Coding Cheat Sheet

Terminal Commands

Command	Description
pwd	Full path to working directory
.	Current directory, e.g. `<ls.>`
..	Parent directory, e.g. `<ls..>`
ls -ltr	List files in chronological order
rm [file]	Remove a file, e.g. `<rm data.tmp>`
rm -R [dir]	Remove a directory and its contents
cp [file] [new file]	Copy file to file
cp [file] [dir]	Copy file to directory
cp -a /source/. /dest/	Copy folder contents into a new directory
mv [file] [new filename]	Move/Rename
mkdir [dir]	Create new directory
mkdir -p [dir]/[dir]	Create new directory and nested directories
grep [search_pattern][file]	Search for all lines that contain the pattern, e.g. `<grep "Deepa" file.txt>`
whatis [command]	Gives a one-line description of [command]

Command	Description
vi [filename]	Open file via Vi editor
:x	Exit, saving changes
:q!	Exit and ignore any changes
i	Insert text before cursor (insert mode)
h	move left
j	move down
k	move up
l	move right
:wq	Write to file and quit

Command	Description
git init	Create a new local repository
git status	List all new or modified files in working directory
git diff	Show file differences that haven't been staged
git add .	Add all current changes to the next commit
git commit	Commit previously staged changes
git commit -m "message"	Annotate your commit
git log	Show all commits, starting with the newest
git log	clip
git log --no-pager log > log.txt	Write log to text file
git log	Show commits for only this file, starting with the newest
git log	Show commits for only this folder, starting with the newest
git help [command]	Get help on the command line