Linux Cheat Sheet

AS PROMISED...



COMMANDS

command1 | command2 - Pipes the output of command1 into the input of command2

command1 && command 2 - Does command2 after command1 is finished

alias - Defines shortcut for a long command

apropos - searches manpages for keywords

history - Display recent commands

locate - finds files

whereis - finds executable files for a command

which - shows full pathname for a command

man - displays help file

printenv - Displays the environment variables

cd filepathhere - change current terminal directory

cat - Copies a file to the standard output

chmod - changes file permissions

chown - changes file ownerships

cp - copies files

diff - compares two text files

file - displays type of data in a file

find - locates files based on specified criteria

grep - searches for text in a file

ln - links a filename to a link name

ls - displays contents of current terminal directory

mkdir - make a directory

mount - mounts a file systen

mv - mova a file

pwd - displays current terminal directory

rm - deletes file

rmdir - deletes directories

umount - unmount filesystem

sudo - Super User DO (allows access to all system files USE AT OWN RISK!)

su - same as above but for multiple commands


FILESYSTEM

/ -root directory (base of system)

/bin - executable programs

/boot - linux kernel and boot files

/dev - special device files

/etc - system configuration files

/home - home directoies of all users

/lib - library files for programs

/media - mount points for cd-rom, floppy etc.

/root - home directory of the root user

/sbin - system administration commands

/tmp - temporary directory

/usr - many important programs

/var - various system files such as logs

Best Night Ever!

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tonight was my high schools homecoming (i had never been to one before) and i didn't really want to go because i didn't have a date and i heard it was lame. so me and my friend went out to eat before. turns out he set me up on a blind date with this BEAUTIFUL girl. we hung out and when we got to the dance we danced for a while and went our separate ways. well i was talking with some of my friends and two even more beautiful girls come up and ask me to dance. i hung out with them the rest of the night. so all in all tonight was awesome

update

here is my new screenie. i hope to post my full linux cheat sheet within the next week or so. just ask if you need details

Arch Linux

its been a while since i posted....but i recently just installed Arch Linux. i had done it before but for some reason it was always slower than ubuntu no matter what de or wm i used. but i gave it a second chance and I'm glad i did. first i installed kdemod 4.1 (i haven't used kde since the early kde3 days) and i must say...it was very nice...but it was missing a lot of stuff. so i went and uninstalled kdemod4.1 and i installed kdemod3. but i couldn't get it to install so i gave up on it. i was going to go try another distro when i saw a post on the arch forums about lxde...i had completely forgotten about lxde and i sincerely missed openbox and its speed. so right now I'm running arch Linux with lxde and i must say...its very good.

and btw...the screen shot IS of lxde. i just made it look kinda like kde 4.1

Openbox FTW!

im now running a gnome/openbox setup. its awesome!!

Vote for My desktop

Well i changed my theme again...but i can't decide which to choose.

so im gonna let you vote.

option one is for the green theme (aka grass)

option two is for the blue theme (aka bubbles)

Linux Mint 5 RC 2 screenshots

i am trying to decide which i like best for the metacity theme on my desktop. Green or Blue...you decide. you can vote with the poll to your left