Merge pull request #318 from shanahanjrs/new-misc-cheatsheets

Created cheatsheets for alias, cat, cp, export, kill, mv, pwd, and wc

cheat/cheatsheets/alias

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+# Show a list of your current shell aliases
+alias
+
+# Map `ll` to `ls -l` (Can be used per session or put inside a shell config file)
+alias ll='ls -l'

cheat/cheatsheets/cat

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+# Display the contents of a file
+cat /path/to/foo
+
+# Display contents with line numbers
+cat -n /path/to/foo
+
+# Display contents with line numbers (blank lines excluded)
+cat -b /path/to/foo

cheat/cheatsheets/cp

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+# Create a copy of a file
+cp ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Downloads/foo.txt
+
+# Create a copy of a directory
+cp -r ~/Desktop/cruise_pics/ ~/Pictures/
+
+# Create a copy but ask to overwrite if the destination file already exists
+cp -i ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt

cheat/cheatsheets/export

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+# Calling export with no arguments will show current shell attributes
+export
+
+# Create new environment variable
+export VARNAME="value"

cheat/cheatsheets/kill

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+# Kill a process gracefully
+kill -15 <process id>
+
+# Kill a process forcefully
+kill -9 <process id>

cheat/cheatsheets/mv

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+# Move a file from one place to another
+mv ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt
+
+# Move a file from one place to another and automatically overwrite if the destination file exists
+# (This will override any previous -i or -n args)
+mv -f ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt
+
+# Move a file from one place to another but ask before overwriting an existing file
+# (This will override any previous -f or -n args)
+mv -i ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt
+
+# Move a file from one place to another but never overwrite anything
+# (This will override any previous -f or -i args)
+mv -n ~/Desktop/foo.txt ~/Documents/foo.txt

cheat/cheatsheets/pwd

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+# Show the absolute path of your current working directory on the filesystem
+pwd

cheat/cheatsheets/wc

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+# Count the number of words (file or STDIN)
+wc -w /path/to/foo.txt
+cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -w
+
+# Count the number of lines (file or STDIN)
+wc -l /path/to/foo.txt
+cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -l
+
+# Count the number of bytes (file or STDIN)
+wc -c /path/to/foo.txt
+cat /path/to/foo.txt | wc -c
+
+# Count files and directories at a given location
+ls -l | wc -l
+
+# If you ever use `wc` in a shell script and need to compare the output with an int you can
+# clean the output (wc returns extra characters around the integer) by using xargs:
+ls -l | wc -l | xargs