Shell cheatsheet

#shell #bash

Few commands I found very useful during development.

Command	Description
`man ls`	show manual for command 'ls'
`wc <file>`	words count
`rm <file>`	remove/delete file
`rm -i <file>`	remove/delete file (interactive, ask confirm)
`rmdir <directory>`	remove/delete directory
`rm -R <directory>`	remove/delete directory and subdirectory
`rm -iR <directory>`	remove/delete directory (interactive)
`cp <current location> <destination>`	copy files
`chmod -R 755 <folder>`	add writing permission to folder
`pwd`	present working directory / print working directory
`cd`	change directory
`mkdir`	make directory
`ls`	list files
`ls -l`	list files (long form)
`ls -lah`	list files (long form, all also hidden, human readable)
`touch [filename]`	create file
`chown`	change owner
`cat <file>`	show file
`<cmd> > <file>`	direct the output of "cmd" into "file"
`grep -rl "<text>" <dir>`	search for all files containing `<text>` inside `<dir>`
`ln`	symbolic link
`alias`	show available alias on shell
`cd -`	go to the previous current directory
`ctrl` + `r`	advanced search (search any word in bash history)