Notes

Commands

  • [apt, dpkg] Packages
  • [chmod] Permissions
  • [curl] Get IP address (external) using URL endpoints
  • [curl] run a script remotely from web
  • [cut] cut, print selected parts of a file
  • [df] Disk Free
  • [dig, whois] Domain records
  • [dig] Domain Information Groper
  • [du] Disk Space Usage
  • [find] Find files and folder by name, type, date etc. and take some action on them
  • [gcp --parents] Copy selected files and recreate folder structure
  • [grep, egrep, fgrep] Search files based on patterns
  • [grep, sed] Find and Replace string in multiple files
  • [grep] Find and Delete files based on string
  • [ifconfig] Get IP address of your machine (internal & external)
  • [last] Find out login details
  • [lsusb] List USB devices
  • [scp, sftp] Transfer files between systems
  • [scp] Secure Copy
  • [SimpleHTTPServer] Python HTTP server
  • [tar] Compressed Archives
  • [uname] Find out system Architecture (32-bit vs. 64-bit)
  • [unrar] Extract a password protected RAR file
  • [wget, grep, nano, ps, ssh] Top 5 Commands
  • [wget] How to store an entire website offline
  • Change Default Terminal Editor
  • Copy contents to clipboard form command line (Ubuntu, macOS)
  • Devil's Commands
  • Doomsday Commands
  • Enable cross-site scripting in Chrome
  • Pipes |
  • Redirects (>, >>, 2>, 2>&1)
  • Select files with multiple different file extensions
  • Streams (stderr, stdin, stdout)
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