Shell command cheatsheet

cheatsheet.sh

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# Processes #
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# Finding a running process
ps aux | grep <processname>
pgrep <processname>

# Killing processes
#
#   Signal Name | Signal Value | Behaviour
#   ------------ -------------- ----------
#   SIGHUP      | 1            | Hangup
#   SIGKILL     | 9            | Kill Signal
#   SIGTERM     | 15           | Terminate
#
kill -9 <pid>
kill -SIGTERM <pid>
pkill <processname>
killall <processname>


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# Services #
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# systemd
systemctl status service-name
systemctl --user status service-name

# see log for service
journalctl -u service-name.service
# only see current boot messages
journalctl -u service-name.service -b


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# Miscellaneous #
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# Print hardware with the drivers in use
sudo lspci -v