changing directory to dirname
cd dirname
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
go back to the last directory I was in
cd -
where am I? (present working directory)
pwd
list what's in this directory
ls
now give me more information in the listing
ls -lah
ssh to server
ssh user@domain.com
list all files recursively in subdomains
find .
find all files with '.css' in the name
find . | grep .css
find the string 'prose' in the contents of all the files in this directory
grep -r "prose" .
open a file as if you had double clicked it in the finder (mac only)
open filename
open the current directory in the finder
open .
make a directory called dirname
mkdir dirname
create a file called filename if it doesnt exist or update last modified date if it does
touch filename
move or rename a file or directory
mv oldname newname
remove a file
rm filename
remove a directory and all its contents. BE VERY CAREFUL! you could easily delete everything!
rm -rf dirname
copy a file
cp oldfilename newfilename
copy a directory and everything in it
cp -r olddirname newdirname
securely copy a file to / on a remote server
scp file user@domain.com:
you can also copy a directory using scp -r
check out a repository to the current directory
svn co URL .
update local directory from repository
svn up
are there new or modified files?
svn status
add new files to the repository
svn add filename
remove a file from subversion
svn remove filename
mark a previously conflicted file as resolved
svn resolved filename
who changed what line number of this file
svn blame filename
commit all changes in this directory
svn commit -m "commit msg"
is this directory checked out from svn? and where?
svn info
show everything that has changed
svn diff
show what has changed in one file
svn diff filename
open text editor in order to specify which files to ignore from svn
svn propedit svn:ignore .
download a file to the current directory
wget URL
show the contents of a file in the terminal
curl URL
run any command as root
sudo your-command-here
get help for any command, eg svn
svn --help
how long has this computer been on?
uptime
what is the size of the current directory and all the contents
du -h
cancel the command you were currently typing
ctrl + c
go to the beginning of the line in the terminal
ctrl + a
go to the end of the line in the terminal
ctrl + e