Basic Linux Commands

Some basic Linux CLI commands.

Find:

# Find filename
find . -type f -name 'filename'

# Find directory
find . -type d -name 'dirname'

# Find Symlink
find . -type l -name 'symlink'

find . -type f -name '*partialmatch*'

Execute commands

# Move files that have 'file' in the name to somedirectory
find . -type f -name '*file*' -exec mv {} /somedirectory/ \;

# Delete all files that have 'file' in the name
find . -type f -name '*file*' -exec rm -r {} +

# To make sure you're targeting the right files, always best to echo first.
find . -type f -name '*file*' -exec echo rm {} \;

# OR
find . -type f -name '*file*' -exec echo mv {} /somedir/ \;

Grep:

Below is a life saver when you need to find a string in a mountain of config files.

# Search through all '.vdf' files for the string 'useSteam'
grep -r --include="*.vdf" 'useSteam'

Grep is also nice when searching through directories with lots of files.

ls | grep 'filena'

Or when pacman sends back a ton of results.

pacman -Ss appname | grep 'term'

Or if you're bored of cat.

grep '' filename.txt

Creating Symlinks:

ln -s source destination

Send Files to Your Steam Deck:

scp filename deck@deckIP:/home/deck/Emulation/roms/ps2/

# Send a whole directory
scp -r directory deck@deckIP:/home/deck/Emulation/roms/

You might have to enable SSH on the Deck, I can't remember. Just open a terminal on the Steam Deck and use:

sudo systemctl enable --now sshd