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cb.vu — A collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users.

Who dugg this? Made popular Mar 23, 2008

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  • inactive, on 08/11/2008, -3/+49Sweet jeebus, this is really awesome
  • threemagic, on 03/23/2008, -1/+29yeah, I was thinking this is more of a cheat novel.
  • qwertycopter, on 03/23/2008, -0/+21It's like you took a baby and hit it repeatedly in its soft spot with a ball-peen hammer and then said, "Here baby, type a comment on this digg story."
  • Zizhou, on 03/23/2008, -0/+15So when do we get the cheat sheet for this cheat sheet?
  • canthraxp, on 03/23/2008, -1/+16It even comes with instructions on how to compile your apps (C and C++), sweet, but being too long doesn't defeat the purpose of being a cheat sheet?
  • HonoredMule, on 03/23/2008, -1/+15nbtstat
    ping
    ipconfig
    netstat
    exit

    There you go.
  • Firehed, on 03/23/2008, -0/+12You do have to admit that he had a pretty good grasp on "biggest".

    My god that came out wrong. You know what I meant.
  • trenchfever, on 03/23/2008, -0/+11left click, right click. double click.
  • TheLoneWolf071, on 03/23/2008, -0/+10Not really a cheat sheet because it's really long, but it has the table of contents in it to lead you around, so it's still really good.
  • fredmv, on 03/23/2008, -0/+10Anyone take a look at this guy's homepage? It's damn terminal in itself: http://cb.vu/
  • cr4wl3r, on 03/23/2008, -4/+13windows sucks and no one uses it's command line
  • dbr_onix, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8Go for it. Even if you don't really use it much, the few times you do use it will be worth it.
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+8Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet... I love it, but I have to start memorizing it, and not use cheat sheets
  • ulmedas, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7Fantastic for those of us who are not sys-admins (i.e., don't use every common command everyday,) but still work within these environments and occasionally forget a command and / or it's common flags (ohh, and we do not want to flip through the fifty page manual for said command.)
  • pantokrator, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7format c: /q
  • rmtatum, on 03/23/2008, -0/+7To be fair, windows does have the powershell.
  • pvcrisp, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8Anyone else want to comment that this is "too long" to be a cheat sheet?
  • iDoraemon, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8"Biggest Unix Cheat Sheet"

    Cheat sheet. I do not think that word means what you think it means.
  • neopherine, on 03/23/2008, -4/+1068 Linux Free E-books
    http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2007/09/05/68-linux-rela ...
  • dbr_onix, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6Not quite sure how commands like...
    tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: prio priomap 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
    .. can be considered "common-sense"

    All these cheatsheets are basically just the "important" bits of the manuals. Yeh, you could look up the ssh man page for tunneling information, or the x man page for y. Or you could check if it's on this guide with a single Ctrl+F command, then start proding around the rest of the internet/man pages..
  • imgstacke, on 03/23/2008, -1/+7don't aim to memorize - aim to understand...
    You can't forget what you understand.
  • krazydl, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6Awesome cheat sheet. I really needed that. I LOVE YOU MAN~~~!


    Not that way.....
  • Foxehh, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5Where has this been all my life!
  • HonoredMule, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5I hate it when man pages don't even give a single example for a program that will likely only ever get called with one or two sets of parameters (differences in path excluded).
  • dbr_onix, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5Indeed, that's why the actual page calls itself a "Toolbox", not a cheatsheet (which would typically be an A4 page)
    It's still useful - if you can't remember syntax for dig's reverse lookup, you can ctrl+f on the page for "dig", or click networking, then DNS.
  • minorthreat, on 03/23/2008, -0/+5When ubuntu arrive. I was like wow, almost makes me want to poke around the gui.
  • headzoo, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4At some point it ceases to be a cheat sheet, and becomes a manual.

    All the same though, I've book marked it.
  • ksong12, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Welcome to the digital age.
  • banankrem, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4I'll decorate my room with this!

    Many thanks :)
  • scyon, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4They're for that new "Hack the Gibson" game that came out recently. It has crappy graphics for the most part, but you get a free OS if you beat the game.
  • kahrn, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Best thing on digg for a while.
  • ulmedas, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3I meant 50 pages for each entry, which I know is an exageration for some entries, but I am sure yu get the point.
  • embeemb, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3so incredibly hawt!
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3pinux?
  • CloseYetFar, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3WOW, Thank You
  • javajockey, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3I love it when people post these cheat sheets. This could be the best one yet!
    Thank you!!
  • 4321234, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Grab the pdf for future reference. And bookmark too.
  • c0r3file, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3Don't forget to alias 'ls' to 'logout' when your buddy leaves his screen unlocked...
  • Louis11, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Man pages . . . ?
  • mcdave71, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3uh oh, what just happened....?
  • absurdist, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Fifty-page manual? Do you know how many feet of bookshelf space the ATT/Bell UNIX manuals required?
    God, I feel old...
  • dji386, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3That's not a cheat sheet, that's a cheat book. Good stuff none-the-less.
  • mistycabal, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3Wow, very cool. Thanks for pointing it out.
  • HonoredMule, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3Does it do UNIX commands, or is it something one would have to effectively learn from scratch?
  • technoredneck, on 03/23/2008, -0/+3My thoughts exactly!

    Man, this would have come in handy before I decided to throw away that $60 on a couple of Linux reference books. Hell, it still does come in handy, and I've bookmarked it, but it would have saved me sixty bucks then.
  • Enron, on 03/23/2008, -1/+4What game are these codes for?
  • Coldbloodio, on 03/23/2008, -2/+4anyone know a windows cheat-sheet?
  • mrmacky, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Wonderful... it's the kind of thing where you /think/ you know most of these commands by heart (for instance adding users from terminal), but when you're stuck without a GUI and find yourself having to do something, you're cursing yourself for ever using GUI apps to begin with.
  • hollyminkowski, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2great link...bookmarked 4sure! :-)
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Dear Baby Jesus,

    Thankyou.
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