Ubuntu/Commands

SCP

scp [(username@)host:filepath] [(username@)destination:file path]

spaces within files/folders can something be resolved by adding quotes around the entire value with \\ or \ followed by a space where the space exists.

i.e. scp "[email protected]:/home/folder\\ with \\ spaces/test.text" [email protected]:/home/

ln (symlink)

create symlink

sudo ln -s source linkname
i.e. sudo ln -s ../sites-available/helpdesk helpdesk

unlink symlink

sudo unlink link.name
i.e. sudo unlink helpdesk

send process to background

send command to background process, add & at the end of the command CRTL+Z pauses a process bg sends paused process to background jobs shows processes running in the background fg brings it back to the foreground