Below you will find an easy to use Manjaro CLI (command line interface) cheat sheet. Manjaro Linux is based on Arch Linux so this is an Arch Linux CLI cheat sheet as well. This list should contain most commands that you may use and are sorted by category. If you would like to see a command added or see an error please leave a comment.
Access Rights
sudo command # executes command as root
sudo -k # empties password cache
sudo visudo # edits /etc/sudoers
passwd # changes user password
chown owner:group # changes owner and group of file
chmod permissions file # changes the file permissions
to set permissions in octal mode:
4 (read) 2 (write) 1 (execute)
example - 755 read-write-execute for owner
amd read-execute for group and others
ls -lh [dir] # displays files and permissions [of directory]
[use man command for more information]
Files and Directories
cd dir # changes the working directory cd .. # changes to the parent directory ls # lists directory contents ls -a # also lists the hidden files cp target file # copies the file cp -r target directory # copies the directory mv target source # move/rename target source rm -r dir # removes directory recursively ln -s file link # removes directory recursively mount -t type dev path # mounts file system mount -o loop iso path # mounts iso image /home/user # home directory of user /etc # directory with global configurations [use man command for more information]
Network
ifconfig # displays network information
iwconfig # displays wireless network information
iwlist scan # lists wireless access points
/etc/rd.d/network ifup interface
/etc/rd.d/network ifdown interface
/etc/rd.d/iptables {start|stop|restart}
ufw enable # enables the firewall [package Community: ufw]
ufw default allow/deny # allows/denies all incoming traffic
ufw status # displays firewall status and rules
ufw allow/deny port # allows/denies incoming traffic on the specified port
ufw allow/deny from ip # allows/denies incoming traffic from specified IP address
[use man command for more information]
System and Screen
uname -r # displays the kernel version uname -a # displays all the kernel version df # reports file system disk space usage top # displays system tasks procinfo # displays system information [package Core:procinfo-ng] pstree # display a tree of processes Ctrl+Alt+Fn # switches to tty n Ctrl+Alt+F7 # switches to the X session rc.d start daemon # starts a daemon rc.d stop daemon # stops a daemon rc.d restart daemon #restarts a daemon shutdown -h now # shuts the sytem down shutdown -r now # restarts the system [use man command for more information]
Package Management
pacman -Si pckg # shows package information pacman - S pckg # installs a package pacman -Rns pckg # removes a package, its dependencies and configuration files pacman -Syu # complete package upgrade pacman -Ss name # searches for packages pacman -Q pckg # diplays installed packages pacman -Ql pckg # lists all package files pacman -U pckg.tar.xz # installs a package from a file pacman -Qm # lists manually installed packages yaourt -S pckg # installs a package from AUR [package AUR: yaourt] yaourt -Syua # complete package upgrade including packages from AUR man pacman.conf/makepkg # learn more about pacman * use pacman as root or with sudo use yaourt as non-privileged user
