Linux Permissions and Processes Cheat Sheet
A 2-page reference for file permissions, users and processes: 15 short entries with copy-ready code.
ForDevelopers
// Read permissions
ls -l
# -rwxr-xr-- owner: rwx, group: r-x, others: r--
// chmod with numbers
chmod 644 file.txt # rw-r--r--
chmod 755 script.sh # rwxr-xr-x
// chmod with letters
chmod +x script.sh
chmod go-w file.txt
// Change owner
sudo chown ada:staff file.txt
sudo chown -R ada: project/What's inside
- Format
- PDF, Markdown
- Contents
- 15 sections · 2 pages
- Version
- 1.0 · Updated 3 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Commercial What this means
- Checked
- Checked before it ships
- linux-permissions-and-processes-cheat-sheet.pdfPDF · 19 KB
- linux-permissions-and-processes-cheat-sheet.mdMarkdown · 2 KB
- LICENSE.txtadded to every download
About this item
A compact, printable reference for file permissions, users and processes. Each of the 15 entries has a one-line explanation and a small example you can paste into your editor. The PDF uses a two-column A4 layout designed to sit next to your keyboard, and the same content ships as Markdown so you can search it or drop it into your notes. Every Bash example targets Linux.
- Linux
- Processes
- Sysadmin
- Permissions
- Cheat sheet
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