My running collection of Debian/Linux commands that I don’t use often and usually have to look up. Dumping them here for quick reference, in no particular order.
Quick Links
check debian version
lsb_release -a
list installed packages – with a side of grep
sudo apt list --installed | grep something
find public ip from cmd line
apt install dnsutils
dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
evaluate math expressions on the command line
echo "$[10 * 1024*1024*1024]"
get info about system hardware
cat /proc/cpuinfo
summarize size of dirs and sub-dirs
du -cksh /* | sort -h