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diff --git a/pocketHelp.html b/pocketHelp.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9cb84ed --- /dev/null +++ b/pocketHelp.html @@ -0,0 +1,202 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> + +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> + <title>pocket wiki - Terminal commands</title> + <meta name="author" content="Natalie Downe"> + <!-- Date: 2009-05-23 --> + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css" type="text/css"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/print.css" type="text/css" media="print"> + + <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script> + <script type="text/javascript" src="js/dynamic.js"></script> + +</head> +<body> + + <div id="book"> + <div id="page1" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h1><span>pocket wiki</span>Terminal commands</h1> + + <div class="footer"> + <p>This book belongs to:</p><br><br> + <hr> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page2" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>navigate the file tree</h2> + + <p><span class="micro">changing directory to <code>dirname</code></span> + <code>cd dirname</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">move up a directory in the tree</span> + <code>cd ..</code> + <span class="micro">dont forget you can drag a folder in from the finder to get a path to that directory</span> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">go back to the last directory I was in</span> + <code>cd -</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">where am I? (present working directory)</span> + <code>pwd</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">list what's in this directory</span> + <code>ls</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">now give me more information in the listing</span> + <code>ls -lah</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">ssh to server</span> + <code>ssh user@domain.com</code> + </p> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page3" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>find <abbr class="amp" title="and">&</abbr> open</h2> + <p><span class="micro">list all files recursively in subdomains</span> + <code>find .</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">find all files with '<code>.css</code>' in the name</span> + <code>find . | grep .css</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">find the string '<code>prose</code>' in the contents of all the files in this directory</span> + <code>grep -r "prose" .</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">open a file as if you had double clicked it in the finder (mac only)</span> + <code>open filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">open the current directory in the finder</span> + <code>open .</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">make a directory called <code>dirname</code></span> + <code>mkdir dirname</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">create a file called <code>filename</code> if it doesnt exist or update last modified date if it does</span> + <code>touch filename</code> + </p> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page4" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>move, remove <abbr class="amp" title="and">&</abbr> copy</h2> + <p><span class="micro">move or rename a file or directory</span> + <code>mv oldname newname</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">remove a file</span> + <code>rm filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">remove a directory and all its contents. <strong>BE VERY CAREFUL!</strong> you could easily delete everything!</span> + <code>rm -rf dirname</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">copy a file</span> + <code>cp oldfilename newfilename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">copy a directory and everything in it</span> + <code>cp -r olddirname newdirname</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">securely copy a file to / on a remote server</span> + <code>scp file user@domain.com:</code> + <span class="micro">you can also copy a directory using <code>scp -r</code></span> + </p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page5" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>subversion</h2> + <p><span class="micro">check out a repository to the current directory</span> + <code>svn co http://domain.com/svn/ .</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">update local directory from repository</span> + <code>svn up</code> + </p> + + <p><span class="micro">are there new or modified files?</span> + <code>svn status</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">add new files to the repository</span> + <code>svn add filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">remove a file from subversion</span> + <code>svn remove filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">mark a previously conflicted file as resolved</span> + <code>svn resolved filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">who changed what line number of this file</span> + <code>svn blame filename</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">commit all changes in this directory</span> + <code>svn commit -m "commit msg"</code> + </p> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page6" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>subversion <abbr class="amp" title="and">&</abbr> download</h2> + <p><span class="micro">is this directory checked out from svn? and where?</span> + <code>svn info</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">show everything that has changed</span> + <code>svn diff</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">show what has changed in one file</span> + <code>svn diff filename</code> + </p> + + <p><span class="micro">open text editor in order to specify which files to ignore from svn</span> + <code>svn propedit svn:ignore .</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">download a file to the current directory</span> + <code>wget URL</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">show the contents of a file in the terminal</span> + <code>curl URL</code> + </p> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page7" class="page"> + <div class="inner"> + <h2>help <abbr class="amp" title="and">&</abbr> information</h2> + <p><span class="micro">run any command as root</span> + <code>sudo your-command-here</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">get help for any command, eg <code>svn</code></span> + <code>svn --help</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">what is the uptime of this computer</span> + <code>uptime</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">what is the size of the current directory and all the contents</span> + <code>du -h</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">cancel the command you were currently typing</span> + <code>ctrl + c</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">go to the beginning of the line in the terminal</span> + <code>ctrl + a</code> + </p> + <p><span class="micro">go to the end of the line in the terminal</span> + <code>ctrl + e</code> + </p> + </div> + </div> + + <div id="page8" class="page lines"> + </div> + </div> + +</body> +</html> |