
git checkout . -
git clone
git clone
Clone an existing repository
- Clone an existing repository
git clone REMOTE-REPOSITORY-LOCATION
- For cloning from the local machine
git clone -l
- Do it quietly
git clone -q
- Clone an existing repository, and truncate to the specified number of revisions, save your time mostly
git clone --depth 10 REMOTE-REPOSITORY-LOCATION -
git commit
git commit
Commit staged files to the repository
- Commit staged files to the repository with comment
git commit -m MESSAGE
- Replace the last commit with currently staged changes
git commit --amend -
git config
git config
Get and set repository or global options
- Print list of options for current repository
git config --list --local
- Print global list of options, set in ~/.gitconfig
git config --list --global
- Get full list of options
git config --list
- Get value of alias.ls option
git config alias.st
- Set option alias.ls=status in file ~/.gitconfig
git config --global alias.ls "status"
- Remove option alias.st from ~/.gitconfig
git config --global --unset alias.st -
git diff
git diff
Show changes to tracked files
- Show changes to tracked files
git diff PATHSPEC
- Show only names of changed files.
git diff --name-only PATHSPEC
- Output a condensed summary of extended header information.
git diff --summary PATHSPEC -
git init
git init
Initializes a new local Git repository
- Initialize a new local repository
git init
- Initialize a barebones repository
git init --bare -
git log
git log
Show a history of commits
- Show a history of commits
git log
- Show the history of a particular file or directory, including differences
git log -p path
- Show only the first line of each commits
git log --oneline -
git merge
git merge
Merge branches
- Merge a branch with your current branch
git merge BRANCH-NAME
- Edit the merge message
git merge -e BRANCH-NAME -
git mv
git mv
Move or rename files and update the git index.
- Move file inside the repo and add the movement to the next commit
git mv path/to/file new/path/to/file
- Rename file and add renaming to the next commit
git mv filename new_filename
- Overwrite the file in the target path if it exists
git mv --force file target -
git pull
git pull
Fetch branch from a remote repository and merge it to local repository
- Download changes from default remote repository and merge it
git pull
- Download changes from default remote repository and use fast forward
git pull --rebase
- Download changes from given remote repository and branch, then merge them into HEAD
git pull remote_name branch -
git push
git push
Push commits to a remote repository
- Publish local changes on a remote branch
git push REMOTE-NAME LOCAL-BRANCH
- Publish local changes on a remote branch of different name
git push REMOTE-NAME LOCAL-BRANCH:REMOTE-BRANCH
- Remove remote branch
git push REMOTE-NAME :REMOTE-BRANCH
- Remove remote branches which don't exist locally
git push --prune REMOTE-NAME
- Publish tags
git push --tags -
git remote
git remote
ge set of tracked repositories (“remotes”)
- Show a list of existing remotes, their names and URL
git remote -v
- Add a remote
git remote add remote_name remote_url
- Change the URL of a remote
git remote set-url remote_name new_url
- Remove a remote
git remote remove remote_name
- Rename a remote
git remote rename old_name new_name -
git stash
git stash
Stash local Git changes in a temporary area
- stash current changes (except new files)
git stash save optional_stash_name
- include new files in the stash (leaves the index completely clean)
git stash save -u optional_stash_name
- list all stashes
git stash list
- re-apply the latest stash
git stash pop
- re-apply a stash by name
git stash apply stash_name
- drop a stash by an index
git stash drop stash@{index} -
git tag
git tag
Create, list, delete or verify tags.
Tag is reference to specific commit.
- List all tags
git tag
- Create a tag with the given name pointing to the current commit
git tag tag_name
- Create a tag with the given message
git tag tag_name -m tag_message
- Delete the tag with the given name
git tag -d tag_name
grep
grep
Matches patterns in input text
Supports simple patterns and regular expressions
- search for an exact string
grep something file_path
- search recursively in current directory for an exact string
grep -r something .
- use a regex
grep -e ^regex$ file_path
- see 3 lines of context
grep -C 3 something file_path
- print the count of matches instead of the matching text
grep -c something file_path
- use the standard input instead of a file
cat file_path | grep something
- invert match for excluding specific strings
grep -v something
gzip
gzip
Compress/uncompress files with gzip compression (LZ77)
- compress a file, replacing it with a gzipped compressed version
gzip file.ext
- decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncompressed version
gzip -d file.ext.gz
- compress a file specifying the output filename
gzip -c file.ext > compressed-file.ext.gz
- uncompress a gzipped file specifying the output filename
gzip -c -d file.ext.gz > uncompressed-file.ext
- specify the compression level. 1=Fastest (Worst), 9=Slowest (Best), Default level is 6
gzip -9 -c file.ext > compressed-file.ext.gz
iconv
iconv
Converts text from one encoding to another
- convert file and print to stdout
iconv -f from_encoding -t to_encoding input_file
- convert file to current locale
iconv -f from_encoding input_file > output_file
- list supported encodings
iconv -l
ifconfig
ifconfig
ifconfig - Interface Configurator, used to configure network interfaces.
- View network settings of an ethernet adapter.
ifconfig eth0
- Display details of all interfaces, including disabled interfaces.
ifconfig -a
- Disable eth0 interface.
ifconfig eth0 down
- Enable eth0 interface.
ifconfig eth0 up
- Assign IP address to eth0 interface.
ifconfig eth0 ip_address
kill
kill
Sends a signal to a process
Mostly used for stopping processes
- kill the process
kill process_id
- list signal names
kill -l
less
less
Opens a file for reading
Allows movement and search
Doesn't read the entire file (suitable for logs)
- open a file
less source_file
- page up / down
d (next), D (previous)
- go to start / end of file
g (start), G (end)
- search for a string
/something then n (next), N (previous)
- exit
q
ln
ln
Creates links to files and folders
- create a symbolic link to a file or folder
ln -s path/to/original/file path/to/link
- overwrite a symbolic link to a file
ln -sf path/to/new/original/file path/to/file/link
- overwrite a symbolic link to a folder
ln -sfT path/to/new/original/file path/to/folder/link
- create a hard link to a file or folder
ln path/to/original/file path/to/link
locate
locate
find filenames quickly
- Look for pattern in the database. Note: the database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily).
locate pattern
- Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files.
sudo updatedb
ls
ls
List directory contents
- List all files, even hidden
ls -a
- List all file names (no extra info)
ls -A1
- List all files with their rights, groups, owner
ls -l
- List all files and display the file size in a human readable format
ls -lh
- List all files with a prefix/suffix
ls *suffix
- Sort the results by size, last modified date, or creation date
ls -U
- Reverse the order of the results
ls -r
md5 …
md5sum, sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum etc.
md5sum
Calculate MD5 cryptographic checksums
- Read a file of MD5SUMs and verify all files have matching checksums
md5sum -c filename.md5
mkdir
mkdir
Creates a directory
- creates a directory in current folder or given path
mkdir directory
- creates directories recursively (useful for creating nested dirs)
mkdir -p path
more
more
Opens a file for reading.
Allows movement and search in forward direction only.
Doesn't read the entire file (suitable for logs)
- open a file
more source_file
- page down
d (next)
- search for a string
/something then n (next)
- exit
q
mount
mount
Provides access to an entire filesystem in one directory.
- Show all mounted filesystems
mount
- Mount a device
mount -t filesystem_type path_to_device_file directory_to_mount_to
- Mount a CD-ROM device (with the filetype ISO9660) to /cdrom (readonly)
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom
- Mount all the filesystem defined in /etc/fstab
mount -a
- Mount a specific filesystem described in /etc/fstab (e.g. "/dev/sda1 /my_drive ext2 defaults 0 2")
mount /my_drive
mv
mv
Move or rename files and directories
- Move files in abitrary locations
mv source target
- Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files
mv -f source target
- Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting existing files but write to standard error before overriding
mv -fi source target
- Move files in verbose mode, showing files after they are moved
mv -v source target
mysql
mysql
the MySQL command-line tool
- Connect to a database
mysql database_name
- Connect to a database using credentials
mysql -u user -ppassword database_name
- Execute SQL statements in a script file (batch file)
mysql database_name < script.sql
nc
nc
reads and writes tcp or udp data
- listen on a specified port
nc -l port
- connect to a certain port (you can then write to this port)
nc ip_address port
- set a timeout
nc -w timeout_in_seconds ipaddress port
- serve a file
cat somefile.txt | nc -l port
- receive a file
nc ip_address port > somefile.txt
- server stay up after client detach
nc -k -l port
- client stay up after EOF
nc -q timeout ip_address
passwd
passwd
passwd is a tool used to change a user's password.
- Change the password of the current user
passwd new password
- Change the password of the specified user
passwd username new password
- Get the current statuts of the user
passwd -S
- Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless)
passwd -d
ping
ping
send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
- Ping host
ping host
- Ping host limiting the number of packages to be send to four
ping -c 4 host
- Ping host, waiting for 0.5 s between each request (default is 1 s)
ping -i 0.5 host
- Ping host without trying to lookup symbolic names for addresses
ping -n host
pip
pip
Python package manager
- Install a package
pip install package_name
- Install a specific version of a package
pip install package_name==package_version
- Upgrade a package
pip install -U package_name
- Uninstall a package
pip uninstall package_name
- Save installed packages to file
pip freeze > requirements.txt
- Install packages from file
pip install -r requirements.txt
pwd
pwd
Print name of current/working directory
- Print the current directory
pwd
- Print the current directory, and resolve all symlinks (e.g. show the "physical" path)
pwd -P
rename
rename
renames multiple files
- Change foo to bar in matching filenames
rename 's/foo/bar/' *.txt
- Convert to lower case
rename -c *.txt
- No action, just show what renames would occur
rename -n 's/foo/bar/' *.txt
rm
rm
Remove files or directories
- Remove files from arbitrary locations
rm /path/to/file /otherpath/to/file2
- Remove recursively a directory and all it's subdirectories
rm -r /path/to/folder
- Prompt before every removal
rm -i /*
scp
scp
Copies files between hosts on a network
Works over a secure connection (SSH)
- upload a file, or upload and rename a file
scp /local/file.txt 10.0.0.1:/remote/path/newname.txt
- download a file
scp 10.0.0.1:/remote/path/file.txt /local/folder
- upload or download a directory
scp -r 10.0.0.1:/remote/path /local/folder
- specify username on host
scp /local/file.txt my_user@10.0.0.1:/remote/path
- copy a file from one host to another
scp 10.0.0.1:/remote/path/file.txt 20.0.0.2:/other/remote/path
- download a file with ssh key
scp -i /local/key 10.0.0.1:/remote/path/file.txt /local/folder
screen
screen
Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection.
- Start a new screen session
screen
- Start a new named screen session
screen -S name
- Show open screen sessions
screen -ls
- Reattach to an open screen
screen -r screen id
- Detach from inside a screen
ctrl+A D
- Kill a detached screen
screen -X -S screen id quit
sed
sed
Run replacements based on regular expressions
- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, and print the result
sed 's/find/replace/g' filename
- replace all occurrences of a string in a file, and overwrite the file
contents
sed -i 's/find/replace/g' filename
- replace all occurrences of an extended regular expression in a file
sed -E 's/regex/replace/g' filename
- replace all occurrences of multiple strings in a file
sed -e 's/find/replace/g' -e 's/find/replace/g' filename
shutdown
shutdown
Shutdown and reboot the system
- Power off (halt) immediately
shutdown -h now
- Reboot immediately
shutdown -r now
- Reboot in 5 minutes
shutdown -r +5 &
- Cancel a pending shutdown/reboot operation
shutdown -c
ssh
SSH
Secure Shell is a protocol used to securely log onto remote systems.
It can be used for logging or executing commands on a remote server.
- connecting to a remote server
ssh username@remote_host
- connecting to a remote server with a specific identity (private key)
ssh -i /path/to/key_file username@remote_host
- connecting to a remote server with specific port
ssh username@remote_host -p 2222
- run a command on a remote server
ssh remote_host "command -with -flags"
- ssh tunneling: dynamic port forwarding (SOCKS proxy on localhost:9999)
ssh -D 9999 -C username@remote_host
- ssh tunneling: forward a specific port (localhost:9999 to slashdot.org:80)
ssh -L 9999:slashdot.org:80 username@remote_host
- ssh enable agent forward
ssh -A username@remote_host
sshfs
SSHFS
filesystem client based on ssh
- mounting remote directory
sshfs username@remote_host:remote_directory mountpoint
- unmounting remote directory
fusermount -u mountpoint
- mounting remote directory from server with specific port
sshfs username@remote_host:remote_directory -p 2222
- use compression
sshfs username@remote_host:remote_directory -C
strace
strace
Troubleshooting tool for tracing system calls
- Start tracing a specific process by its PID
strace -p pid
- Trace a process and filter output by system call
strace -p pid -e system call name
- Count time, calls, and errors for each system call and report a summary on program exit.
strace -p pid -c
sudo
sudo
execute a command as another user
- Listing of an unreadable directory:
sudo ls /usr/local/scrt
- To edit a file as user www:
sudo -u www vi /var/www/index.html
- To shutdown the machine:
sudo shutdown -r +10 "Cya soon!"
- To repeat the last command as sudo
sudo !!
svn
svn
Subversion command line client tool
- Check out a working copy from a repository
svn co url/to/repository
- Bring changes from the repository into the working copy
svn up
- Put files and directories under version control, scheduling them for addition to repository. They will be added in next commit.
svn add PATH...
- Send changes from your working copy to the repository
svn ci -m commit log message [PATH...]
- Show detailed help
svn help
tail
tail
Display the last part of a file
- show last 'num' lines in file
tail -n num file
- show all file since line 'num'
tail -n +num file
- show last 'num' bytes in file
tail -c num file
- keep reading file until ctrl-c
tail -f file
tar
tar
Archiving utility
Optional compression with gzip / bzip
- create an archive from files
tar cf target.tar file1 file2 file3
- create a gzipped archive
tar czf target.tar.gz file1 file2 file3
- extract an archive in a target folder
tar xf source.tar -C folder
- extract a gzipped archive in the current directory
tar xzf source.tar.gz
- extract a bzipped archive in the current directory
tar xjf source.tar.bz2
- create a compressed archive, using archive suffix to determine the compression program
tar caf target.tar.xz file1 file2 file3
- list the contents of a tar file
tar tvf source.tar
tcpdump
tcpdump
Dump traffic on a network
- capture the traffic of a specific interface
tcpdump -i eth0
- capture all TCP traffic showing contents (ASCII) in console
tcpdump -A tcp
- capture the traffic from or to a host
tcpdump host www.example.com
- capture the traffic from a specific interface, source, destination and port
tcpdump -i eth0 src 192.168.1.1 dest 192.168.1.2 and port 80
- capture the traffic of a network
tcpdump net 192.168.1.0/24
- capture all traffic except traffic over port 22 and save to a dump file
tcpdump -w dumpfile.pcap not port 22
telnet
telnet
telnet is used to connect to a specified port of a host
- telnet to a certain port
telnet ip_address port
- to exit a telnet session
quit
- default escape character
CTRL + ]
- specify an escape character (x is the escape character)
telnet -e x ip_address port
top
top
Display dynamic real-time information about running processes.
- Start top
top
- Start top ignoring any idle or zombie processes
top -i
- Start top displaying only processes owned by given user
top -u user-name
- Get help about interactive commands
?
touch
touch
Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime)
- Create a new empty file(s) or change the times for existing file(s) to current time.`
touch filename
- Set the times on a file to match those on second file
touch -r filename2 filename
tree
tree
Show the contents of the current directory as a tree.
- Show files and directories with a depth of 'num'
tree -L num
- Show directories only
tree -d
- Show hidden files too
tree -a
- Print human readable size of files
tree -h
- Print the full path for each file
tree -f
- Print the tree without lines and indentation. Useful when used with -f
tree -i
umount
umount
Revokes access to an entire filesystem mounted to a directory.
A filesystem cannot be unmounted when it is busy.
- Unmount a filesystem
umount path_to_device_file
- OR
umount path_to_mounted_directory
- Unmount all mounted filesystems (dangerous!)
umount -a
uname
uname
Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it.
Note: If you're on Linux, try also the lsb_release command.
- Print hardware-related information: machine and processor
uname -mp
- Print software-related information: operating system, release number, and version
uname -srv
- Print the nodename (hostname) of the system
uname -n
- Print all available system information (hardware, software, nodename)
uname -a
unzip
unzip
Extract compressed files in a ZIP archive
- extract zip file(s) (for multiple files, seperate file paths by spaces)
unzip file(s)
- extract zip files(s) to given path
unzip files(s) -d /path/to/put/extracted/files
- list the contents of a zip file without extracting
unzip -l file
wget
wget
Download files from the Web
Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP
- Download a URL to a file
wget -O filename "url"
- Limit download speed
wget --limit-rate=200k url
- Continue an incomplete download
wget -c url
- Download a full website
wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P target_folder url
- FTP download with username and password
wget --ftp-user=username --ftp-password=password url
xargs
xargs
execute a command with piped arguments
- main use
arguments | xargs command
- handling whitespace in arguments
arguments_null_terminated | xargs -0 command
- example: list unneeded packages with deborphan and remove them with apt-get
sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get remove