Linux General commands cat / echo ls less / more diff grep / cut / head / tail cp / mv / rm / ln mkdir / rmdir clear touch man Input/Output piping "|" redirect ">" "<" Quick editor overview vi / emacs / nano Permissions chmod / chown / chgrp Archive / Compression tar / gzip / bz2 ************************************************ to tar and gizp a folder and it's contents: tar -cvzf somefile.tar.gz foldername/ to uncompress and extract files from a tarball tar -xvzf somefile.tar.gz ************************************************ Running processes fg / bg top / ps / kill / killall Shells sh / bash / csh SSH x forwarding Tunneling *passwordless login Other xargs who screen