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Ibrar Hussain
Ibrar Hussain

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Useful Commands for Ubuntu

#ubuntu #devops #webdev

Following are the handy/useful list of commands & usage that we need from time to time.

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Curl

  • Download a remote file 
curl -O [URL]
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Or

curl –-remote-name [URL]
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An example would be:

curl -O https://en-au.wordpress.org/latest-en_AU.zip
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Or

curl –-remote-name https://en-au.wordpress.org/latest-en_AU.zip
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  • To save a remote file with a different name: 
curl –O [FILENAME] [URL]
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  • Download multiple remote files 
curl -O [URL1] -O [URL2]
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  • Download a remote file via FTP 
curl -O [FTP_URL]
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  • Download remote files via FTP with credentials 
curl -u [FTP_USER]:[FTP_PASSWORD] -O [FTP_URL]
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Wget

  • Download a remote file 
wget [URL]
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  • Download a remote file with a different name 
wget -O [FILENAME] [URL]
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  • Download a remote file via FTP 
wget [FTP_URL]
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  • Download files via FTP with credentials 
wget -u [FTP_USER]:[FTP_PASSWORD] -O [FTP_URL]
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Unzip

  • Test if a zip file is valid file 
unzip -t [ZIP_FILE_PATH]
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An example would be:

unzip -t ./test.zip
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  • List contents of a zip file 
unzip -l [ZIP_FILE_PATH]
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  • Extract a zip file 
unzip [ZIP_FILE_PATH]
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  • Extract a zip file to a different location/directory 
unzip [ZIP_FILE_PATH] –d [DESTINATION_DIRECTORY_PATH]
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