Open a remote shell
Cheat sheet · 9 commands
Remote & transfer
ssh gets you a shell on another machine, and the same connection carries file copies, single commands and tunnels. Set up a key once and every command on this sheet becomes password-free.
The 3 you will use every day
Install your key: no more passwords
Sync a tree, only what changed travels
The full sheet
- Open a remote shellguide ›
- Custom portguide ›
- Run one command remotely and returnguide ›
- Create a key pair (once per machine)guide ›
- Install your key: no more passwordsguide ›
- Tunnel a remote port to your machineguide ›
- Copy one file over SSHguide ›
- Sync a tree, only what changed travelsguide ›
- Dry run of a mirror (always do this first)guide ›
Practise these for real in the interactive course,
or keep every sheet, chapter and fix in one book: The Linux Command Line Handbook.