adduser <username> | add a new user and provide password when prompted twice |
sudo su | Be root |
su <username> | Change user |
group <username> | Check users group memberships |
cd <folder path> | change directory |
cd .. | Go up one directory |
ls | List content of current directory |
ls -al | List all files and folders |
mkdir | Create new directory |
rm <filename> | Delete file |
rm -r <foldername> | Delete directory and all its content |
rm -rf <foldername> | Force remove (supress warnings) |
cp <file1> <file2> | Copy a file1 into file2 |
cp -r <folder1> <folder2> | Copy a folder to another |
mv <file1> <file2> | Rename file |
mv <file1> <folder1> | Moves file to folder |
touch <file> | Creates a new file in the current directory |
cat <file> | read content of file |
cat > <file> | copy standard input (keyboard) into file |
chmod | changes permissions on files and folders Click |
man <command> | See the documentation e.g man cat |
locate <file> | Search for a file |
scp <filename> <user>@yourIP:/home/<user>/<some folder>/<some subfolder> | Upload file to server |
scp <user>@yourIP:/home/<user>/<some folder>/somefile.txt ~/downloads/temp/ | Download file from server |
wget <http url> | Download a file from internet to current location |
history | Show recently used commands |
groups <username> | Find the memberships for the user |
