Create cheat sheet for cli commands with some of the basics

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+# Cisco IOS CLI cheat sheet
+
+## Contexts
+
+| Context          | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| **>**            | User EXEC mode |
+| **#**            | Privileged EXEC mode |
+| **(config)#**    | Global configuration mode |
+| **(config-if)#** | Interface configuration mode |
+
+## Basics
+
+| Context   | Command                              | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| >         | `enable`                             | Change to Privileged EXEC mode |
+| #         | `configure terminal`                 | Enter Privilleged EXEC mode |
+| (config)# | `interface <interface_name>`         | Enter <interface_name> config mode |
+|           | `exit`                               | Exit current mode |
+| #         | `show running-config`                | Show current config |
+| #         | `show startup-config`                | Show startup config |
+| #         | `write`                              | Save running-config as startup-config |
+| #         | `write memory`                       | Save running-config as startup-config |
+| #         | `copy running-config startup-config` | Save running-config as startup-config |
+
+## Passwords
+
+| Context   | Command                       | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| (config)# | `enable password <password>`  | Set plain text password |
+| (config)# | `service password-encryption` | Use Cisco's Type 7 encoding |
+| (config)# | `enable secret <password>`    | Set MD5 hashed password and disable old passwords |