Command Reference

Complete reference of all available commands in Macbrew terminal emulator.

File Operations

Basic File Commands

Command	Description	Usage
`ls`	List directory contents	`ls [options] [path]`
`cd`	Change directory	`cd [directory]`
`pwd`	Print working directory	`pwd`
`cat`	Concatenate and display files	`cat [file]`
`echo`	Display a line of text	`echo [text]`
`mkdir`	Create directories	`mkdir [directory]`
`rm`	Remove files/directories	`rm [file/directory]`
`cp`	Copy files/directories	`cp [source] [destination]`
`mv`	Move/rename files/directories	`mv [source] [destination]`

Advanced File Operations

Command	Description	Usage
`find`	Find files by criteria	`find [path] [criteria]`
`grep`	Search text patterns	`grep [pattern] [file]`
`chmod`	Change file permissions	`chmod [mode] [file]`
`chown`	Change file owner	`chown [user] [file]`
`chgrp`	Change file group	`chgrp [group] [file]`
`ln`	Create links	`ln [source] [link]`
`touch`	Create empty files	`touch [file]`
`file`	Determine file type	`file [file]`
`stat`	Display file status	`stat [file]`

Text Processing

Command	Description	Usage
`head`	Display first lines	`head [options] [file]`
`tail`	Display last lines	`tail [options] [file]`
`sort`	Sort lines	`sort [options] [file]`
`uniq`	Remove duplicate lines	`uniq [options] [file]`
`cut`	Extract sections	`cut [options] [file]`
`paste`	Merge lines	`paste [options] [file1] [file2]`
`tr`	Translate characters	`tr [options] [set1] [set2]`
`sed`	Stream editor	`sed [options] [script] [file]`
`awk`	Pattern scanning	`awk [options] [program] [file]`
`wc`	Word count	`wc [options] [file]`

System Administration

Process Management

Command	Description	Usage
`ps`	Process status	`ps [options]`
`top`	Process monitor	`top [options]`
`htop`	Interactive process viewer	`htop [options]`
`kill`	Terminate processes	`kill [signal] [pid]`
`pkill`	Kill by name	`pkill [options] [pattern]`
`nohup`	Run immune to hangups	`nohup [command]`
`nice`	Run with priority	`nice [options] [command]`
`renice`	Change priority	`renice [priority] [pid]`

System Services

Command	Description	Usage
`systemctl`	Control systemd	`systemctl [command] [service]`
`service`	Control services	`service [service] [command]`
`init`	Process control	`init [runlevel]`
`systemd-analyze`	Analyze boot	`systemd-analyze [options]`

User Management

Command	Description	Usage
`useradd`	Add user	`useradd [options] [username]`
`userdel`	Delete user	`userdel [options] [username]`
`usermod`	Modify user	`usermod [options] [username]`
`passwd`	Change password	`passwd [username]`
`groupadd`	Add group	`groupadd [options] [groupname]`
`groupdel`	Delete group	`groupdel [groupname]`
`id`	User identity	`id [username]`
`who`	Show logged users	`who [options]`
`w`	Show user activity	`w [options]`

Disk Management

Command	Description	Usage
`df`	Disk space	`df [options] [path]`
`du`	Directory usage	`du [options] [path]`
`mount`	Mount filesystem	`mount [options] [device] [path]`
`umount`	Unmount filesystem	`umount [options] [path]`
`fdisk`	Partition table	`fdisk [options] [device]`
`parted`	Partition editor	`parted [options] [device]`
`mkfs`	Make filesystem	`mkfs [options] [device]`
`fsck`	Check filesystem	`fsck [options] [device]`

Networking

Network Diagnostics

Command	Description	Usage
`ping`	Test connectivity	`ping [options] [host]`
`ping6`	IPv6 ping	`ping6 [options] [host]`
`traceroute`	Trace route	`traceroute [options] [host]`
`mtr`	Network diagnostic	`mtr [options] [host]`
`nslookup`	DNS lookup	`nslookup [host]`
`dig`	DNS query	`dig [options] [host]`
`host`	DNS lookup	`host [options] [host]`

Network Information

Command	Description	Usage
`ifconfig`	Interface config	`ifconfig [interface]`
`ip`	IP utility	`ip [object] [command]`
`netstat`	Network statistics	`netstat [options]`
`ss`	Socket statistics	`ss [options]`
`route`	Routing table	`route [options]`
`arp`	ARP table	`arp [options]`

Network Tools

Command	Description	Usage
`curl`	Transfer data	`curl [options] [url]`
`wget`	Retrieve files	`wget [options] [url]`
`ssh`	Secure shell	`ssh [options] [user@]host`
`scp`	Secure copy	`scp [options] [source] [destination]`
`rsync`	Remote sync	`rsync [options] [source] [destination]`
`telnet`	Telnet client	`telnet [host] [port]`
`nc`	Netcat	`nc [options] [host] [port]`
`socat`	Multipurpose relay	`socat [options] [address1] [address2]`

Network Analysis

Command	Description	Usage
`nmap`	Network scanner	`nmap [options] [target]`
`tcpdump`	Packet analyzer	`tcpdump [options] [expression]`
`wireshark`	Network protocol analyzer	`wireshark [options]`
`iftop`	Network monitor	`iftop [options]`
`nethogs`	Network usage	`nethogs [options]`
`iotop`	I/O monitor	`iotop [options]`

Security & Cryptography

Hashing

Command	Description	Usage
`md5sum`	MD5 hash	`md5sum [file]`
`sha1sum`	SHA1 hash	`sha1sum [file]`
`sha256sum`	SHA256 hash	`sha256sum [file]`
`sha512sum`	SHA512 hash	`sha512sum [file]`
`cksum`	Checksum	`cksum [file]`

Encryption

Command	Description	Usage
`openssl`	SSL/TLS toolkit	`openssl [command] [options]`
`gpg`	GNU Privacy Guard	`gpg [options] [command]`
`base64`	Base64 encoding	`base64 [options] [file]`
`hexdump`	Hex dump	`hexdump [options] [file]`
`xxd`	Hex dump	`xxd [options] [file]`

SSH Management

Command	Description	Usage
`ssh-keygen`	Generate SSH keys	`ssh-keygen [options]`
`ssh-copy-id`	Copy SSH key	`ssh-copy-id [options] [user@]host`
`ssh-add`	Add SSH key	`ssh-add [options] [key]`
`ssh-agent`	SSH agent	`ssh-agent [options]`

Package Management

Homebrew

Command	Description	Usage
`brew`	Homebrew package manager	`brew [command] [package]`
`brew install`	Install package	`brew install [package]`
`brew uninstall`	Remove package	`brew uninstall [package]`
`brew search`	Search packages	`brew search [query]`
`brew update`	Update Homebrew	`brew update`
`brew upgrade`	Upgrade packages	`brew upgrade [package]`
`brew list`	List packages	`brew list`
`brew info`	Package info	`brew info [package]`

Python Package Management

Command	Description	Usage
`pip`	Python package installer	`pip [command] [package]`
`pip install`	Install package	`pip install [package]`
`pip uninstall`	Remove package	`pip uninstall [package]`
`pip list`	List packages	`pip list`
`pip freeze`	Freeze requirements	`pip freeze`
`conda`	Conda package manager	`conda [command] [package]`
`conda install`	Install package	`conda install [package]`
`conda create`	Create environment	`conda create -n [env] [packages]`

Node.js Package Management

Command	Description	Usage
`npm`	Node package manager	`npm [command] [package]`
`npm install`	Install package	`npm install [package]`
`npm uninstall`	Remove package	`npm uninstall [package]`
`npm list`	List packages	`npm list`
`npm update`	Update packages	`npm update`
`yarn`	Yarn package manager	`yarn [command] [package]`
`yarn add`	Add package	`yarn add [package]`
`yarn remove`	Remove package	`yarn remove [package]`

DevOps & Cloud

Container Management

Command	Description	Usage
`docker`	Docker container platform	`docker [command] [options]`
`docker run`	Run container	`docker run [options] [image]`
`docker ps`	List containers	`docker ps [options]`
`docker images`	List images	`docker images [options]`
`docker build`	Build image	`docker build [options] [path]`
`kubectl`	Kubernetes CLI	`kubectl [command] [resource]`
`kubectl get`	Get resources	`kubectl get [resource]`
`kubectl apply`	Apply configuration	`kubectl apply -f [file]`
`helm`	Kubernetes package manager	`helm [command] [release]`

Infrastructure as Code

Command	Description	Usage
`terraform`	Infrastructure automation	`terraform [command]`
`terraform init`	Initialize	`terraform init`
`terraform plan`	Plan changes	`terraform plan`
`terraform apply`	Apply changes	`terraform apply`
`ansible`	Automation tool	`ansible [options] [pattern]`
`ansible-playbook`	Run playbook	`ansible-playbook [playbook]`
`puppet`	Configuration management	`puppet [command] [options]`
`chef`	Configuration management	`chef [command] [options]`

Text Editors

Command Line Editors

Command	Description	Usage
`vim`	Vi improved	`vim [file]`
`nano`	Nano editor	`nano [file]`
`emacs`	Emacs editor	`emacs [file]`
`ed`	Line editor	`ed [file]`

Pagers

Command	Description	Usage
`less`	File pager	`less [options] [file]`
`more`	File pager	`more [options] [file]`
`most`	File pager	`most [options] [file]`

Compression & Archives

File Compression

Command	Description	Usage
`gzip`	Compress files	`gzip [options] [file]`
`gunzip`	Decompress files	`gunzip [options] [file]`
`bzip2`	Compress files	`bzip2 [options] [file]`
`bunzip2`	Decompress files	`bunzip2 [options] [file]`
`xz`	Compress files	`xz [options] [file]`
`unxz`	Decompress files	`unxz [options] [file]`

Archive Management

Command	Description	Usage
`tar`	Tape archive	`tar [options] [file] [files]`
`zip`	Create archive	`zip [options] [archive] [files]`
`unzip`	Extract archive	`unzip [options] [archive]`
`7z`	7-Zip archiver	`7z [command] [archive] [files]`
`rar`	RAR archiver	`rar [command] [archive] [files]`
`unrar`	Extract RAR	`unrar [command] [archive]`

Logging & Monitoring

System Logs

Command	Description	Usage
`dmesg`	Kernel messages	`dmesg [options]`
`journalctl`	Systemd journal	`journalctl [options]`
`logwatch`	Log analysis	`logwatch [options]`
`rsyslog`	System logging	`rsyslog [options]`
`logrotate`	Log rotation	`logrotate [options] [config]`

Terminal Multiplexing

Session Management

Command	Description	Usage
`screen`	Terminal multiplexer	`screen [options] [command]`
`tmux`	Terminal multiplexer	`tmux [command] [options]`
`byobu`	Terminal multiplexer	`byobu [command] [options]`

Macbrew Specific Commands

Plugin Management

Command	Description	Usage
`plugins`	Plugin management	`plugins [command]`
`plugins list`	List plugins	`plugins list`
`install-plugin`	Install plugin	`install-plugin [name]`
`uninstall-plugin`	Remove plugin	`uninstall-plugin [name]`
`enable-plugin`	Enable plugin	`enable-plugin [name]`
`disable-plugin`	Disable plugin	`disable-plugin [name]`

Configuration

Command	Description	Usage
`config`	Configuration management	`config [command] [key] [value]`
`config get`	Get setting	`config get [key]`
`config set`	Set setting	`config set [key] [value]`
`config list`	List settings	`config list`
`config reset`	Reset to defaults	`config reset`

Built-in Utilities

Command	Description	Usage
`alias`	Manage aliases	`alias [name='value']`
`unalias`	Remove alias	`unalias [name]`
`export`	Set environment	`export [name=value]`
`unset`	Unset variable	`unset [name]`
`env`	Show environment	`env`
`history`	Command history	`history [options]`
`clear`	Clear screen	`clear`
`exit`	Exit shell	`exit [code]`

Getting Help

Help Commands

Command	Description	Usage
`help`	Built-in help	`help [command]`
`man`	Manual pages	`man [section] [topic]`
`info`	Info pages	`info [topic]`
`apropos`	Search man pages	`apropos [keyword]`
`whatis`	One-line description	`whatis [command]`

Examples

Common Workflows

File Management:

# Create and navigate to directory
mkdir myproject && cd myproject

# Create files
touch README.md script.py

# List with details
ls -la

# View file content
cat README.md

Process Management:

# Check running processes
ps aux | grep python

# Monitor system resources
top

# Kill process by PID
kill -9 12345

Network Operations:

# Test connectivity
ping google.com

# Download file
curl -O https://example.com/file.zip

# SSH to server
ssh user@server.com

Package Management:

# Install with Homebrew
brew install python

# Install Python package
pip install requests

# Install Node.js package
npm install express

Next Steps

Plugin System - Extend functionality with plugins
Configuration - Customize your experience
API Reference - Programmatic access to Macbrew
Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions