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linux

List of commands for linux:

- echo
linux:alias:create:permanent Create an alias and persist it.

$ echo 'alias ${alias_name}="${alias_command}"' >> ~/.bash_profile

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- mkdir
linux:directory:make Create a single directory

$ mkdir ${directory_name}

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- mkdir
linux:directory:make:recursive Create a directory (recursive).

$ mkdir -p ${directory_name}

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- cat
linux:file:length Return the number of lines of a given file.

$ cat ${filename} | wc -l

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- find
linux:files:count:directory Return the number of sub-directories in a given path

$ find ${directory_to_count_in} -type d | wc -l

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- find
linux:files:count:files Return the number of files in a given path

$ find ${directory_to_count_in} -type f | wc -l

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- touch
linux:files:create Create or update a file.

$ touch ${filename}

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- pwd
linux:files:current-dir Show the current working directory.

$ pwd

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- du
linux:files:directory:size Return the size a of given directory.

$ du -sh ${directory}

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- sed
linux:files:file:delete:line Delete a single line from a given file

$ sed -i '${line_number}d' ${filename}

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- find
linux:files:find:big Find all files that are larger than a given size.

$ find ${path_to_check} -type f -size +${size_in_mega_byte}M

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- find
linux:files:find:empty Find all empty files under a certain path

$ find ${directory} -type f -empty

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- find
linux:files:find:modified Find all files which are modified in a given timespan.

$ find ${directory} -mmin -${time_in_minutes}

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- find
linux:files:find:name Find all files with a given name.

$ find ${dir_to_search_in} -name ${filename}

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- find
linux:files:find:older Find all files that are older than a given period.

$ find ${dir_to_search_in} -mtime +${number_on_days} -print

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- touch
linux:files:move:file Move a file to another destination (or just rename it).

$ touch ${filename}

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- ln
linux:files:symlink:create Create a symlink.

$ ln -s ${filename} ${link}

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- cat
linux:linux:file:show Show the content of a file.

$ cat ${filename}

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- passwd
linux:password:change Change the current users password

$ passwd

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- ps
linux:process:check:running Check if a given process is running.

$ ps aux | grep ${process_name}

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- lsof
linux:system:ports:open Show all open ports

$ lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN

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- tar
linux:tar:create:gzip [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile.

$ tar czf ${path-to-target-tar-gz} ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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- tar
linux:tar:create:tar [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile.

$ tar cf ${path-to-target-tar} ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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- tar
linux:tar:decompress Decompress the given tar file

$ tar -zxvf ${filename}

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- cat
linux:version:info Show information about the Linux version

$ cat /etc/os-release

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- zip
linux:zip:compress Compress the given directory or file.

$ zip -r ${output_zip_file} ${input_directory}

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- zip
linux:zip:compress:with-password Compress the given directory or file with a password

$ zip --password ${password} -r ${output_zip_file} ${input_directory}

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- unzip
linux:zip:decompress Decompress the given zip file.

$ unzip ${filename}

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