Linux Notes

Commands to remember

mc - midnight commander

Oh the nostalgia. It looks exactly like I remember Norton Commander!

Command: mc

Install: sudo apt install mc

whatis

What does this command do? For when you’ve forgotten what it does.

Command: whatis man

whereis

What it says on the tin. Where is that file?

Command: whereis myfile.txt

ncdu - disk usage

Easily locate those ginormous files that need to be deleted.

Command: ncdu

Install: sudo apt install ncdu

htop - find processes

top in itself is usefull to locate the process that for some reason needs to be killed. htop makes it easy to actually complete the hit.

Command: htop

Install: sudo apt install htop

alias - make your own commands

alias update=‘sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade’

But that is only temporarily. Add it to your ~/.bashrc file, to make it permanent.

Copy-paste

Ctrl+c and ctrl+v is not working on the console. But ctrl-shift-c/v is.

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