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pocket wikiTerminal commands

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navigate the file tree

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changing directory to dirname +cd dirname +

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move up a directory in the tree +cd .. +dont forget you can drag a folder in from the finder to get a path to that directory +

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go back to the last directory I was in +cd - +

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where am I? (present working directory) +pwd +

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list what's in this directory +ls +

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now give me more information in the listing +ls -lah +

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ssh to server +ssh user@domain.com +

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find & open

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list all files recursively in subdomains +find . +

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find all files with '.css' in the name +find . | grep .css +

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find the string 'prose' in the contents of all the files in this directory +grep -r "prose" . +

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open a file as if you had double clicked it in the finder (mac only) +open filename +

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open the current directory in the finder +open . +

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make a directory called dirname +mkdir dirname +

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create a file called filename if it doesnt exist or update last modified date if it does +touch filename +

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move, remove & copy

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move or rename a file or directory +mv oldname newname +

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remove a file +rm filename +

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remove a directory and all its contents. BE VERY CAREFUL! you could easily delete everything! +rm -rf dirname +

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copy a file +cp oldfilename newfilename +

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copy a directory and everything in it +cp -r olddirname newdirname +

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securely copy a file to / on a remote server +scp file user@domain.com: +you can also copy a directory using scp -r +

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subversion

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check out a repository to the current directory +svn co URL . +

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update local directory from repository +svn up +

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are there new or modified files? +svn status +

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add new files to the repository +svn add filename +

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remove a file from subversion +svn remove filename +

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mark a previously conflicted file as resolved +svn resolved filename +

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who changed what line number of this file +svn blame filename +

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commit all changes in this directory +svn commit -m "commit msg" +

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subversion & download

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is this directory checked out from svn? and where? +svn info +

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show everything that has changed +svn diff +

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show what has changed in one file +svn diff filename +

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open text editor in order to specify which files to ignore from svn +svn propedit svn:ignore . +

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download a file to the current directory +wget URL +

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show the contents of a file in the terminal +curl URL +

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help & information

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run any command as root +sudo your-command-here +

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get help for any command, eg svn +svn --help +

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how long has this computer been on? +uptime +

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what is the size of the current directory and all the contents +du -h +

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cancel the command you were currently typing +ctrl + c +

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go to the beginning of the line in the terminal +ctrl + a +

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go to the end of the line in the terminal +ctrl + e +

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