SSH Reference Sheet – Basic

SSH Reference Sheet – basic Secure-shell commands for every day use!

The more I work with SSH, the more I love it! Unfortunately, half the time I forget the commands. This is the first of a series of “Reference Sheets” to help myself and others learn/remember SSH commands.

Note: Anything surrounded by *asterisks* is where your input is required.

Change Directory

cd *directory*

List the contents of a directory

ls *directory*

List the contents of a directory, with permissions and file size

ls -lha *directory*

Remove Directory and all files inside (recursive forced)

rm -rf *directory*

Tar – compress a folder

tar -czv -f *location_of_compressed_file*.tgz *files_to_compress*

Tar – compress a folder, with exclusions

tar -czv -f *file_or_directory* --exclude="file.html"

Tar – compress a folder, with Grouped exclusions

tar -czv -f *file_or_directory* --exclude="file*.html"

– will remove file1.html, file-long-name.html, etc.

Tar – decompress a tarball

tar -xzvf *compressed.zip* *./location/to/decompress*

SCP – Pull a file from another server (Remote-to-Remote or Remote-to-Local)

scp *[email protected]:path/to/file.zip* ./

Note: ./ means current directory.

Show details about a file

more *filename.php*

Edit a file

nano *filename.css*