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
{code}cd *directory*{/code}
List the contents of a directory
{code}ls *directory*{/code}
List the contents of a directory, with permissions and file size
{code}ls -lha *directory*{/code}
Remove Directory and all files inside (recursive forced)
{code}rm -rf *directory*{/code}
Tar – compress a folder
{code}tar -czv -f *location_of_compressed_file*.tgz *files_to_compress*{/code}
Tar – compress a folder, with exclusions
{code}tar -czv -f *file_or_directory* –exclude=”file.html”{/code}
Tar – compress a folder, with Grouped exclusions
{code}tar -czv -f *file_or_directory* –exclude=”file*.html”{/code}
– will remove file1.html, file-long-name.html, etc.
Tar – decompress a tarball
{code}tar -xzvf *compressed.zip* *./location/to/decompress*{/code}
SCP – Pull a file from another server (Remote-to-Remote or Remote-to-Local)
{code}scp *[email protected]domain1.com:path/to/file.zip* ./{/code}
Note: ./ means current directory.
Show details about a file
{code}more *filename.php*{/code}
Edit a file
{code}nano *filename.css*{/code}