Shell Commands Cheatsheet

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List of Shell Commands

ls to list the files and directories in the current directory

ls

# List all files and directories including hidden files
ls -a

# List files and directories with detailed information
ls -l

cd to change the current directory.

cd path/to/directory

pwd

pwd command is used to print the current working directory.

pwd

mkdir

mkdir command is used to create a new directory.

mkdir new-directory

touch

touch command is used to create a new file.

touch new-file.txt

rm

rm command is used to remove files or directories.

rm file.txt

cp

cp command is used to copy files or directories.

cp file.txt new-file.txt

mv

mv command is used to move files or directories.

mv file.txt path/to/directory

cat

cat command is used to display the contents of a file.

cat file.txt

grep

grep command is used to search for a specific pattern in a file.

grep 'pattern' file.txt

echo

echo command is used to print text to the terminal.

echo 'Hello, World!'

chmod

chmod command is used to change the permissions of a file or directory.

chmod 755 file.txt

chown

chown command is used to change the owner of a file or directory.

chown user:group file.txt

ps

ps command is used to display information about running processes.

ps

kill

kill command is used to terminate a process.

kill PID

top

top command is used to display information about running processes in real-time.

top