List of Linux commands I should be remembering. But I’ll forget them tomorrow, so I present myself: Le Lists.

Batch Scripts

• echo “some text”: Will display the text on screen
• read variable: Will read user input which is stored in $variable (best used in combination with “echo”). To use the variable, write $variable, E.G /home/itsme/$folder/
• if [ argument]; (code); fi: Use an “if” function in your shell script. End the condition with “fi”

Command Line

• wget URL: Download file to folder you’re currently in
• wget -P /path/on/server URL: Download file(s) to the specified folder.
• unzip /path/to/file -d /where/to/unzip/to: Unzip the chosen file to a directory you choose
• mv /some/file . : Move to folder you are currently in.
• ls-la :Listalle files in een folder.
  • ls -lah: See above, but file size is now shown in a human readable format.

Archiving / Unarchiving

• tar-zcvf (file.tar.gz) (folder):Compressie van folder enbestanden.
  • z: zip, c: compress, v: verbose (toon vooruitgang), f: folder naam
• tar -xf (file.tar.gz): Pak alle bestanden uit tar uit
• unrar x (filenaam): Pak alle bestanden, inckusief paden van .rar bestand uit