Linux and GitHub-Cheat Sheet

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Linux and GitHub-Cheat Sheet

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Linux Basic Commands

To check your present working directory:

pwd

List all the files or directories:

ls

Lists hidden files or directories:

ls -a

Long listing format:

ls -l

Lists files in sub-directories as well:

ls -R

Lists files and directories with detailed information like permissions, size, owner,etc:

ls -la

Create new directory:

mkdir<directory_name>

Multiple directory creation:

mkdir -p A/B/C/D

Remove directory(Empty directories only):

rmdir<directory_name>

Remove multiple directories(the write-protected directory contains other files and subdirectories):

rm -rf <directory_name>

change directory:

cd or cd~

Move to the root directory:

cd/

To change to a particular directory:

cd

Allows regular users to run programs with the security privileges of the superuser or root:

sudo

create an empty file:

touch <file_name>

Deletes a file:

rm <file_name>

Copy file:

cp <source_path> <destination_path>

move file:

mv <source_path> <destination_path>

To write some content inside a file:

echo <some_msg> > <file_name>

Displays the file contents:

cat <file_name>

Gives a list of all past commands typed in the current terminal session:

history

Clears the terminal:

clear

To search a word (string in a file):

grep "string" <file_name>

Return the specified number of lines from the top:

head

Return the specified number of lines from the bottom:

tail

Display disk filesystem information:

df

Mount file systems:

mount

Display the user manual of any command:

man

Find the files and directories path:

find

List the hostname of the server:

hostname

File Permission commands

To change the permission of the file:

chmod <permission> <file_name>

to show file type and access permission:

ls -l

0 - nothing 4 - only read 2 - only write 1 - only execute 4+1 = 5 read and execute 4+2 = 6 read and write both 4+2+1 = 7 read, write and execute r -read w - write x -execute u -user g -group o -other

To change file or directory ownership:

chown <user-name> <file_name>

To change group ownership:

chgrp <group_name> <file_name>

User management commands of Linux

To create a new user :

sudo useradd <user_name>

To set a password for the user:

sudo passwd <user_name>

To modify a Linux user:

sudo usermod <user_name>

To delete a Linux user:

sudo userdel <user_name>

For adding a group account:

sudo groupadd <group_name>

To add a user to a group:

sudo usermod -a -G GROUPNAME USERNAME

To remove a user from a group:

sudo deluser USER GROUPNAME

Gives information about a particular user:

finger

Lists all files and directories in the present working directory:

finger username

Access Control List:

setfacl and getfacl are used for setting up ACL and showing ACL respectively.

For checking ACL permission:

getfacl <name of file or directory>

To set ACL permission to the user:

setfacl -m u:user:permissions /path_to_file

Git Commands:

Git Configuration:

To set author name to be used for all commits by the current user:

git config --global user.name "<name>"

To set author email to be used for all commits by the current user:

git config --global user.email "<email address>"

To show config info:

git config --list

Git Basics:

Initialize an empty git repository: transforms the current directory into a Git list of all remote repositories that are currently connected to your local repository:repository.

git init

Clone an existing git repository:

git clone <repository_url>

Add files and Moves changes from the working directory to the staging area:

git add <file_name>

Add all current directory files to git :

git add .

Commit all the staged files to git.

git commit -m "commit message"

To show the status of your git repository:

git status

To check your git commits and all logs:

git log

Show unstaged changes between your index and working directory:

git diff

GIT BRANCHES

To list all of the branches:

git branch

Create a new branch:

git branch <branch_name>

For creating and going to that branch:

git checkout -b <branch>

For going to specific branch:

git checkout <branch_name>

For deleting branch:

git branch -d <branch_name>

Merge <branch>into the current branch:

git merge <branch_name>

Remote Repositories:

List of all remote repositories that are currently connected to local repository:

git remote -v

To add remote origin URL:

git remote add origin <remote_git_url>

To remove the remote origin URL:

git remote remove origin

To upload local repository content to a remote repository:

git push origin <branch_name>

To pull your remote repository content to local repository:

git pull origin <branch_name>

To fetch down all the branches from that Git remote:

git fetch

Cherry-pick:

Merge just one specific commit from another branch to your current branch:

git cherry-pick [commit_id]

git revert:

Undo a single given commit, without modifying commits that come after it:

git revert <commit_id>

git reset:

Go back to specific commit:

git reset <commit_id>

git rebase:

To rebase all the commits between another branch and the current branch state:

git rebase <other_branch_name>

Temporary commits:

To save modified and staged changes:

git stash

List stack-order of stashed file changes:

git stash list

write working from top of stash stack:

git stash pop

Discard the changes from the top of the stash stack:

git stash drop

apply the stash without removing it from the list:

git stash apply

Thank you for reading!

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