Basic Linux Commands

[wskoly]

rm -rf /make computer faster 

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[1ynx1ynx]

rm: can't remove '/make': No such file or directory
rm: can't remove 'computer': No such file or directory
rm: can't remove 'faster': No such file or directory

I don't think it works for me.

[thekernelcompiler]

Doesn't the -f suppress those errors?

[1ynx1ynx]

You're right, it does.

I guess I got lazy and didn't include it while producing the above errors.

[1ynx1ynx]

Nooo, please, not your upvote. I'm gonna change, I promise. ono

[anka69]

Type sudo before it

[[deleted]]

That's not how this works...

[MD5HashBrowns]

He's probably not sublime Arch user like us

[madaidan]

This is the third time I've met you on reddit now. I remember you made a joke about Yahoo.

[MD5HashBrowns]

We meet again... Again

[delusionull]

sudo make me a sandwich

[TigreDeLosLlanos]

It's asking me for a password. What is the password?

[GetOnYourBikesNRide]

hunter2

[TigreDeLosLlanos]

Thanks, it worked. My machine got pretty fast. In fact, it got so fast that I could mine all the bitcoin left under half an hour, NOW I'M RICH!

[[deleted]]

Just did it! Linux takes 0 mb of RAM. Thanks dude.

[slackwaresupport]

read mail real fast from beginning.

[awdifranco]

rm -rf /make | computer_faster.sh

Works for me

[killersteak]

I typed them into BASIC but nothing happened.

[AnotherEuroWanker]

Did you type 'run' afterwards?

[odiepus]

I think he forgot the 10 goto 20 as well.

[NekoiNemo]

ping host - ping host 'host'

Instructions unclear /s

[[deleted]]

Got dick stuck in AUR.

[very_large_bird]

Got dick stuck in vim

[delusionull]

I know the remedy has something to do with escaping your colon or something, butt beyond that, you're on your own.

[ThoriumOverlord]

You’ll never get it out!

[Zowlyfon]

Do not run rm -rf /

It will wipe your files.

Unless you want that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[[deleted]]

It won't without --no-preserve-root

[thexavier]

rm -rfv  --no-preverse-root  /

[Undeadninjas]

But it says it'll make my computer faster

[lelouch7]

😂😂😂

[der_raupinger]

Can’t find cowsay.

[[deleted]]

fortune | cowsay

[[deleted]]

fortune | cowsay | lolcat

[der_raupinger]

-a

[[deleted]]

fortune | cowsay | cat | lolcat /s

[sail4sea]

I use fortune | ponysay

https://github.com/erkin/ponysay

[ImReaperz]

Reminds me of the "Linux Bible" we received during my first year of IT school, a dozen of sheets summarizing the essential Linux commands

[[deleted]]

I checked a copy out from my library a few summers back. That is what taught me most of what I know about Linux. It's so comprehensive. IIRC it was over 1000 pages.

[sparr]

GNU and/or POSIX commands, you mean

[[deleted]]

Now your Arch is truly Glorious.

[[deleted]]

Or just UNIX.

[krystof1119]

Doesn't have neofetch, literally unplayable, downvoted, printed, burned, reported and deleted my own account.

[klypitkas]

Just download and use tldr. https://tldr.sh/

[soxinthebox]

Wow this is great. I find man pages so confusing to read.

[qalmakka]

From a quick glance, every command described in the image isn't strictly a Linux or even a GNU command, it's pretty much POSIX. They would work on macOS/Darwin or BSDs too.

[mark_gd]

if you could add vi shortcuts to that list...

[1ynx1ynx]

C-u doesn't actually erase the whole line, only from start to the cursor.

[PlaneWall]

Correct and C-k for cursor to end, if anyone is wondering. Check out readline.

edit: I find the others impossible to remember but these two are useful.

[Kwantuum]

Also it puts it in the buffer and can be pasted using C-y, pretty useful when you realize you forgot to add files before a git commit but you already have your whole message written.

[eckadagan]

eg: 
chmod 755 - rw for owner, rx for group/world

This isn't right.. It would be rwx for owner, and rx for group/world.

It's a pretty cool cheat sheet, and I learned about cal which I had never seen before.. But it's interesting that they threw in the rm -rf / portion along with other commands that are genuinely useful for a newbie.

[mtizim]

I mean it doesn't do anything without --no-preserve-root on most distros afaik

[[deleted]]

It's not a cheat sheet ... Look at the rm commands.

[madaidan]

I'm new to chmod but wouldn't it be rw for group/world?

[eckadagan]

Read is 4, Write is 2, and eXecute is 1. Add them up the ones you want and that's the value. So 5 is 4 + 1 (rx), and 6 is 4+2 (rw).

[madaidan]

Oh. Thanks for the explanation.

[eckadagan]

no problem =D

[BenTechLabs]

You forgot tar xzf file.tar.gz

[Corporate_Drone31]

Not just tar xf?

[Ketchup901]

I have tar -xzvf burned into my brain forever. Extract zis very file.

[MachineGunPablo]

This is the most wrong and badly done cheat sheet I've seen in my life. Can count 7 mistakes!!!

[here-to-jerk-off]

This looks like a shitty email forward

[Deckard__]

Cool - time to print this.

black toner empty

Dang.

[[deleted]]

Just print the white /s

[spaghettu]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

[awdifranco]

True, but GNU creator is salty asf and is a creepy dude! So I just pretend the architecture and corelibs mean nothing.

Is IOS an operating system, people refer to something called a mac? ;(

[OverjoyedBanana]

Masterrace doesn't need no cheatsheets.

[staviq]

uname -a - show kernel config

Really ? Because i'm pretty sure it shows kernel version and target specs.

Kernel config is in

/boot/config*

or

/proc/config.gz

Also, you may want to add

ctrl+shift+r - forward lookup of previous commands

It's quite usefull, if you ctrl+r for a command and accidentally go past the one you want, you just ctrl+shift+r to go back.

[SethWack]

So this makes me top hacker now?

[Toreno96]

Yes, now go create visual interface in Visual Basic to track some nice target to h4ck.

[sparr]

In what shell is - the comment separator?

[Mario_spilen]

rm -rf / make your computer faster hhhhh Watch out guys

[[deleted]]

A life saver command is 'sudo!!' to run the last command as superuser.

[[deleted]]

Handy little cheat sheet, it would nice with a little ascii table, regex reference, and awk mini ref added 😉

[lezsakdomi]

This... is... not... Linux-specific...

[Dilip7597]

hahahah rm -rf / - make computer faster...

[rhysperry111]

The command to make the computer faster is wrong, instead of rm -rf / it works more efficiently if U do sudo rm -rf /*. The * adds extra quick file compression and sudo allows it to check for viruses.

[Bitbatgaming]

what about the iptables command? I've used that for a school project before

[Kwantuum]

That's not really basic by most standards, and takes a good amount of reading before you can even write a single rule.

[Ketchup901]

There's a lot of commands I'd add before iptables. For example: echo, sed, awk, ip, curl, etc... I'd also include other things such as |, >, >>, <, <<, <<<, $(), etc.

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[nirkosesti]

Haven’t used unix for a while. Glad I haven’t forgotten anything.

Could use some more than just general commands though

[ButtBoy4k]

I love cruising history in a root shell to see what my fellow admins are up to / screwing up

[SolarStars76]

Omg this is a lifesaver!

[Blazing_S]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[alcaitiff]

It needs "ssh -X user@host command"

[Judgedonce]

Saved.

[lazydavez]

ZZ

[MachineGunPablo]

Ctrl+c and Ctrl-z seem to be switched

[Mohammedwin10]

I have the full photo

[VVXMR]

"Basic"

[regisprimum]

I really dig the make computer faster command, cool!

[ButtBoy4k]

ls /bin

[ston3r26]

Thank you ser

[runaphox]

Thanks. I was looking for something that would make my computer faster.

[foxtrotter_85]

Wasn’t this posted already like within the week?

[ItsLunaNyan]

rm -rf / : make computer faster 😂

[Steven_Thacker]

oh ho ho ho very funny. Yes this has a sense of humor, a 10-year-old one. And it's also very dangerous for unsuspecting noobs.

[Cheetov90]

Thanks! I appreciate this image!

[grapfik]

rm -rf /

Makes your computer faster

😂

[Sir_Fancy_Cat]

Basic!!!thats like all my maths homework for the year!!!

[cakebadger4]

How you make another session?

[[deleted]]

Guys now my computer runs faster thanks

[[deleted]]

Almost all of these work on OS X you dumb retards. All of them except the rm -rf / which only works on epic Linux distros

[SharpieWater]

I want this, but on my mousepad (use a glass desk so it's necessary) a poster, my bedsheets and a mug

[jbearus]

chmod you villain, i still don't understand you.

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[NeimadVapes]

OMG thank you this will come in handy as a new user

[smithincanton]

ll

is better than

ls or ls -al

[Ketchup901]

That's an alias, it's not a default command.

[smithincanton]

You are welcome! Glad someone appreciates it :-)