Linux Shell Deployment

1. Basics

• <cmd> --help # check how to use a certain command
• man <cmd> # check possible options of a certain command
• ^C # sends an interrupt signal to the currently running process in the terminal
• ^Z # sends a suspend signal to the currently running process in the terminal
• clear # clear the window

2. File Creation & Editing

• touch <filename> # create a file
• nano <filename> # create and start to edit a file
• vim <filename> # create and start to edit a file through vim
• emacs <filename> # create and start to edit a file through emacs
  • sudo apt install emacs-nox # install emacs

3. File Operations

• wget <url> # download a file
• mv <filename_old> <filename_new> # rename a file
• cp <filename_old> <filename_new> # copy a file with a new name
• mv <filename_old> <location> # move a file
• scp [email protected]:<path/filename> <location> # download a file from a virtual machine
• cat <filename> # cast the content of a file
• head -n <num> <filename> # print the first “num” lines of the file