{h1: Lets have a {em: quick bash}}

I wrote a quick reference for doing common things in bash, particularly for those things that I'm always forgetting.

{h1: Save the output of a command as a file:}

{pre: $ ls *.txt > /path/to/file}

{h1: Append the output of a command to a file:}

{pre: $ echo 'Test.' >> /path/to/file}

{h1: Get a list hidden files:}

{pre: $ ls -A}

{h1: Get a list only hidden files:}

{pre: $ ls -d .??*}

{h1: Get word count statistics:}

{pre: $ wc -l < /path/to/file}

{h2: Flags for {code: wc}:}

{dl: 
	{dt: -l}
	{dd: Count lines}
	{dt: -w}
	{dd: Count words}
	{dt: -c}
	{dd: Count characters}
}

{h1: Compress a directory:}

{pre: $ tar -cj directory > archive.tar.bz2}

{h1: Extract an archive:}

{pre: $ tar -xj < archive.tar.bz2}

{h2: Flags for {code: tar}:}

{dl: 
	{dt: -j}
	{dd: Compress with bzip2 (.bz2)}
	{dt: -z}
	{dd: Compress with gzip (.gz)}
	{dt: -v}
	{dd: Show progress messages}
}

{h1: Download a file over ftp or http:}

{pre: $ wget http://domain/path/to/file
OR $ curl http://domain/path/to/file -o /path/to/output/file}