Bash Commands Cheat Sheet

This page provides a visual cheat sheet of Bash commands, including file operations, system management, network tools, and more.

File Operations

Operation	Command
List files in current directory	`ls`
Change directory	`cd [directory]`
Create new directory	`mkdir [directory]`
Delete file	`rm [file]`
Move/Rename file	`mv [source] [destination]`
Copy file	`cp [source] [destination]`
View file content	`cat [file]`
Find files	`find [path] -name [filename]`

System Management

Operation	Command
Show current path	`pwd`
Show system info	`uname -a`
Show current user	`whoami`
Switch user	`su [username]`
Run command as superuser	`sudo [command]`
Install package (Debian-based)	`sudo apt-get install [package]`
Install package (RedHat-based)	`sudo yum install [package]`
Update package list (Debian-based)	`sudo apt-get update`
Update package list (RedHat-based)	`sudo yum check-update`

Network Tools

Operation	Command
View network config	`ifconfig`
Test network connectivity	`ping [host or IP]`
Trace route	`traceroute [host or IP]`
Download file	`wget [URL]`
Upload file	`scp [local_file] [user]@[host]:[remote_path]`
Show all processes in current directory	`jobs`
Terminate process	`kill [PID]`
Terminate current process	`Ctrl` + `C`

Text Processing

Operation	Command
Find text	`grep [text] [file]`
Replace text	`sed -i 's/[old]/[new]/g' [file]`
Sort file	`sort [file]`
Count lines	`wc -l [file]`
Show first 10 lines	`head -n 10 [file]`
Show last 10 lines	`tail -n 10 [file]`

Compression & Extraction

Operation	Command
Compress folder	`tar -czvf [archive].tar.gz [folder]`
Extract file	`tar -xzvf [archive].tar.gz`
Create zip archive	`zip -r [archive].zip [folder]`
Extract zip archive	`unzip [archive].zip`

Miscellaneous

Operation	Command
Clear screen	`Ctrl` + `L`
Exit terminal	`exit`
Close current tab	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `W`
Switch between tabs	`Ctrl` + `Tab`
Open new terminal window	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`