pocket wikiTerminal commands

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navigate the file tree

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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 -

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find & open

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 -

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move, remove & copy

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 -

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subversion

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

update local directory from repository -svn up -

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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" -

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subversion & download

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 -

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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 -

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help & information

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 -

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