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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 http://domain.com/svn/ . +

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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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what is the uptime of this computer + 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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