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Linux Shell

linux command line guide

Standard system, directory filesystem, ownership permissions, & networking commands.

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Standard Commands Included

14 commands mapped
ls -la Filesystem

List directory contents in long format, including hidden dotfiles.

ls -la /var/www/html
chmod 755 Permissions

Set read, write, and execute permissions. 755 allows owner full, others read/execute.

chmod 755 deploy.sh
chown root Permissions

Change the user and group ownership of a specified file or directory.

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
ps aux System

Inspect all active processes running on host.

ps aux | grep nginx
systemctl System

Control systemd system services. Start, stop, or query daemon units.

systemctl restart nginx
df -h Filesystem

Report total disk space usage across all mounted filesystems in human-readable formats.

df -h
cd Filesystem

Change active current directory path.

cd /var/log/nginx
mkdir Filesystem

Create a new folder path.

mkdir -p src/components
rm -rf Filesystem

Forcibly remove files or directory trees recursively (use caution).

rm -rf temp-build/
grep Text Filtering

Search patterns inside text files recursively.

grep -rn "API_KEY" .env
find Filesystem

Find files under standard directory paths using criteria.

find . -name "*.log"
tar -czvf Utility

Compress folder paths recursively into zip tarballs.

tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /var/www/site
curl Network

Submit REST or web calls to remote address endpoints.

curl -i https://api.devknow.com/health
ssh Network

Establish secure socket connections to remote Linux servers.

ssh -i id_rsa deployer@dev.server.com