Command and Conquer

Introduction

General things to have more information on a certain command

The --help or -h flag is a very common command to use for a command help. it’s used to display the help message of a command.

man --help

The man command is used to display the manual of a command.

man find

If you don’t like to read manuals, you can install tealdeer

apt install tealdeer # For Ubuntu
pacman -Sy tealdeer # For Arch

tldr find

If you are moving beyond basics you can also use cheat.sh you need curl

curl cheat.sh/find

You can add this in your bash or zsh shell config

cheatsh() {
    curl cheat.sh/"$1"
}

The Filesystem

• pwd - print working directory
• ls - list alternative lsd
• cd - change directory alternative zoxide
• find - find files alternative fd
• less - read large files alternative moar
• cat - read small files alternative bat
• touch - create an empty file
• mkdir - create a directory
• rmdir - remove an empty directory
• rm - remove a file
• mv - move a file or directory

Other Useful commands(WIP)

• uname
• lscpu
• lsblk
• dmidecode
• lsusb