Useful Bash Terminal Commands

This is a brief reference of some bash terminal commands to keep handy.

Copy all files in a directory
user@pc:~$ cp -R /thisFolder

Pause a process that is currently executing.

user@pc:~$ CTRL + z

See a list of Jobs which have been paused

user@pc:~$ jobs

Resume a process that has been paused

user@pc:~$ fg

Stop of process that is currently executing

user@pc:~$ CTRL + c

View the history of the previous commands that have been entered. Each previous command will be enumerated for convenient re-use.

user@pc:~$ history

To re-run a command from the command history take note of the command number associated with the command from running the history command. Alternately you can type CTRL + r and start typing a command, and a matching command will be looked up in the history.

user@pc:~$ !18

Create a compressed archive file from the files foo and bar

user@pc:~$ tar -cf archive.tar foo bar

Copy files over shh with the scp command to the current working directory
user@pc:~$ scp userName@yourServer:/path/to/files/you/want/ .

Add a new repository to your apt-get list, in this case the Mozilla stable repo

user@pc:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable

Update your local repository listing

user@pc:~$ sudo apt-get update

I know this list is quite short at the moment but I'll be adding to it as I have time. In the mean time if any of my reader would like to contribute and comments I'll be sure to update my post accordingly.