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generic cli command cheatsheet

OS version

find debian dist version

$ cat /etc/debian_version
11.5

find ubuntu dist version

$ lsb_release -a
 
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

find alpine dist version

$ sudo cat /etc/os-release
 
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.16.2
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.16"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues"

sudo

sticky sudo

ubuntu@kamaradski:~$ sudo -i
root@kamaradski:~#

add user to sudo

# change to superuser
someuser@server$ su
password:
 
# add some user to sudo
root@server$ usermod -aG sudo someuser
 
# confirm user is added
root@server$ getent group sudo
sudo:x:27:someuser
 
# test that it works
root@server$ su - someuser
someuser@server$ sudo whoami
[sudo] password for someuser:
root

RAM stats

type and speed of RAM

$ dmidecode --type 17 
 
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.
 
Handle 0x0037, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0036
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 4 GB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_A1
        Bank Locator: BANK 0
        Type: DDR4
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 2400 MT/s
        Manufacturer: 859B
        Serial Number: 24C500AF9
        Asset Tag: 9876543210
        Part Number: CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE   
        Rank: 1
        Configured Memory Speed: 2133 MT/s
        Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Configured Voltage: 1.2 V
 
Handle 0x0038, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0036
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 4 GB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: DIMM_B1
        Bank Locator: BANK 2
        Type: DDR4
        Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 2400 MT/s
        Manufacturer: 859B
        Serial Number: 24C59B2F
        Asset Tag: 9876543210
        Part Number: CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE   
        Rank: 1
        Configured Memory Speed: 2133 MT/s
        Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

freeBSD => sorted list of processes by total size (res, swap, libraries etc etc)

$ top -S -w -o size

freeBSD => sorted list with top res (physical memory)

$ top -S -w -o res

freeBSD => sorted list by swap

$ top -S -w -o swap

cpu stats

find architeture

$ uname -m
 
# x86_64 => 64-bit version of the x86 (normal Intel or AMD) 
# aarch64 => shows with ubuntu in VM on Arm
# arm64 => apple M1/M2

find all cpu details

$ lscpu
 
Architecture:            x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes:         39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                  2
  On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Vendor ID:               GenuineIntel
  Model name:            Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2955U @ 1.40GHz
    CPU family:          6
    Model:               69
    Thread(s) per core:  1
    Core(s) per socket:  2
    Socket(s):           1
    Stepping:            1
    CPU max MHz:         1400.0000
    CPU min MHz:         800.0000
    BogoMIPS:            2793.57
    Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss
                         ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc
                         cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2
                         movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb sti
                         bp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm arat pln pts
                         md_clear flush_l1d
Virtualization features:
  Virtualization:        VT-x
Caches (sum of all):
  L1d:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L1i:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L2:                    512 KiB (2 instances)
  L3:                    2 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:
  NUMA node(s):          1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,1
Vulnerabilities:
  Itlb multihit:         KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
  L1tf:                  Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Mds:                   Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Meltdown:              Mitigation; PTI
  Mmio stale data:       Unknown: No mitigations
  Retbleed:              Not affected
  Spec store bypass:     Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Spectre v1:            Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Spectre v2:            Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected
  Srbds:                 Mitigation; Microcode
  Tsx async abort:       Not affected

keys and certificates

create id_rsa ssh key

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
or
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<comment>"

copy local public key to remote "known_hosts"

$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -p 1234 user@host

remove a specific host from the known_hosts file

$ ssh-keygen -f "/home/ubuntu/.ssh/known_hosts" -R "10.0.0.10"
 
# Host 10.0.0.10 found: line 39
# Host 10.0.0.10 found: line 40
/home/ubuntu/.ssh/known_hosts updated.
Original contents retained as /home/ubuntu/.ssh/known_hosts.old

time sync

related config file: /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf

current time

$ date
Sat Nov 12 14:57:27 CET 2022

check state

$ timedatectl
 
               Local time: Mon 2022-10-31 17:39:26 CET
           Universal time: Mon 2022-10-31 16:39:26 UTC
                 RTC time: Mon 2022-10-31 16:39:26
                Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CET, +0100)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

detailed status

$ systemctl status systemd-timesyncd
 
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-11-15 20:27:34 CET; 58min ago
       Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
   Main PID: 2680819 (systemd-timesyn)
     Status: "Initial synchronization to time server 51.75.67.47:123 (pool.ntp.org)."
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 1068)
     Memory: 1.2M
        CPU: 51ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
             └─2680819 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
 
Nov 15 20:27:34 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Nov 15 20:27:34 hostname systemd-timesyncd[2680819]: Invalid PollIntervalMinSec=. Using default value.
Nov 15 20:27:34 hostname systemd-timesyncd[2680819]: PollIntervalMaxSec= is smaller than PollIntervalMinSec=. Using default value.
Nov 15 20:27:34 hostname systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
Nov 15 20:27:45 hostname systemd-timesyncd[2680819]: Timed out waiting for reply from 172.67.191.29:123 (ntp.somewhere.com).
Nov 15 20:27:55 hostname systemd-timesyncd[2680819]: Timed out waiting for reply from 104.21.60.32:123 (ntp.somewhere.com).
Nov 15 20:28:05 hostname systemd-timesyncd[2680819]: Timed out waiting for reply from [2606:4700:3037::6815:3c20]:123 (ntp.somewhere.com).

set timezone

$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

turn ntp on (22.04 and above)

$ sudo timedatectl set-ntp on

wc (word count)

count of string lenght

$ echo "some-very-long-string" | wc -c
22

lsof (list open files)

list anything that is listing on a specific port

$ sudo lsof -i :53
 
COMMAND   PID            USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
systemd-r 629 systemd-resolve   13u  IPv4  16505      0t0  UDP localhost:domain
systemd-r 629 systemd-resolve   14u  IPv4  16506      0t0  TCP localhost:domain (LISTEN)

curl

download a file (and follow any redirects)

$ curl -LO https://path.to/some/file.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 11.0M  100 11.0M    0     0  6226k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 10.9M

symlink

create symlink

$ ln /path/some/source.file /path/target/link.name
 
use -f to force a new symlink (overwrite)
use -s for a soft-link

zip/tar/etc

un-tar file, keep same structure

$ tar -xvf some_file.tar.gz
 
./somefolderinsidethezip/
./somefolderinsidethezip/file1
./somefolderinsidethezip/file2.txt

scp

from remote to local

$ scp user@remotehost:/source/folder/file.ext /local/target/folder/
file.ext                  15% 5706MB  56.8MB/s   09:21 ETA

from local to remote host

$ scp /local/file.ext user@remotehost:/remote/target/folder/
file.ext                      8% 3191MB  18.1MB/s   31:36 ETA

other

track the output of a command by executing it every x-time

$ watch -n 1 docker ps
 
#display the output of "docker ps" and update it every 1 second (-n 1) including a screen refresh/clear. default to 2sec without -n parameter.

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generic cli command cheatsheet

OS version

find debian dist version

find ubuntu dist version

find alpine dist version

sudo

sticky sudo

add user to sudo

RAM stats

type and speed of RAM

freeBSD => sorted list of processes by total size (res, swap, libraries etc etc)

freeBSD => sorted list with top res (physical memory)

freeBSD => sorted list by swap

cpu stats

find architeture

find all cpu details

keys and certificates

create id_rsa ssh key

copy local public key to remote "known_hosts"

remove a specific host from the known_hosts file

time sync

current time

check state

detailed status

set timezone

turn ntp on (22.04 and above)

wc (word count)

count of string lenght

lsof (list open files)

list anything that is listing on a specific port

curl

download a file (and follow any redirects)

symlink

create symlink

zip/tar/etc

un-tar file, keep same structure

scp

from remote to local

from local to remote host

other

track the output of a command by executing it every x-time

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