Terminal Commands
All your forgotten commands in one place
Bash
Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell. First released in 1989, it has been used as the default login shell for most Linux distributions. A version is also available for Windows 10 via the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Bash Commands List
Command Name
Command
Command Description
Change Directory
cd folderName
Changes Current Directory To Specified Folder
Move Back One Directory
cd ../
Moves Back One Folder level from your current directory position.
Change Directory To Root
cd
Changes Current Directory To The Root Level
List Directory
ls
Lists all the folders and files in your current directory
Print Working Directory
pwd
Prints Your Current Directory Path in which you are located
Create Folder
mkdir folderName
Makes a Folder/ Directory
Delete Empty Folder
rmdir folderName
Removes A Directory (must be empty directory)
Delete Folder And All Contents
rm -rf folderName
Removes A Directory and all its sub directory contents
Create New File
touch fileName
Creates a New File taking a filename as a parameter
Delete A File
rm fileName
Deletes a File by name
Create Copy Of File
cp filename1 filename2
Creates A Copy Of Another File, Takes current File name and new file name, needs to be in the same directory
Get All File and Directory Paths
find $(pwd)
This gets every directory and filepath in the current working and sub directories.
Get All File Paths
find $(pwd) -type f
This gets every filepath in the current working and sub directories
Get All Directory Paths
find $(pwd) -type d
This gets every directory in the current working and sub directories.
Lists Folder and File permissions
ls -l
Lists all the folder and file permissions in the current directory
Opens The zshrc File
open ~/.zshrc
Opens The zshrc file
Opens Folder In Explorer
open /config/folderName
Opens Folder in Explorer given the path
List Environment Variables
export
Lists all the environment variables in the system
Add Global ENV Variable
export VARIABLE_NAME=value
Adds a global environment variable to the system
Unset Global ENV Variable
unset VARIABLE_NAME
Removes a global environment variable from the system
Copy File To Another Directory
cp filename /path/to/directory
Copy a file to another directory
Move File To Another Directory
mv filename /path/to/directory
Move a file to another directory
Open Vim Editor
vim filename
Open a file in vim editor
Open File In VS Code
code filename
Open a file in Visual Studio Code
Change File Permissions
chmod ug+x filename
Change file permissions, u stands for "user" or owner. g stands for "group." +x means adding execute permission.
Change File Owner
chown newOwner filename
Change file owner to newOwner
Print Message
echo "Hello World"
Prints the message to the terminal
Make Request To Server
curl https://dog.ceo/api/breeds/list/all
Make a request to a server
Show History
history
Shows the history of commands used in the terminal
Clear Terminal
clear
Clears the terminal screen
Connect By SSH To Server
ssh -i ./private_key root@111.111.111.111
Connect to a server by SSH using a private key and IP