Copy a folder
| 1 | cp -avr /home/cool_site_folder /var/www/cool_site_new_folder_name | 
What port is used?
| 1 | netstat -tulpn | grep php-fpm | 
Find and delete files greater than a given size
| 1 | find . -size +1M -exec rm -i {} \; | 
Find out directories using disk space
| 1 | du -cksh /var/* | sort -rn | head | 
Find a file
| 1 | sudo find / -name 'php.ini' | 
Sorting ls command output by file size
| 1 | ls -Slh | 
to reverse order use -r option.
Archive directory
| 1 | tar -zcvf my-dir.tar.gz /home/user/my-dir | 
Copy files from remote to local with Rsync
| 1 | rsync -razP user@remote-server.com:~/home/remote-user/file.cpp /home/local-user/ | 
File permissions
| 1 | chmod 755 nginx.conf | 
Change permission of file.
4 – read (r)
2 – write (w)
1 – execute (x)
order: owner/group/world
eg:
755 – rwx for owner, rx for group and world
List directory files sorted by time
| 1 2 3 4 5 | # Sort by newest files first ls -laht # Sort by oldest files first ls -lahtr | 

