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common commands


Go back to previous directory:

$ cd -

View disk space:

$ df -T

Display folder size:

$ du -sh <folder>

View RAM usage:

$ free -h

View current processes and sort by process name:

$ top -o COMMAND

View network interfaces:

$ ifconfig

Display distribution information:

$ lsb_release -a

Silently run apt-get on Debian-based distributions:

$ apt-get -s

Check package version and see if it is currently installed:

$ apt-cache policy <package>

List available updates:

$ apt list --upgradable

Sending a process a SIGKILL signal:

$ kill -9 <pid>

Check CPU temperature:

$ sensors

Display SHA-1 checksum:

$ shasum <file>

Display SHA-256 checksum:

$ shasum -a 256 <file>

Partition drive:

# cgdisk

Format drive (ext4):

# mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdxn