Bash cheat sheet

Getting information on commands

Access the manual:

man <command of interest>

If this doesn't work (the program doesn't have a manual), usually it is safe to try running the command with typical help flags:

<command of interest> --help
<command of interest> -h

ls

cd <directory>

~ stands for your home directory. So this would take you to your home directory:

cd ~

And this would take you to your downloads folder under you home directory:

cd ~/downloads

pwd

cp <file name> <new file name>

mv <file name> <new file name>

rm <file>

Print the entire contents of a file to the terminal screen:

cat <file>

Load the file so that you can scroll and search the contents:

less <file>

When viewing a file with less, move down with j and up with k. Search by pressing / and then entering the search term. Leave the file with q.