Wild Cards ---------- Use *, ? (for one char), and [abc] for a series of options. Example: $ ls [abc]* More commands on one line ------------------------- Use ; $ date;who Redirection of Standard output/input ----------------------------------- >, >>, < Examples: $ sort < filename > sorted_names Pipes ----- A pipe is nothing but a temporary storage place where the output of one command is stored and then passed as the input for second command. Processes and PID ----------------- An instance of running command is called process and the number printed by shell is called process-id (PID), this PID can be use to refer specific running process. ps - show current running kill {PID} - kill process kill 0 - stop all processes except shell & - background process ps aux - display the owner of the processes along with the processes ps -ag - get information of all running processes ps ax | grep processes-you-want-to-see top - see currently running processes and other information like memory and CPU pstree - display a tree of processes Useful Cmds: ------------ List size of folders $ du -sh *