a cheat sheet i made for helping to teach a friend of mine the linux command line

cheat sheet

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             Linux command cheat sheet
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COMMAND             DESCRIPTION

echo "text" ------ echos text (eg echo "hello world" ) 
uname -a  ------- Show system and kernel
head -n1 /etc/issue ---- Show distribution
mount ---------  Show mounted filesystems
date ------------ Show system date
uptime -------- Show uptime (how long the computers been on) 
whoami --------- Show your username
man "command" ------ Show manual for command (eg: man uname) (make sure you remove the " ) 
pwd --------- Show current directory (eg: /root) 
mkdir "dir_name" ------ Make directory (eg: mkdir directory1 ) NOTE: directorys are the same as folders
cd ..  --------------- Go up a directory
ls ----------- List files in a directory    NOTE: you can do ls  "directory name" to list files in a directory 
ls -a  ---------  list files including hidden files     NOTE: see above NOTE