All the Terminal commands and their functions
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| mkdir [foldername] | Makes a Folder/ Directory |
| rmdir [directoryname] | rm -d [dirname] | Removes A Directory (must be empty directory) |
| touch [filename] | Creates a New File |
| rm [filename] | Removes File Specified |
| cd [foldername] | Changes current directory into the folder specified |
| ls | Lists all the directorys and files in the current folder |
| pwd | Prints current directory to the terminal |
| cp filename1 filename2 | Copies a File and makes another with a different name |
| find $(pwd) -type f | This gets every filepath in the current working directory. great for grabbing urls. |
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| sudo | Running sudo before any command will give elevated privileges |
| ls -l | Lists all the folder and file permissions in the current directory |
| sudo chown | Chown command changes the user and/or group ownership of for given file. The syntax is: |
| sudo chown -R your_user /usr/local | Changes access to full admin privileges in specified folder and subfolders |
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| brew list | Shows all the packages installed by brew. |
| brew --version | Prints Current version of brew |
| brew update | Updates only brew |
| brew upgrade | Updates All Packages installed by Brew |
| brew install python | Installs Python using Brew |
| brew upgrade python | Upgrades Python to newest version |
| brew pin [packagename] | Prevents that package from being updated |
| brew unpin [packagename] | unpins the package from being updated |
| brew cleanup [packagename] | uninstalls old versions of that package (brew does not automactically uninstall old versions) |
| brew cleanup | Uninstalls old versions of every package (brew does not automactically uninstall old versions) |
| brew cleanup -n | Shows the packages that would be cleaned up in ther terminal |