Inspired by Zhijian Jiang's "Cheat Sheet For Programming" and the Cheatography cheat sheet format. Personally, I enjoy using this template because it's visually appealing and the listings package makes adding code chunks effortless.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
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\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amsfonts,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx,overpic}
\usepackage{color, colortbl}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{listings}
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% margins & spacing
\geometry{margin = 0.5in}
\pagestyle{empty}
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% box style
\lstset{
basicstyle = \ttfamily,
frame = single,
breaklines = true,
backgroundcolor = \color{yellow},
columns = fullflexible,
}
% hyperlinks
\hypersetup{
colorlinks = true,
linkcolor = blue,
filecolor = magenta,
urlcolor = cyan,
}
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% functions & environments
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% mono space font
\newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
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\begin{document}
\begin{multicols*}{2}
\begin{center}
\Large{Unix Shell Cheat Sheet}
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This cheat sheet serves is a reference guide to Unix Shell and is not a substitute for a formal tutorial. If you're new to the party I highly recommend reading The Carpentries' \href{https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/}{Unix Shell Tutorial}
\begin{center}
\Large{Common Commands}
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Change directory to \code{/file/path}
\begin{lstlisting}
cd /file/path
\end{lstlisting}
List contents of working directory
\begin{lstlisting}
ls
\end{lstlisting}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|p{80pt}p{150pt}|}
\hline
\code{-l} & long list format \\
\rowcolor{yellow}
\code{-h} & human readable format \\
\code{-t} & sort by time \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{multicols*}
\end{document}
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