Linux Commands Cheat Sheet (Most Used Commands)

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Disk Usage / File Analysis
AWS S3 commands

Disk Usage / File Analysis

Find out space taken by files older than 5 days

 
 BASH
 
find . -type f -mtime +5 -print0 | du --files0-from=- -ch | grep total

Keep last 100d fies

 
 BASH
 
ls -t | sed -e '1,100d' | xargs -d '\n' rm -f --

 
 BASH
 
truncate -s 50M catalina.out

 
 BASH
 
ls -d */

Find out Year month of files

 
 BASH
 
stat -c '%y' * | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -I{} date -d {} "+%b %Y" | sort -u

List all files other than `.gz`

If you want this to do recursively:

Key Linux Terms Explained: Kernel, Bootloader, Filesystem & More

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Before you begin to use Linux, you need to be aware of certain terms like: Kernel, Bootlader, Window system, service etc.

Kernel

Kernel is the glue between hardware and applications. It controls hardware and allows applications to make use of the hardware.

Examples: Linux kernel

Distribution

A Linux distribution (or distro) is essentially the same as an operating system (OS) in the context of Linux.

Linux distro includes not only the Linux kernel (the core part of the OS) but also additional software, tools, libraries, and user interfaces that together form a complete, functional system.

Filesystem on Nerdsid.com

Linux Commands Cheat Sheet (Most Used Commands)

Table of Contents

Disk Usage / File Analysis

Find out space taken by files older than 5 days

Keep last 100d fies

Find out Year month of files

List all files other than `.gz`

Key Linux Terms Explained: Kernel, Bootloader, Filesystem & More

Kernel

Distribution

Filesystem on Nerdsid.com

Linux Commands Cheat Sheet (Most Used Commands)

Table of Contents

Disk Usage / File Analysis

Find out space taken by files older than 5 days

Keep last 100d fies

Find out Year month of files

List all files other than .gz

Key Linux Terms Explained: Kernel, Bootloader, Filesystem & More

Kernel

Distribution

List all files other than `.gz`