Do Not

FEAR

The command Line |

Tanner Moushey, @tannermoushey

tannermoushey.com/wcyvr

Where to Find Me

@tannermoushey

tannermoushey.com

Freelancing under the alias of iWitness Design

Why Learn the Command Line?

You do not need to be a Wiz to use the

command line

I fear:

Bash scripts
Provisioning servers
Hackers
Apache
MySQL
And much, much more

Simple Tools for Simple Tasks

cd ........ Change Directory
ls .......... List Contents of Directory
cp ......... Copy File or Directory
mv ........ Move File or Directory
rm ........ Delete File or Directory
vim ...... Edit a File
sudo ..... Run Command as Admin
man .... Manual for commands

Change Directory - CD

tannermoushey$ cd /var/www/my_site/wp-content

Tab Autocomplete

tannermoushey$ cd /var/www/my - [tab]

Back Up

tannermoushey$ cd .. - one directory

tannermoushey$ cd ../../ - multiple directories

Relative Path

tannermoushey$ cd wp-content/themes/ - notice we did not begin with a "/"

List Items In Current Directory - LS

tannermoushey$ ls

List File attributes

tannermoushey$ ls -l

List All Files (Including hidden files)

tannermoushey$ ls -a

tannermoushey$ ls -la - all files and their attributes

List Files and Their Sizes

tannermoushey$ ls -lh

Copy FIles or Directories - CP

tannermoushey$ cp <file_to_copy> <destination>

Copy a File

tannermoushey$ cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Copy A DIRECTORY

tannermoushey$ cp -R directory directory-2 - The "-R" flag stands for recursive and is required for directories.

Move File or Directory - MV

tannermoushey$ mv <filetomove> <destination>

Move a File

tannermoushey$ mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Move a Directory

tannermoushey$ mv directory directory-2

Delete File or Directory - rm

tannermoushey$ rm <file_to_be_deleted>

Delete File

tannermoushey$ rm wp-config-sample.php

Delete Directory

tannermoushey$ rm -r directory-2 - Again the "r" stands for recursive and is required for directories

Edit a File - vim

tannermoushey$ vim wp-config.php

Vim command keys:

i - Insert

:w - save

:q - quit

Press ESC before typing any command keys

Run a Command as Admin - sudo

tannermoushey$ sudo vim /etc/hosts

Manual for Commands - Man

tannermoushey$ man ls

Further Study

ping <address> - test communication with a server

ssh <user@address> - remote access to a server

sftp <user@address> - transfer files between your computer and a server

tar -zcvf <destination> <target> - compress a directory