pwd: Print working directory. | ls -la: List files with details. | cd ~/projects: Change directory.

touch file.txt: Create a file. | mkdir -p app/src: Create nested folders. | cp -r src dist: Copy recursively.

grep -R "TODO" .: Search recursively. | find . -name "*.ts": Find files by name. | sed -n '1,20p' file: Print a line range.

Bash Cheatsheet

Chain commands to transform data. cat access.log | grep 500 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr

Quick helpers for automation. #!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail

Navigate, search, and automate tasks in the terminal with the most useful Bash commands.

Navigation

Key / Code	Description
pwd	Print working directory.
ls -la	List files with details.
cd ~/projects	Change directory.
cd -	Go back to previous directory.

Chain commands to transform data.

cat access.log | grep 500 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr

Quick helpers for automation.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

NAME=devref
echo "Hello $NAME"

for f in *.log; do
  echo "Processing $f"
done

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