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Linux cheat sheet.
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garnogur
"man man" would have been enough
friggentodd
Your username says it all
anthaneezy
Dude I went to sleep reading this post and now I'm having breakfast reading it again. Come on OP.
crippl3dhobnob
Goldstein1984
$ touch /pussy cannot touch `/pussy': Permission denied
throwaway846542
sudo !!
BadTimesFriendAhead
Password:
Memorability
someday... I'll know what this all means. some day.
ComicSansHumor
Important note about !!: you can chain it with 'sudo' so if you run `x` and get perm denied, just do `sudo !!` and it will rerun correctly.
chrizzle2323
I have been using Linux and Unix for decades and just learned about sudo !! a couple of months ago.
tr3buchet
Realized I actually just know all this now..
epicjewfro
Also a shirt... http://store-xkcd-com.myshopify.com/collections/apparel/products/linux-cheat-shirt
Geo80
Guy try this amazing command 'sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda'
sterken
PSA: Don't do this, you'll lose your data. @Geo80 is an ass. Way to make new people to linux people hate it.
Thorbane
If you decide to try a command that some random person on the internet told you about without any effort to figure out what it does,
Thorbane
you probably shouldn't use linux. Or any computer at all really.
UnslicedBreadisCoolToo
Starting people off with a bad experience is not how you teach them.
ToTheBeeMobile
Do you even Linux, bro?
SherMattLockSmith
Forgot top or even better, htop for process management.
OfallthestupididioticWTF
nice... thanks man
DefunkMyJunk
This is absolutely useless if you have little knowledge about how a linux system works
eyeplayguitar
Although it is great for noobs. Everybody needs a starting point.
mobbatbarnmedautomatvapen
my favourite commande? sl
ph4tp4t
no emacs??
chrizzle2323
Emacs could be a decent operating system all by itself. All it needs is a decent text editor :-)
TheStewart
*Unix
maneblusser
*nix
whiskyinajar
^ this because "ps aux" comes from BSD and doesn't work on all Unicies
ktstowell
No curl??
IWantYourTsunderePics
I needed this two days ago during a technical phone screening...I got everything but some basic Linux questions...
MagicEightBaII
Sudo upvote this comment
FlappinBurgers
Instructions clear. Installed Windows and couldn't be happier.
SpongebobReferences
"make computer faster". What?
JerodH
You didn't know about the secret button that makes all computers able to run Battlefield One in 4k?
ShitMyBrainSays
It is my sincere hope that this was made for the sole purpose of putting that one in there.
sipos0
It certainly wasn't made to inform people.
DownvotesMakeMeMoist
Yeah. It cuts out old user data that is no longer needed by the system. Clearing caches and whatnot.
Turb0Yoda
Without looking, its RM -rf --no-preserve-root isnt it...
gronostaj
It really does. After that command it will boot in under 10 seconds.
astralfields
Well, 0 is lower than 10, so you're technically correct. The best kind of correct.
mrgooglegeek
One of my favorite GIFs https://imgur.com/bQFerRA
TwoBallsOnePenis
Which system requires the asterisk?
firstnewsentry
delete system32
Hullaballoonatic
This list just opens up questions for the layman. A person that would know how to use this wouldn't use a list on imgur anyways.
jdeman
rm (remove) rf (directory) / (the directory). It removes the / directory which is like removing your C drive in Windows, je pense
brknsoul
remove recursively and forcibly the root directory. Akin to "rmdir /s /q \" or "format /x c:\"
astralfields
True. But this command would fail, because rm cannot remove root normally. You need to do "rm -rf --no-preserve-root /" for that.
astralfields
Also, -r = recursive (which is needed to delete folders), -f = force (ignores warnings).
jdeman
ahh that makes sense, I'm just starting to get into bash scripting
astralfields
The recursive flag is something to remember - you also need it for cp, mv and other commands when you work with entire folders.
jdeman
I've used it with chmod before but the f right after the r through me off
HellomynameisSatan
WE CAN DO THAT!?! Does it like... make ram happen? Because I like ram to happen more.
FranticCosmonaut
You should download more ram. I hear that's a thing.
mrgooglegeek
Downloadmoreram.com is the best place, 100% free no scam!
TheStewart
It removes additional files not needed by most users.
throughthoughtthough
Life hack, remove all files for maximum speed.
danzaimon
*technically correct
BronzeLeaguePro
But these aren't Linux commands. These are almost all GNU stuff. Which are available on Windows and OSX too.
Chrizzlephaa
Sudo apt-get repost
eyeplayguitar
Apt-get is depreciated. Now you can just use apt. Sudo apt repost.
helpImanadult
Linux commands are weird.
UnslicedBreadisCoolToo
As an avid Windows user, Linux commands make more sense than Windows.
Barantor
Not any weirder than how DOS was back in the day or old old Commodore BASIC
thirdusername
why is everybody into boobs, what about asses, what about beautiful pussys
haveyouseenthatmeme
Lists like this make people destroy their own machines. +1!
banananananananananananananana
Are there really that many people on here running Linux?...
Spidey209
Or just use a system with a GUI, like windows.
MrPeterCapaldi
rm -rf / won't work in modern distros. You need rm -rf / --no-preserve-root
Geo80
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda
IHavePinball
Oh my. The Disk Destroyer command.
NothingToSeeMoveAlong
Does it work for the Mac? My internet needs to be faster
BronzeLeaguePro
Try rm -rf /* instead.
MrPeterCapaldi
OS X has a natural overclock system built into it. If you want to run faster, just watercool it by placing it in the sink.
danzaimon
Thought they rolled the Wave feature into OS X? If so, you can get even better results by putting it in the microwave.
NothingToSeeMoveAlong
Awesome! Will start right away. I was once afraid to use it in tub. Thank you internet expert
DuffMaaaann
First you have to boot in recovery mode and disable overclock prevention by opening terminal and typing "csrutil disable" then reboot.
MyProfileHasKittens
You don't need to disable system integrity to rm -rf...