Gnu coreutils-cheat-sheet
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This document provides a summary of common Linux commands in 3 sentences or less: It lists common Linux commands used for file manipulation, system administration, and querying system information along with brief descriptions of each command's functionality. The commands are organized alphabetically and include file copying and manipulation commands like cp, mv, rm as well as system information commands like date, df, du, and hostname. This cheat sheet was created by Peteris Krumins to provide a quick reference to common Linux commands and their uses.
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Gnu coreutils-cheat-sheet
- 1. Utility Utility arch nproc base64 od basename paste cat pathchk chcon pinky chgrp pr chmod printenv chown printf chroot ptx cksum pwd comm readlink cp realpath csplit rm cut rmdir date runcon dd seq df setuidgid dir sha1sum dircolors shred dirname shuf du sleep echo sort env split expand stat expr stdbuf factor stty false su fmt sum fold sync getlimits tac groups tail head tee hostid test hostname timeout id touch install tr join true kill truncate link tsort ln tty logname uname ls unexpand md5sum uniq mkdir unlink mkfifo uptime mknod users mktemp vdir mv wc nice who nl whoami nohup yes Change SELinux context of file Change group ownership of files Change permission modes of files Change user and group ownership of files Run command or shell with special root directory Print CRC checksum and byte counts GNU Coreutils Cheat Sheet (v1.00) Description Print machine hardware name Base64 encode/decode strings or files Strip directory and suffix from file names Concatenate files and print on the standard output Summarize free disk space Briefly list directory contents Color setup for ls Strip suffix from file name Summarize disk usage Write to the terminal Compare two sorted files line by line Copy files Split a file into context-determined pieces Remove parts of lines of files Print or set the system date and time Convert a file while copying it Print the groups a user is in Output first part of file(s) Print numeric host identifier Set or print the name of current host system Run a program in a modified environment Convert tabs to spaces Evaluate expressions Print prime factors of n Exit with a status code indicating failure Simple text formatter Create a temporary file or directory, safely Move or rename files Run a program with modified niceness Number lines of files Run a command immune to hangups Description Print the number of processors Dump files in octal and other formats Merge lines of files Check whether file names are valid or portable Print user's login name List files Compute checksums of files or strings Make directories Make fifos (named pipes) Make a fifo, character file, or block file Print real and effective UIDs and GIDs Copy files and set attributes Join lines of two files on a common field Send a signal to a process Create a hard link Create links between files Wrap each input line to fit in specified width Print various platform dependent limits Display value of a symbolic link Print the resolved file name Delete files Remove directories Run command with specified security context Print sequence of numbers to standard output Lightweight finger Convert text files for printing Print all or part of environment Format and print data Permuted index for GNU, with keywords in their context Print current directory Split a file into pieces Display file or file system status Run a command with modified I/O stream buffering Change and print terminal line settings Run a shell with substitute user and group IDs Checksum and count the blocks in a file Run a command with the UID and GID of a specified user Print or check SHA-1 digests Overwrite files and devices to make it harder to recover data Shuffle lines of text Delay for a specified amount of time Sort lines of text (with all kinds of options) Verbosely list directory contents Print the number of lines, words, and bytes in files Print who is currently logged in Print effective user ID Output a string repeatedly until killed Created by Peteris Krumins (peter@catonmat.net, www.catonmat.net -- good coders code, great coders reuse) Print system information Convert blanks to tabs Remove duplicate lines from a sorted file Remove files via the unlink syscall Print system uptime and load Print login names of users currently logged in Change modification and access times of files A filter to translate characters Exit with a status code indicating success Truncate or extend the length of files Topological sort Print the name of the terminal connected to standard input Synchronize data on disk with memory Concatenate and print files in reverse Output the last part of file(s) Read from standard input and write to standard output and files Check file types and compare values Run a command with bounded time