Magento 2 Bootcamp Cheatcheet

VI Commands

:e filename	Open filename for edition
:w	Save file
:q	Exit Vim
:w!	Write file and quit

Search

/word	Search word from top to bottom
?word	Search word from bottom to top
/jo[ha]n	Search john or joan
/\< the	Search the, theatre or then
/the\>	Search the or breathe
/\< the\>	Search the
/\< ¦.\>	Search all words of 4 letters
/\/	Search fred but not alfred or frederick
/fred\|joe	Search fred or joe
/\<\d\d\d\d\>	Search exactly 4 digits
/^\n\{3}	Find 3 empty lines
:bufdo /searchstr/	Search in all open files

Replace

:%s/old/new/g	Replace all occurences of old by new in file
:%s/old/new/gw	Replace all occurences with confirmation
:2,35s/old/new/g	Replace all occurences between lines 2 and 35
:5,$s/old/new/g	Replace all occurences from line 5 to EOF
:%s/^/hello/g	Replace the begining of each line by hello
:%s/$/Harry/g	Replace the end of each line by Harry
:%s/onward/forward/gi	Replace onward by forward, case unsensitive
:%s/ *$//g	Delete all white spaces
:g/string/d	Delete all lines containing string
:v/string/d	Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain string
:s/Bill/Steve/	Replace the first occurence of Bill by Steve in current line
:s/Bill/Steve/g	Replace Bill by Steve in current line
:%s/Bill/Steve/g	Replace Bill by Steve in all the file
:%s/\r//g	Delete DOS carriage returns (^M)
:%s/\r/\r/g	Transform DOS carriage returns in returns
:%s#<[^>]\+>##g	Delete HTML tags but keeps text
:%s/^\(.*\)\n\1$/\1/	Delete lines which appears twice
Ctrl+a	Increment number under the cursor
Ctrl+x	Decrement number under cursor
ggVGg?	Change text to Rot13

Case

Vu	Lowercase line
VU	Uppercase line
g~~	Invert case
vEU	Switch word to uppercase
vE~	Modify word case
ggguG	Set all text to lowercase
:set ignorecase	Ignore case in searches
:set smartcase	Ignore case in searches excepted if an uppercase letter is used
:%s/\<./\u&/g	Sets first letter of each word to uppercase
:%s/\<./\l&/g	Sets first letter of each word to lowercase
:%s/.*/\u&	Sets first letter of each line to uppercase
:%s/.*/\l&	Sets first letter of each line to lowercase

Read/Write files

:1,10 w outfile	Saves lines 1 to 10 in outfile
:1,10 w >> outfile	Appends lines 1 to 10 to outfile
:r infile	Insert the content of infile
:23r infile	Insert the content of infile under line 23

File explorer

:e .	Open integrated file explorer
:Sex	Split window and open integrated file explorer
:browse e	Graphical file explorer
:ls	List buffers
:cd ..	Move to parent directory
:args	List files
:args *.php	Open file list
:grep expression *.php	Returns a list of .php files contening expression
gf	Open file name under cursor

Interact with Unix

:!pwd	Execute the pwd unix command, then returns to Vi
!!pwd	Execute the pwd unix command and insert output in file
:sh	Temporary returns to Unix
$exit	Retourns to Vi

Alignment

:%!fmt	Align all lines
!}fmt	Align all lines at the current position
5!!fmt	Align the next 5 lines

Tabs

:tabnew	Creates a new tab
gt	Show next tab
:tabfirst	Show first tab
:tablast	Show last tab
:tabm n(position)	Rearrange tabs
:tabdo %s/foo/bar/g	Execute a command in all tabs
:tab ball	Puts all open files in tabs

Window spliting

:e filename	Edit filename in current window
:split filename	Split the window and open filename
ctrl-w up arrow	Puts cursor in top window
ctrl-w ctrl-w	Puts cursor in next window
ctrl-w_	Maximise current window
ctrl-w=	Gives the same size to all windows
10 ctrl-w+	Add 10 lines to current window
:vsplit file	Split window vertically
:sview file	Same as :split in readonly mode
:hide	Close current window
:­nly	Close all windows, excepted current
:b 2	Open #2 in this window

Auto-completion

Ctrl+n Ctrl+p (in insert mode)	Complete word
Ctrl+x Ctrl+l	Complete line
:set dictionary=dict	Define dict as a dictionnary
Ctrl+x Ctrl+k	Complete with dictionnary

Marks

mk	Marks current position as k
˜k	Moves cursor to mark k
d™k	Delete all until mark k

Abbreviations

:ab mail mail@provider.org

Define mail as abbreviation of mail@provider.org

Text indent

:set autoindent	Turn on auto-indent
:set smartindent	Turn on intelligent auto-indent
:set shiftwidth=4	Defines 4 spaces as indent size
ctrl-t, ctrl-d	Indent/un-indent in insert mode
>>	Indent
<<	Un-indent

Syntax highlighting

:syntax on	Turn on syntax highlighting
:syntax off	Turn off syntax highlighting
:set syntax=perl	Force syntax highlighting

Linux Commands

System Info

date	Show the current date and time
cal	Show this month's calendar
uptime	Show current uptime
w	Display who is online
whoami	Who you are logged in as
finger user	Display information about user
uname -a	Show kernel information

File Commands

ls	Directory listing
ls -l	List files in current directory using long format
ls -laC	List all files in current directory in long format and display in columns
ls -F	List files in current directory and indicate the file type
ls -al	Formatted listing with hidden files
tree	Directory listing in tree format
cd dir	Change directory to dir
cat /proc/cpuinfo	CPU information
cat /proc/meminfo	Memory information
df -h	Show disk usage
du	Show directory space usage
free	Show memory and swap usage

Learn the commands

apropos subject	List manual pages for subject
man -k keyword	Display man pages containing keyword
man command	Show the manual for command
man -t command | ps2pdf -> command.pdf	Make a pdf of a manual page
which command	Show full path name of command
time command	See how long a command takes
whereis app	Show possible lcoations of app
which app	Show which app will be run by default; it shows the full path

Searching

grep pattern files	Search for pattern in files
grep -r pattern dir	Search recusrively for pattern in dir
command | grep pattern	Search for pattern in the output of command
locate file	Find all instances of file
find / -name filename	Starting with the root directory, look for the file called filename
find / -name "*filename*	Starting with the root directory, look for the file containing the string filename
locate file	Find all instances of file
updatedb	Create or update the database of files on all file systems attached to the Linux root directory
which filename	Show the subdirectory containing hte executalbe file called filename
grep TextStringToFind /dir	Starting with the directory called dir, look for and list all files containing TextStringToFind

File Permissions

chmod octal file	Change the permissions of file to octal which can be found separately for user, group and world by adding: 4 - read (r), 2 - write (w), 1 - execute (x)
chmod 777	read, write, execute for all
chmod 755	rwx for owner, rx for group and world. For more options see man chmod.dir
cd	Change to home
mkdir dir	Create a directory dir
pwd	Show current directory
rm name	Remove a file or directory called name
rm -r dir	Delete directory dir
rm -f file	Force remove file
rm -rf dir	Force remove an entire directory dir and all it's included files and subdirectories (use with extreme caution)
cp file1 file2	Copy file1 to file2
cp -r dir1 dir2	Copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn't exist
cp file /home/dirname	Copy file to the /home/dirname directory
mv file /home/dirname	Move the file to the /home/dirname directory
mv file1 file2	Rename or move file1 to file2; if file2
ln -s file link	Create symbolic link link to file
touch file	Create or update file
cat > file	Places standard input into file
cat file	Display the file called file
more file	Display the file called file one page at a time, proceed to next page using the spacebar
head file	Output the first 10 lines of the file called file
head - 20 file	Output the first 20 lines of the file called file
tail file	Output the last 10 lines of the file called file
tail -20 file	Output the last 20 lines of the file called file
tail -f file	Output the contents of file as it grows, starting with the last 10 lines

Compression

tar cf file.tar files	Create a tar named file.tar containing files
tar xf file.tar	Extract the files from file.tar
tar czf file.tar.gz files	Create a tar with Gzip compression
tar xzf file.tar.gz	Extract a tar using Gzip
tar cjf file.tar.bz2	Create a tar with Bzip2 compression
tar xjf file.tar.bz2	Extract a tar using Bzip2
gzip file	Compresses file and renames it to file.gz
gzip -d file.gz	Decompresses file.gz back to file

Network

ifconfig	List IP addresses for all devices on the local machine
iwconfig	Used to set the parameters of the network interface which are specific to the wireless operation (for exmple: the frequency)
iwlist	Used to display some additional information from a wireless network interface that is not displayed by iwconfig
ping host	Ping host and output results
whois domain	Get whois information for domain
dig domain	Get DNS information for domain
dig -x host	Reverse lookup host
wget file	Download file
wget -c file	Continue a stopped download

SSH

ssh user@host	Connect to host as user
ssh -p port user@host	Connect to host on port port as user
ssh-copy-id user@host	Add your key to host for user to enable a keyed or passwordless login

User Administration

adduser accountname	Create a new user called accountname
passwd accountname	Give accountname a new password
su	Login as superuser from current login
exit	Stop being superuser and revert to normal user

Process Management

ps	Display your currently active processes
top	Display all running processes
htop	Display all running processes
kill pid	Kill process id pid
killall proc	Kill all processes named proc (use with extreme caution)
bg	Lists stopped or background jobs; resume a stopped job in the background
fg	Brings the most recent job to foreground
fg n	Bring job n to the foreground

Installation from package manager

apt-get install apache2	Install Apache2 (Debian / Ubuntu /Linux Mint)
apt-get install -y apache2	Install Apache2 without confirm (Debian / Ubuntu /Linux Mint)
apt-get install -y apache2 && apt-get install -y php-fpm	Install Apache2 and PHP-FPM without confirm

Installation from source

./configure
make
make install
dpkg -i pkg.deb	Install a DEB package (Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint)
rpm - Uvh pkg.rpm	Install an RPM package (Red Hat / Fedora)

Stopping & Starting

shutdown -h now	Shutdown the system now and do not reboot
halt	Stop all processes - same as above
shutdown -r 5	Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and reboot
shutdown -r now	Shutdown the system now and reboot
reboot	Stop all processes and then reboot - same as above
service apache2 start|stop|restart	Start the Apache2 system
service varnish start|stop|restart	Star the Varnish system

GIT Commands

git init
git remote add origin [eigen link]
git fetch
git checkout [branch]
git add --all
git commit -m "comment"
git push origin [branch]

Or create a new respository from the command line

echo "# [repo name]" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin git@github.com:[alias]/[branch].git
git push -u origin master

Or push an existing repository from the command line

git remote add origin git@github.com:[alias]/[branch].git
git push -u origin master

Setup

Configuring user information used across all local repositories

git config --global user.name "firstname lastname"	Set a aname that is identifiable for credit when reviewing version history
git config --global user.email "email"	Set an email address that will be associated with each history marker
git config --global color.ui auto	Set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing

Init

Initializing and cloning repositories

git init	Initialize an existing direcotry
git clone url	Retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via url

Stage & Snapshot

Working with snapshots and the Git staging area

git status	Show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit
git add [file]	Add file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)
git reset [file]	Unstage file while retaining the changes in working directory
git diff	Show a diff of what is changed but not staged
git diff --staged	Show a diff of what is staged but not yet committed
git commit -m "descriptive message"	Commit your staged content as a new commit

Branch & Merge

Isolating work in branches, changing context and integrating changes

git branch	List your branches. A * will appear next to the currently active branch
git branch [branch-name]	Create a new branch with name branch-name at the current commit
git checkout	Switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory
git merge [branch]	Merge the history of branch with name branch into the current one
git log	Show all commits in the current branch's history

Inspect & Compare

Examining logs, diffs and object information

git log	Show the commit history for the currently active branch
git log branchB..branchA	Show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB
git log --follow [file]	Show the commits that changed file, even across renames
git diff branchB...branchA	Show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB
git show [SHA]	Show any object in Git in human-readable format

Tracking path changes

Versioning file removes and path changes

git rm [file]	Deletes file from project and stage the removal for commit
git mv existing-path new-path	Change an existing file path and stage the move
git log --stat -M	Show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved

Ignoring Patterns

Preventing unintentional staging or committing files

logs/

*.notes

pattern*/

Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with either direct string matches or wildcard globs.

git config --global core.excludesefile [file]

Systemwide ignore pattern for all local repositories

Share & Update

Retrieving updates from another repository and updating local repos

git remote add [alias] [url]	Add a git url as an alias
git fetch [alias]	Fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
git merge [alias]/[branch]	Merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date
git push [alias] [branch]	Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch
git pull	Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch

Rewrite history

Rewriting branches, updating commits and clearing history

git rebase [branch]	Apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one
git reset --hard [commit]	Clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

Temporary commits

Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change branches

git stash	Save modified and staged changes
git stash list	List stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash pop	Write working from top of stash stack
git stash drop	Discard the changes from top of stash stack

Magento 2 Commands

Usage:

command [options] [arguments]

Options

--help (-h)	Displays help message
--quiet (-q)	Do not output any message
--verbose (-v|vv|vvv)	Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
--version (-V)	Display this application version
--ansi	Force ANSI output
--no-ansi	Disable ANSI output
--no-interaction (-n)	Do not ask any interactive question

Available commands

help	Displays help for a command
list	Lists commands

Admin

admin:user:create	Creates an administrator
admin:user:unlock	Unlock admin account

Cache

cache:clean	Cleans cache type(s)
cache:disable	Disables cache type(s)
cache:enable	Enables cache type(s)
cache:flush	Flushes cache storage used by cache type(s)
cache:status	Checks cache status

Catalog

catalog:images:resize

Creates resized product images

Cron

cron:run

Runs jobs by schedule

Customer

customer:hash:upgrade

Upgrade customer's hash according to the latest algorithm

Deploy

deploy:mode:set	Set application mode
deploy:mode:show	Displays current application mode

Dev

dev:source-theme:deploy	Collects and publishes source files for theme
dev:tests:run	Runs tests
dev:urn-catalog:generate	Generates the catalog of URNS to *.xsd
dev:xml:convert	Converts XML file using XSL style sheets

i18n

i18n:collect-phrases	Discovers phrases in the codebase
i8n:pack	Saves language package
i18n:uninstall	Uninstalls language packages

Indexer

indexer:info	Shows allowed indexers
indexer:reindex	Reindexes data
indexer:set-mode	Sets index mode type
indexer:show-mode	Shows index mode
indexer:status	Shows status of indexer

Maintenance

maintenance:allow-ips	Sets maintenance mode exempt IPs
maintenance:disable	Disables maintenance mode
maintenance:enable	Enables maintenance mode
maintenance:status	Displays maintenance mode status

Module

module:disable	Disables specified modules
module:enable	Enables specified modules
module:status	Displays status of modules
module:uninstall	Uninstalls modules installed by composer

Sampledata

sampledata:deploy	Deploy sample data modules
sampledata:remove	Remove all sample data from composer.json
sampledata:reset	Reset sample data modules for re-installation

Theme

theme:uninstall

Uninstalls theme

Info

info:adminuri	Displays the Magento Admin URI
info:backups:list	Prints list of available backup files
info:currency:list	Displays the list of available currencies
info:dependencies:show-framework	Shows number of dependencies on Magento framework
info:dependencies:show-modules	Shows number of dependencies between modules
info:dependencies:show-modules-circular	Shows number of circular dependencies between modules
info:language:list	Displays the list of available language locales
info:timezone:list	Displays the list of available timezones

Setup

setup:backup	Takes backup of Magento Application code base, media and database
setup:config:set	Creates or modifies the deployment configuration
setup:cron:run	Runs cron job scheduled for setup application
setup:db-data:upgrade	Installs and upgrades data in the DB
setup:db-schema:upgrade	Installs and upgrades the DB schema
setup:db:status	Checks if the DB schema or data requires upgrade
setup:di:compile	Generates DI configuration and all non-existing interceptors and factories
setup:di:compile-multi-tenant	Generates all non-existing proxies and factories, and pre-compile class definitions, inheritance information and plugin definitions
setup:install	Installs the Magento application
setup:performance:generate-fixtures	Generates fixtures
setup:rollback	Rolls back Magento Application codebase, media and database
setup:static-content:deploy	Deploys static view files
setup:store-config:set	Installs the store configuration
setup:uninstall	Uninstalls the Magento application
setup:upgrade	Upgrades the Magento application, DB data, and schema

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