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LinuxCommandsCheatSheetinBlack&White
March21,2014|By Bobbin Zachariah in LINUX COMMANDS More
Keepthislinuxcheatsheetonyourdeskprinted,Iamsureyouwilllearnthemquickandwillbealinuxexpertverysoon.Wehaveaddedhadboth
pdfandimage(png)formatofthecheatsheet.Pleasekeepuspostedifyouneedustoaddmorecommands.Commandarecategorized13sections
accordingitsusage.Wehavedesignedthecommandinwhitecolorwithblackbackgroundasweoftenuseonlinuxshell.Wehaveaddedbitredcolor
forattraction:).

Downloadlinuxcheatsheetinpdfformatandrefereachcommandindetail.

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Philipsays:
March23,2014at12:43am
Wow,verygoodidea,thischeatsheetisverynicetohaveunderthekeyboard.
Seeingforwardformorecommandsonthissheet.
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March23,2014at9:13pm
Philip,surewilladdmorecommandsasitgoes.
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Paulsays:
March23,2014at2:04pm
Handychart,butwhythisorder?Whynotbyfrequencyofuse,orderoflikelyneed,oralphabetical?
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March23,2014at9:19pm
HiPaul,thanksforsharingyourideas.Manyusersusedifferentfrequencybasedontheirspecificjob.Alphabeticalorderwillnotlikely
helpspecificrequirement."Orderoflike"suggestionisgoodidea:)
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cliffsays:
March26,2014at9:47pm
IreallylikethelayoutofthisPaul.Iamjustlearninglinuxandtryingtolearnsomecommands.IfIwantedtoputalinkinafiledirectoryor
deleteadirectorythentryingtofinditalphabeticallywouldbehardsinceIdon'tknowthecommandIamlookingfor.Alsotheposteris
right.Whichcommandssomeoneusesmostoftendependsuponwhattheyusuallyworkwith.IfIknowIwanttochangeadirectoryorfile
Icanjustlookintotheappropriatecategory.
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Pablosays:
March26,2014at4:37pm
Howaboutmovingsectionslikesystemandhardwarefarawayfromthetopandstickingtocommonlyusedbuthardertoremembersections
likeprocess,installfrompackageetcnearthetop.
Nicesheet.
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JasonFarrellsays:
March26,2014at7:17pm
Iusejustaboutallthesecommands,andmoreonlythingIlearnedisthatshouldreallybeusinghostnameimoreofteninsteadofscanning
throughifconfigaformyIP.:)
Alsowantedtopointatanerrorinyourcheatsheet:
"bg"doesnot"Listsstoppedorbackgroundjobs"itputsthemostrecentjobinthebackground(ctrlzthenbg).It's"jobs"thatlists'em(whichI
alwayshavealiasedtojust"j").
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Craigsays:
March26,2014at11:20pm
Awesomestuff,thankyou.Wouldyouconsiderdoingitasa16:9Wallpaper?
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March27,2014at12:51pm
@CraigYeswilldesignawallpapersketch.Therearefewminorerrorsonthecheatsheet,onceIcorrectallthenIwilldo
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Jacksays:
March27,2014at1:41am
Smalltypoafterunamer.Says"isplaykernelinformation"insteadof"Display.."
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javediqbaljfsays:
March27,2014at2:49am
Bundleofthanksbrother
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March27,2014at12:46pm
ThanksJaved
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Linux Commands Cheat Sheet in Black & White

TesTeqsays:
March27,2014at6:44am
Whyeachcommandbeginswith'#'?Itmakesthewholeveryusefulthinglessreadable!
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March29,2014at9:10am
@TesTeq"#"symbolisremoved:)
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TesTeqsays:
March31,2014at8:16am
Thankyou!Greatcheatsheet!
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Tobbisays:
March27,2014at7:49am
Greatthanksforthischeatsheet
Maybeawritebackgroundforprintingwouldbeanidea?
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March27,2014at12:47pm
@TobbiThanksforthecomments.Iwillseeificanmakeachangethebackground:)
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Tobbisays:
March28,2014at1:49pm
Cool)
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JasonFarrellsays:
March28,2014at6:25am
HiBobbin,
Icamebacktoseeifyou'dfixedtheerrorIpointedoutonyourcheatsheet,butinsteadIseethatnotonlywasitnotfixed,butmycomment
pointingitwasDELETED.Why?I'mnotwrong.
TobeclearTheERRORaboveisthat"bg"doesNOT"liststoppedorbackgroundjobs"the"jobs"commanddoesthat."bg"putsthemost
recentjobinthebackground.
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March28,2014at4:04pm
HiJason,Youare100%correct.Iamreallythankfulforpointingoutthis.Ireallysawyourcommentsotherday.Pleasegivemecouple
days,Iwillchangeitoninfograph.Ihavealreadychangedonthehtmlpage(detailedcommandpage).
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March29,2014at8:58am
@Jasonpleasefindtheupdatedsheet
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DavidGuidrysays:
March29,2014at10:33pm

Linux Commands Cheat Sheet in Black & White

There'satypointhechart:
IntheFilePermissionrelatedsection:#chmod755setsrwxforowner,r_xforgroupandworld.#chmod766wouldsetsrwxforowner,rwfor
groupandworld
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March30,2014at8:44am
@DavidIwillcorrecttyposoon.Thanks...:)
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BobbinZachariahsays:
March30,2014at4:21pm
@Daviditssorted:)
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KevenCulpsays:
March31,2014at9:51pm
Whitebackground?Please?
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BobbinZachariahsays:
April1,2014at12:53am
@Kevencheckhttp://goo.gl/WVTTUuonefriendmadeprintcopy:)
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EdwinBartonsays:
June21,2014at2:32pm
TheonlyMAJORproblemIhavewiththissofaristhatthepageclearlystatesatthetopthatthispageis'supposed'tobefortheBlack&White
versionoftheCheatsheet,howeverthe.pdffilelinkedtoisfortheColorversion.Andthecheatsheetimageitselfisthecolorversionaswell.So
wheredoweactuallygettheBlack&Whiteversionfrom?
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EdwinBartonsays:
June21,2014at6:32pm
Ok,I'llaskagainsincemypostwasapparentlydeleted.Whyisthispagetitled"LinuxCommandsCheatSheetinBlack&White"whenonlythe
colorversionissuppliedasa.pdfandtheimageshownisthecolorversion.I'dliketodownloadtheBLACK&WHITE.pdfversion,notthecolor
.pdfone,notthecolor.pngone,butyestheBLACK&WHITEversion.(ifyou'renotgoingtoprovidetheBlack&Whiteversiononapagethatis
clearlylabeledasbeingfortheBlack&Whiteversionthentheleastyoucandoischangethenameofthepagetoreflectthatfact!!!)
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BobbinZachariahsays:
June22,2014at10:32pm
HiEdwin,thanksforthecomments.LetmeseeifIcangetblack&whiteversion.Otheroptionwouldbeprintdocumentinblack&white
inkthenscanthedocumenttopdfversion
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v3dsays:
November17,2014at4:39pm
AcoolideabutIhavesomesuggestions
1)Howaboutaddingpackagemanagersotherthenrpm(aptgetatleast,sincemostLinuxn00bswillbeusingDebianbaseddistros)
2)Couldyouprovideuswithsourcefilessoanyonecanmaketranslatedversionsoftheinfographicandsubmiitbackhere?
Cheers!
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BobbinZachariahsays:
November18,2014at7:50pm
Letmeseeificanedititandwillcheckwithgraphicdesignerwhodidit:)
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Hareeshsays:
January8,2015at7:36pm
HiBobbingreatthanks..thissheetisveryusefulformetolearnhdfsfileoperationsinhadoop.
thanks
Hareesh
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BobbinZachariahsays:
January9,2015at12:21am
ThanksHareesh
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Nikhilsays:
September21,2015at5:17am
PleaseINVERTcolorsbeforeprinting!
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