Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

[spurious]

http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/linux-co ... erence-pdf

[grumpyoldgit]

Not only looks really great but there are plenty of other free downloads on that site that are worth looking into. I've bookmarked the site for further research and printed off the sheet to go on the wall.

[Robert_M]

Thanks for the link!

One command left off that list, which I (luckily) just found - familiar to Windows users: CTRL + ALT + DEL

I got stuck in something & couldn't remember how to get out, so gave that a go. Yay! Restart!

(p.s. maybe I should say this was in Debian. Not sure if it'll fly in the other flavors.)

[AndrewS]

I got stuck in something & couldn't remember how to get out

Ctrl + C is usually a good bet

(p.s. maybe I should say this was in Debian. Not sure if it'll fly in the other flavors.)

This is determined by the 'ctrlaltdel' line in /etc/inittab

[Robert_M]

I think I tried Ctrl + C in all the mad keybashing (which probably just confused the poor thing...) but the only thing that ultimately popped me out was Ctrl + Alt + Del. I imagine if I had tried Ctrl + C from the start, it would've gone much better.

[AndrewS]

http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/linux-co ... erence-pdf

LOL, "Force remove fire"

[cheery]

Should I assume these are the most commonly used commands then?

[AndrewS]

Should I assume these are the most commonly used commands then?

Well, that's what "cheat sheets" are normally for

[rurwin]

I got stuck in something & couldn't remember how to get out

Ctrl + C is usually a good bet

If Ctrl+C does not work, try Ctrl+\, it kills the current process harder. In Linux-speak it sends it a SIGQUIT signal, which it is less likely to ignore, instead of a SIGINT signal.

[sharpapotheosis]

CTRL + z often works also, though I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that it kills the process without killing any processes started by the original process. Should be OK if you're using command line, but don't try it with GUI applications.

[jojopi]

CTRL + z often works also, though I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that it kills the process without killing any processes started by the original process.

No, Ctrl+Z (SIGTSTP) stops/suspends the foreground process group without killing it. This allows you to type other commands and then continue the stopped job with "fg". Or, if it does not need to read input from the terminal then you can continue it in the background with "bg".

Suspending processes with Ctrl+Z without realising is a common mistake, which causes confusion and gradually wastes memory and other resources. Some programs intended for newcomers disable it to avoid this. For instance, in nano you have to press Alt+Z first to enable Ctrl+Z.

[Robert_M]

On the subject of stopping, I've also run across "halt" that seems to shut everything down. It has me wondering if this is a good final step before unplugging the Pi. Does it matter to the machine? Or is the practice of just pulling the plug a non-destructive way of turning it off?

[rurwin]

You should use halt before turning the Pi off. Otherwise you run the risk of corrupting the SD.

Another thing that should have been made clear in the documentation.

[carfin33]

do you have an ipod if you do get linux command reference light clean and so interesting i wish windows could the emacs games command!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!