notes

A personal repository with notes about installing, configuring, and using Linux applications. This is all part of the learning and documenting process!

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tags: #terminal

Using Terminal

Preferences

Open the terminal (Super + T)

  1. Preferences:
    1. Profile > Colours > Text and Background Color > Solarized Dark
    2. Profile > Colours > Palette > Solarized
  2. Install Vim – sudo apt install vim
  3. Install Git – Add the repo and then sudo apt update; sudo install git.
  4. Install gh (GitHub CLI)
    1. Sign in by using gh auth login, then follow the instructions via HTTPS and through a browser.

Dotfiles

This is a good time to create some directories where we will put all our repos. Input the following commands in the terminal:

mkdir -p ~/github/<username>
cd ~/github/<username>

Ideally, <username> should be the same as your github profile as your .bashrc uses the $USER variable. While staying in the same terminal, paste the following:

gh repo clone ControlShiftEd/dotfiles
cd dotfiles
sh setup

The setup file will add a symlink to your .bashrc, .inputrc, .profile, .vimrc and tmux.conf files and the Scripts folder from the dotfiles to your $HOME, as well as add the Scripts folder to $PATH. It creates some new aliases for the terminal, which you can view in .bashrc. Finally, it enables auto-completion for gh.

It will also install Ethan Shoover’s Solarized for VIM and Tim Pope’s Pathogen.

Commands

type <command> - Will tell you what type of command it is.

clear - Erase all text on the terminal.
fg - Displays an input (like a loop) on the foreground.
top - Display processes running on the system.

pwd - Show current Directory
dir - Show list of folders in the current directory
ls - Show a list of all files within current directory ls -a - Will also show all hidden files in current directory ls -l - Will show you all files, with details in following order: Read/Write Permissions, Owner / Group, File Size, Last accessed, Name of File.

ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/link - Symbolic Link

cd - Base to change directory. Use alone to return Home. cd .. - Go to parent directory cd - - Go to previous directory

diff - Tells you the difference between two files.

File / Folder Related

mkdir - Create a folder inside a directory
mv - move a file from one directory to another. Also used to rename files.
rm - Remove a file from a directory rm -rf - Force remove a directory and everything in it. Be careful when using this

cp - Copy a file or directory cp ~ - Copy from home directory

vi - Open a file in Vim. touch - Create an empty file, or update last time it’s been accessed.
cat - Displays what’s inside a file. Great for single line files

Shortcuts

Ctrl + C - Cancel an input.
Ctrl + D - Uuuuh…yes.