Commonly Used Linux CLI Commands

• Note: Extra information in parenthesis, is not included part of command
• List files/folders

    ls
    #(Flags that help)
    -a #(Shows all files, including hidden files)
    -lh #(Shows permissions -l and -h makes it human readable)

• Change directory/folder

    cd </path/directoryName/>
    cd ~ #(Changes straight to home directory)

• Make new directory

    mkdir <directoryName>

• Move a file or renaming a file

    mv <file> <DestinationPath> #(Moves a file into a new directory)
    mv <file> <newFileName> #(Renames a file)

• Deleting a file

    rm <fileName>
    rm -r <directoryName> #(removes a directory, needs -r for recursive)

• Archive a directory/folder using Tar gz

    tar --cfz <fileName.tar.gz> <directory>

• Extracting a Tar

    tar --xzf <file.tar.gz> -C <extractedFolderName>

• Changing Permissions (Just use this calculator Link)

    chmod +x <file> #(Adds execute permissions)
    #(Can do +xrw or numbers ###)

• Outputting content of file without editor

    cat <fileName>

• Quickly creating/editing a file without editing it

    touch <fileName>
    #(Or)
    echo "Whatever text you want in the file" >> <fileName.txt>
    #(>> is appending, > is overwriting)