List of useful terminal commands

Useful Terminal Commands

# list files in directory including hidden
ls -f

# Remove all files and directories (recursive removal)
rm -rf /tmp/foo

# copy the contents of file to clipboard (location: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy

# add public key to fortrabbit server (remove all new lines)
nano -c ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

# Show disk space of given directory
du -h -s images

# Show system space
df -h

# Show directories taking up the most space
du -sh /* | sort -n 

# Change permissions of directory
chmod -R 777 app/storage/