CLI Cheatsheet

Searchable cheatsheet for git/docker/kubectl/curl/find common commands

34 commands

git

Show last 10 commits as one-line summaries

git log --oneline -10

git

Compact summary of changed files

git diff --stat

git

Save uncommitted changes with a label

git stash push -m 'wip'

git

Create and switch to new branch

git checkout -b feature/foo

git

Force-push safely (fails if remote moved)

git push origin HEAD --force-with-lease

git

Interactive rebase last 5 commits

git rebase -i HEAD~5

git

Visual branch graph

git log --all --graph --oneline

git

Show all HEAD movements (recovery from accidents)

git reflog

git

Who changed lines 10-20 in file.ts

git blame file.ts -L 10,20

git

Binary search for the commit that introduced a bug

git bisect start && git bisect bad && git bisect good <sha>

docker

List all containers in tabular format

docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Status}}'

docker

Open a shell inside a running container

docker exec -it <container> sh

docker

Follow container logs (tail -f)

docker logs -f <container>

docker

Remove all unused images, containers, networks, and volumes

docker system prune -a --volumes

docker

Rebuild images and start services in detached mode

docker compose up -d --build

docker

One-shot container resource usage

docker stats --no-stream

docker

Container state with jq

docker inspect <container> | jq '.[].State'

kubectl

Watch pod status in a namespace

kubectl get pods -n <namespace> -w

kubectl

Follow logs from a specific container

kubectl logs -f <pod> -c <container>

kubectl

Open a shell in a pod

kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/sh

kubectl

Detailed pod info (events, conditions)

kubectl describe pod <pod>

kubectl

Preview changes without applying

kubectl apply -f manifest.yaml --dry-run=client -o yaml

kubectl

Watch deployment rollout

kubectl rollout status deployment/<name>

kubectl

Rollback to previous deployment

kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name>

curl

GET with response headers shown

curl -i https://api.example.com

curl

POST JSON body

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"k":"v"}' https://api.example.com

curl

Follow redirects, save to file

curl -L https://x.com -o output.html

curl

Measure total time, discard body

curl -w '\ntime_total: %{time_total}s\n' -o /dev/null -s https://x.com

curl

HTTP basic auth

curl -u user:pass https://x.com

find

All .ts files excluding node_modules

find . -name '*.ts' -not -path '*/node_modules/*'

find

Files larger than 100 MB

find . -size +100M -type f

find

Files modified in the last 7 days

find . -mtime -7 -type f

find

Delete all .log files (be careful!)

find . -name '*.log' -delete

find

All .py files containing 'TODO'

find . -type f -name '*.py' -exec grep -l 'TODO' {} +

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