Command Line Stuff Cheat Sheet

Reference

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[Grep] Synonyms

egrep  =>  grep -E
fgrep  =>  grep -F

[Grep] Options

Switch	Description
-A num	Print num lines of training context
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-G	--basic-regexp (default)
-E	--extended-regexp
-P	--perl-regexp
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-f file	--file (Get patterns for file)
-F	--fixed-strings
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-h	--no-filename
-H	--with-filename
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-l	--files-with-matches (just print filenames)
-L	--files-without-match
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-r, -R	--recursive
-v	--invert-match
-i	--ignore-case

{:.shortcuts}

Grep

grep [options] [pattern] [file ...]

Search-and-replace in all files

perl -p -i -e 's/hello/HELLO/g' **/*

wc (Word count)

... | wc [options]

| -c | Bytes |
| -l | Lines |
| -m | Characters (incl multi-byte) |
| -w | Words |

[Sudo] Timestamp

| -v | revalidate timestamp for 5 mins |
| -k | invalidate timestamp |
| -K | just like -k |

[Sudo] Interactive

Switch	Description
-i [cmd]	Interactive shell without variables
-s [cmd]	Interactive shell
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-u user	run as this user
-g group	run as this group

[Sudo] Prompt

| -p prompt | Custom prompt (-p "%p password:") |

[Sudo] File descriptors

| -C fd | Close all open file descriptors |

[Sudo] Options

| -A | Use $SUDO_ASKPASS |
| -b | Run in background |
| -E | Preserve environment |
| -H | use target's $HOME |
| -n | Don't prompt for password |
| -P | Preserve group vector |
| -S | Read password from stdin |