Mac Terminal Cheat Sheet

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SHORTCUTS

Key/Command	Description
Tab	Auto-complete files and folder names
Ctrl + A	Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E	Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + U	Clear the line before the cursor
Ctrl + K	Clear the line after the cursor
Ctrl + W	Delete the word before the cursor
Ctrl + T	Swap the last two characters before the cursor
Esc + T	Swap the last two words before the cursor
Ctrl + R	Lets you search through previously used commands
Ctrl + L or Command + K	Clears the Screen
Ctrl + C	Kill whatever you are running
Ctrl + D	Exit the current shell

CORE COMMANDS

cd	Home directory
cd [folder]	Change directory
cd ~	Home directory, e.g. ‘cd ~/folder/’
cd /	Root of drive
ls	Short listing
ls -l	Long listing
ls -a	Listing incl. hidden files
ls -lh	Long listing with Human readable file sizes
ls -R	Entire content of folder recursively
sudo [command]	Run command with the security privileges of the superuser (Super User DO)
open [file]	Opens a file
open .	Opens the directory
top	Displays active processes. Press q to quit
nano [file]	Opens the Terminal it’s editor
pico [file]	Opens the Terminal it’s editor
q	Exit
clear	Clear screen

COMMAND HISTORY

history n	Shows the stuff typed – add a number to limit the last n items
ctrl-r	Interactively search through previously typed commands
![value]	Execute the last command typed that starts with ‘value’
!!	Execute the last command typed

FILE MANAGEMENT

touch [file]	Create new file
pwd	Full path to working directory
..	Parent/enclosing directory, e.g.
ls -l ..	Long listing of parent directory
cd ../../	Move 2 levels up
.	Current folder
cat	Concatenate to screen
rm [file]	Remove a file, e.g. rm [file] [file]
rm -i [file]	Remove with confirmation
rm -r [dir]	Remove a directory and contents
rm -f [file]	Force removal without confirmation
rm -i [file]	Will display prompt before
cp [file] [newfile]	Copy file to file
cp [file] [dir]	Copy file to directory
mv [file] [new filename]	Move/Rename, e.g. mv -v [file] [dir]

DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT

mkdir [dir]	Create new directory
mkdir -p [dir]/[dir]	Create nested directories
rmdir [dir]	Remove directory ( only operates on empty directories )
rm -R [dir]	Remove directory and contents

PIPES – Allows to combine multiple commands that generate output

more	Output content delivered in screensize chunks
> [file]	Push output to file, keep in mind it will get overwritten
>> [file]	Append output to existing file
<	Tell command to read content from a fi

HELP

[command] -h	Offers help
[command] —help	Offers help
[command] help	Offers help
reset	Resets the terminal display
man [command]	Show the help for ‘command’
whatis [command]	Gives a one-line description of ‘command’

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cd - for going back to previous location

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• I am bluebuddah on github.
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To claim this, I am signing this object:

{
  "body": {
    "key": {
      "eldest_kid": "0120b43e34d2a86152f4e84e274652b68e3fd27d09c22f464dfb19dbee2f07c6bac30a",
      "host": "keybase.io",
      "kid": "0120985dec78b655cd952cfe3b804c4e05c0cb744a06da62d63e9762f192fd0a6b4b0a",
      "uid": "ccbe220ddee72953ca067a109f5ecd19",
      "username": "ewh2085"
    },
    "merkle_root": {
      "ctime": 1598319087,
      "hash": "87f6b7fff3063d701df671f85cca917d3fd541a21c59693eb02d8c248447ab7891b0cc857482a80b009065080c68f040f1a50389ea57785a9b2b9f7fc51be6d2",
      "hash_meta": "1684bced3fc76124f04d1348982178e001bb9d8d039a4d0aad243ab2bdff3d4a",
      "seqno": 17374172
    },
    "service": {
      "entropy": "55rlSr7A0Jvi5df2S0Xj/b9x",
      "name": "github",
      "username": "bluebuddah"
    },
    "type": "web_service_binding",
    "version": 2
  },
  "client": {
    "name": "keybase.io go client",
    "version": "5.5.0"
  },
  "ctime": 1598319109,
  "expire_in": 504576000,
  "prev": "0293e57488477cc8d5fc95d223bb686bee7020ded3df07e28a17badafda7a15b",
  "seqno": 69,
  "tag": "signature"
}

with the key ASCYXex4tlXNlSz-O4BMTgXAy3RKBtpi1j6XYvGS_QprSwo, yielding the signature:

hKRib2R5hqhkZXRhY2hlZMOpaGFzaF90eXBlCqNrZXnEIwEgmF3seLZVzZUs/juATE4FwMt0SgbaYtY+l2Lxkv0Ka0sKp3BheWxvYWTESpcCRcQgApPldIhHfMjV/JXSI7toa+5wIN7T3wfiihe62v2noVvEIO1lzk66y2B0/4CRFlZPlyf18L/pYUyGC4Mj4qHm6EfTAgHCo3NpZ8RAjC11467UgZJpfabx9ox1KG6YiFoF31NkiNO1RyMN1rYsS4ozEudW1cYIbVyh55cCR8bkxdm6L7Jp+nCmcHq1B6hzaWdfdHlwZSCkaGFzaIKkdHlwZQildmFsdWXEIEsFrIckNOJ52ClMcJQIyXEq/ITzgigIgrxyJb3PlPlXo3RhZ80CAqd2ZXJzaW9uAQ==

And finally, I am proving ownership of the github account by posting this as a gist.

My publicly-auditable identity:

https://keybase.io/ewh2085

From the command line:

Consider the keybase command line program.

# look me up
keybase id ewh2085

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I believe most of the commands mentioned on mac and the exact same for linux

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