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​screencapture (capture images from screen)
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# Take screenshot & save it to Desktop with current date as name
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screencapture -ixoa -t jpg ~/"Desktop/$(date).jpg"
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​docker (run processes in isolated containers)
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# Delete all containers
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for i in $(docker ps -a -q); do docker rm $i; done
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# List all containers
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docker ps -a
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# Remove a container after it’s stopped
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docker run --rm [...]
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​kubectl (run commands against Kubernetes clusters)
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# Get info on pods in use. Has info on why they failed if they did.
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kubectl describe pods
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# Get services across all namespaces
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kubectl get svc --all-namespaces
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# Port forward the <pod> from 5432 to localhost 5300 port
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kubectl port-forward <pod> 5300:5432
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​nix-env (manipulate or query Nix user environments)
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# See installed packages
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nix-env -q
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# Install packages
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nix-env -iA
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​basename (strip directory and suffix from filenames)
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basename "/Users/nikivi/Documents/books/Thinking, fast and slow.pdf" # => Thinking, fast and slow.pdf
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​chmod (change file mode bits)
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# All users can read and write but cannot execute
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chmod 666
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# All actions for all users
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chmod 777
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# Only owner can do all actions; group and other users are allowed only to read
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chmod 744
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​tail (output the last part of files) https://www.explainshell.com/explain/tail​
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# Shows the last 10 lines of file
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tail /etc/passwd
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# -n option allows to change the number of lines to display
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# where n is the number of lines you want to see
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# ie
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tail -5 /etc/passwd
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# Use tail +n to print lines starting at line n
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​playgo (send .go file to the Go Playground)
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# Open Go playground of file in browser
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playgo <file>
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​tr (translate or delete characters)
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# Convert all input to upper case
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ls | tr a-z a-z
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# Take the output and put into a single line
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ls | tr  "\n" " "
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# Get rid of all numbers
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ls -lt | tr -d 0-9
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​diff (compare files line by line)
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# Compare file1 with file2
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diff file1 file2
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​find (walk a file hierarchy)
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# Will search in current directory (.) for the file 'hello_world.py'
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# and will return the path to the file
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find . -name 'hello_world.py'
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# You can also search multiple directories
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# will search both Documents and Desktop folders for the file
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find Documents Desktop -name 'hello_world.py'
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​grep (file pattern searcher)
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# Print lines from a file or input stream that match an expression
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# -i = case insensitive search
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# -v = return all lines that do not contain {}
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grep -v {} story.txt
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​man (open manual pages)
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# Search for manual page by keyword
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man -k keyword
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# ie if you are looking for command to sort something, run
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# output will include man page name, man section and quick description
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man -k sort
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# **Online manual sections**
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# (1) = user commands
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# (2) = system calls
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# (3) = higher-level unix programming library documentation
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# (4) = device interface and driver information
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# (5) = file descriptions (system configuration files)
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# (6) = games
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# (7) = file formats, conventions, and encodings (ASCII, suffixes, and so on)
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# (8) = system commands and servers
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# Open manual page of passwd on section 5
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man 5 passwd
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# I can often get information about options of some command using either --help or -h flags
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# ie
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vim --help # vim -h would also work
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​sort (put the lines of a text file in alphanumeric order)
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# Will process the results of ps aux command with grep
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# and will then sort the output with 'sort' command
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ps aux | grep bash | sort
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# -n option sorts in numerical order
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# -r option reverses the order of the sort
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PlistBuddy (read and write values to plists)
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# Change version of Alfred workflow info.plist
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/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :version \"X.Y.Z\"" info.plist
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​kill (send a signal to a process)
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# Force quit the process with id 1456
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kill -9 1456
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# Stop process 1456
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kill -STOP 1456
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​head (output the first part of files)
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# Shows the first 10 lines of file
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head /etc/passwd
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# -n option allows to change the number of lines to display
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# where n is the number of lines you want to see
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# ie
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head -5 /etc/passwd
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tar (manipulate tape archives)
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# Extract tar files. -x = 'extract'. -v = verbose. -f = point to tar fle
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tar -xvf some_file.tar.gz
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env (set environment and execute command, or print environment)
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# View enviroment variables
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env
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# Variables to know
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$HOME # Expands to the path of my home folder
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$PS1 # Represents my command prompt line
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# I can thus change the way my command prompt looks like this
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PS1="\w >"
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$PATH # Lists all the directories that can be executable with commands
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# Add directory /Users/nikivi/bin to the path
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export PATH=/Users/nikivi/bin:$PATH
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# If you put executables there, they will be available
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# Exported variables get passed on to child processes. Not-exported variables do not.
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cat (concatenate and print files)
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# Print what is in file1 and file2 to screen
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cat file1 file2
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​ngrok (expose your localhost to the web)
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# Creates a shareable link of my local server on port 3000
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ngrok http 3000
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rmdir (remove empty directories)
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# Remove directory
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rmdir dir
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# Remove non empty directores
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rm -rf dir
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# Don't use -rf flags with globs such as star (*)
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# Best to double check commands before running
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​mediumexporter (export medium.com articles to markdown)
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# i.e.
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mediumexporter https://medium.com/@nikitavoloboev/karabiner-god-mode-7407a5ddc8f6 > medium_post.md
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file (determine file type)
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# See type of file
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file <file>
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time (time command execution)
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# Time how long command took to run
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time <cmd>
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Introduction
CMD Run
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screencapture (capture images from screen)
docker (run processes in isolated containers)
kubectl (run commands against Kubernetes clusters)
​screencapture (capture images from screen)

​docker (run processes in isolated containers)

​kubectl (run commands against Kubernetes clusters)

screencapture (capture images from screen)

docker (run processes in isolated containers)

kubectl (run commands against Kubernetes clusters)
