CheatSheet

CheatSheet for Manjaro

The original startet with a thread at https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-cli-cheat-sheet/101305/3

Locating and Installing Packages

Update mirrorlist with the fastest mirrors

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

root # pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && pacman -Syyu COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Check if updates are available

user $ pamac checkupdates -a COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Update all installed packages

user $ pamac upgrade -a COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Search available packages

user $ pamac search [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Install packages

user $ pamac install [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Uninstall packages

user $ pamac remove [PackageName] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Maintenance

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 packages

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

Emptie password cache

user $ sudo -k COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Edit /etc/sudoers

user $ sudo visudo COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Change user password

user $ passwd 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

Copie file

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

Copie 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 --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width 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

starts a daemon

user $ rc.d start [daemon] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

stops a daemon

user $ rc.d stop [daemon] COPY TO CLIPBOARD

restarts a daemon

user $ rc.d restart daemon COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Shut down the system

user $ shutdown -h now COPY TO CLIPBOARD

Restart the system

user $ shutdown -r now COPY TO CLIPBOARD

See Also

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