Ubuntu Cheat Sheet

Create symbolic link (Sym Link)
To create a symbolic link in Unix or Linux, at the shell prompt, enter the following command:

ln -s {target-filename} {symbolic-filename}

ln -s {target-dir}/ {symbolic-ref}

Check Open Ports
netstat -an | grep "LISTEN "
and
nmap -sS 127.0.0.1
Extract tar.gz

tar -C /myfolder -zxvf yourfile.tar

Search for a file

find path/to/search -name FILE_NAME

Example

find / -name FILE_NAME

Rsync

rsync -r -v -e ssh [email protected]:~/webroot.txt /tmp

Examples

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