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Linux Command Cheat Sheet (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just stumbled across this while trying to learn a bit more about using the command line, and thought others might appreciate it. It comes in a printable format so you can stick it up on your wall :)

https://linuxopsys.com/topics/linux-commands-cheat-sheet

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (5 children)

On a related note, the website cheat.sh is also a great resource. Just curl it with the command you want to learn about as the endpoint.

For example, if I want to learn about grep, just open a terminal and

$ curl cheat.sh/grep

And a short and sweet description with examples will be returned.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

At that point just use 'man grep'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

curl cheat.sh/command is more useful because it just spits out common examples. man is only useful if you need complete documentation or need to build a complex oneliner.

I never remember hot to extract tar files. Would you dive into the documentation for that or look up a cheatsheet?

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