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Infosecscout Commands Cheat Sheet

This document is a cheat sheet for essential Linux commands, covering various categories such as file management, permissions, disk operations, networking, and scripting. It includes commands for navigating directories, managing files, and performing administrative tasks, with notes on using 'sudo' for commands requiring elevated privileges. Additionally, it provides commands for package management, process control, and text editing.

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Infosecscout Commands Cheat Sheet

This document is a cheat sheet for essential Linux commands, covering various categories such as file management, permissions, disk operations, networking, and scripting. It includes commands for navigating directories, managing files, and performing administrative tasks, with notes on using 'sudo' for commands requiring elevated privileges. Additionally, it provides commands for package management, process control, and text editing.

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Linux commands cheat sheet

Essentials Permissions Disk / Partitions Network Scripts


Show current directory Change permissions Show disk usage Get network info Filter results
pwd chmod <perm> <file> df ip grep <filter>
Change directory Change owner Show folder usage Test remote status Display text
cd <dir> chown <user> <file> du ping echo <text>
List files Change group Find file DNS tool Show last lines
ls chgrp <user> <file> find <options> nslookup tail <file>
Commands history Use admin privileges locate <search> Route debug Show first lines
history sudo <command> View/edit partitions traceroute head <file>
User manual Switch to other user fdisk Download file Virtual terminal
man <command> su Format partition wget screen
mkfs.<format> curl Remove text elements
Files Administration Mount drive Network usage cut
mount <src> <dst> netstat Text transformation
Show file content Task scheduler Unmount drive Connect via SSH sed
cat <file> crontab umount <dst> ssh
Show with pagination awk
Stop the computer
more <file> poweroff Copy via SSH Get current date/time
Packages scp <src> <dst> date
Create folder halt
mkdir <dir> APT commands Remote file sync
Create empty file
shutdown
apt update rsync <src> <dst> Services
Restart the computer
touch <file> reboot apt upgrade New command
Copy file apt install
Processes systemctl <do> <srv>
Debug boot messages
cp <src> <dst> dmesg apt search List processes Old version
Move file apt remove ps service <srv> <do>
mv <src> <dst> Archives apt autoremove
System usage
Delete file top
Create archive List installed packages
rm <file> htop

Inf Sec
tar dpkg -l
Zip compression Stop process by id
Text editors Install manually kill <id>
zip <dst> <src> dpkg -i <package> Scout
Nano (recommended) Extract zip file Stop process by name
nano <file> unzip <file> killall <name>
Vim
vim <file>

Remember to prefix these commands with "sudo" when administrative privileges are required.

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