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Commands CheatSheet for Manjaro

Locating and Installing Packages

Using Pamac CLI

Install packages

user $  pamac install [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Uninstall packages

user $  pamac remove [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Search for a package

user $  pamac search [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Update installed packages

user $  pamac upgrade COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check for updates

user $  pamac checkupdates COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Using native pacman

Install packages

user $  sudo pacman -Syu [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Uninstall packages

user $  sudo pacman -Rns [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Search for a package

user $  pacman -Ss [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Update installed packages

user $  sudo pacman -Syu COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check for updates

user $  sudo pacman -Syu COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Maintenance

Generates a random mirrorlist for the users and sort them by their current access time.

user $  sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Generate cache list

user $  du -sh ~/.cache/* COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Purge files not accessed in 100 days

user $  find ~/.cache/ -type f -atime +100 -delete COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Report journal current size

user $  journalctl --disk-usage COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove but recent entries by size or time

user $  journalctl --vacuum-size=50M COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $  journalctl --vacuum-time=2weeks COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check for orphaned packages

user $  pamac list -o COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove all orphans

user $  pamac remove -o COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove all packages except the latest 3 versions

user $  pamac clean --keep 3 COPY TO CLIPBOARD

AUR

Search for package

user $  pamac search -a [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Build the package

user $  pamac build [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Access rights

Execute command as root

user $  sudo [command] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Empty password cache

user $  sudo -k COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Change user password

user $  passwd username COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Change owner and group of file

user $  chown [owner]:[group] -c [file] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Change file permissions

user $  chmod [permissions] -c [file] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Set permissions in octal mode: 4(read) 2(write) 1(execute)

Example: 755 read-write-execute for owner and read-execute for group and others

Display files and permissions [of directory]

user $  ls -lh [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Files and Directories

Change the working directory

user $  cd [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Change to parent directory

user $  cd .. COPY TO CLIPBOARD

List directory contents

user $  ls -l COPY TO CLIPBOARD

List also hidden files

user $  ls -la COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Copy file

user $  cp [file] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Copy directory recursively

user $  cp -r [directory] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Move or rename file/directory

user $  mv [source] [target] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Remove directory recursively

user $  rm -r [dir] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Create symbolic link

user $  ln -s [target] [link] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Mount filesystem

user $  mount -t [type] [/dev/sdx9] [mountpoint] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Mount ISO image

user $  mount -o loop [iso] [mountpoint] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Home directory of user

user $  cd /home/$USER COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $  cd ~ COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Directory with global configurations

user $  cd /etc COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Network

Display network information

user $  nmcli COPY TO CLIPBOARD

List wireless access points

user $  nmcli c COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Enable firewall [package Community: ufw]

user $  ufw enable COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Allow/deny all incoming traffic

user $  ufw default [allow/deny] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Displays firewall status and rules

user $  ufw status COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Allows/deny incoming traffic on the specified port

user $  ufw [allow/deny] [port] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Allows/deny incoming traffic from specified IP address

user $  ufw [allow/deny] from [ip] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

System and Screen

Display kernel version

user $  uname -r COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Display long kernel version

user $  uname -a COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Report file system disk space usage

user $  df [/] [/home] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $  sudo btrfs filesystem usage -h [/] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Display system tasks

user $  top COPY TO CLIPBOARD

user $  htop COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Display system information

user $  inxi -zv8 COPY TO CLIPBOARD

or long form

user $  inxi --filter --verbosity=8 COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Display system information in a `chroot` environment:

user $  inxi -zv8c0 COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Display a tree of processes

user $  pstree COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Switch to tty

Ctrl+Alt+F1
Ctrl+Alt+F2
Ctrl+Alt+F3
Ctrl+Alt+F4
Ctrl+Alt+F5
Ctrl+Alt+F6

Switch to the X session

Ctrl+Alt+F7

Start a unit

user $  systemctl start unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Stop a unit

user $  systemctl stop unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check status of a unit

user $  systemctl status unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Enable a unit

user $  systemctl enable unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Disable a unit

user $  systemctl disable unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Restart a unit

user $  systemctl restart unit COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Shut down the system

user $  poweroff COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Restart the system

user $  reboot COPY TO CLIPBOARD

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 Display kernel version {{UserCmd|command=uname -r}}
 Display long kernel version {{UserCmd|command=uname -a}}
+Report file system disk space usage {{UserCmd|command=df [/] [/home]}}  {{UserCmd|command=sudo btrfs filesystem usage -h [/]}}
-Report file system free space (non btrfs) {{UserCmd|command=df [/] [/home]}}
-Report file system free space (btrfs) {{UserCmd|command=sudo btrfs filesystem usage -h [/]}}
 Display system tasks  {{UserCmd|command=top}}  {{UserCmd|command=htop}}
-Display system information {{UserCmd|command=sudo inxi --verbosity=8 --filter}}
+Display system information {{UserCmd|command=inxi -zv8}} or long form {{UserCmd|command=inxi --filter --verbosity=8}}
-Display system information (from chroot) {{UserCmd|command=inxi --verbosity=8 --filter --color}}
+Display system information in a `chroot` environment: {{UserCmd|command=inxi -zv8c0}}
 Display a tree of processes  {{UserCmd|command=pstree}}
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