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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2940 Status: Offline |
alias > Make different names for commands at > Runs a program at certain times atq > Lists programs waiting to be run by at atrm > Removes programs from the at queue cat > Concatenates files and print to standard output cd > Changes to a directory chfn > Changes information displayed by finger chmod > Change access permissions of files chown > Change the user and group ownership of files chsh > Change your shell cp > Copy files dd > Copy disk images df > Available free disk space dir > List directory contents dmesg > list startup messages du > Disk space used dump > Used to backup filesystems e2fsck > filesystem checker export > Set environment variables in bash find > Finds files fdformat > Low level format a floppy disk fdisk > Used to create and delete partitions finger > Look up user information free > Information on RAM and swap usage grep > Find lines matching a certain pattern groupadd or addgroup* > Adds a new group groupdel or delgroup* > Deletes a group groups > displays a user's group gzip > Compress and decompress files halt > Shut down system host > Look up host information ifconfig > Used to setup network interfaces init > Change run levels insmod > Install modules kill > Abort system processes less > Filter for viewing files ln > Create links between files and diretories locate > Locate files that match a certain pattern login > Sign on to system or switch users logout (ctrl+d) > Sign off of current user lpc > Manage printer queue lpq > View printer queue lpr > Print files ls > List directory contents lsmod > View loaded modules make > Compile and maintain programs makewhatis > Build whatis database man > View manual pages mcd > Change to directory on a DOS diskette mcopy > Copy files to a DOS diskette mdel > Delete files on a DOS diskette mdeltree > Delete directories on a DOS diskette mdir > Lists directory contents on a DOS diskette mformat > Format DOS diskettes mkbootdisk > Makes a boot disk :-) ( you did make one right?) mkdir > Makes a new directory mkswap > Setup swap device modprobe > Installs modules more > filter for viewing files and directories mount > access or mount filesystems and devices mv > Move or rename files and directories netcfg ( not in all distributions) > Network configuration tool netstat > Displays status of network connections nslookup > Name server lookup tool passwd > Change passwords ping > Check a host on the network printtool > Used to setup printers ps > Display process tree pstree > Displays entire process tree pwd > Displays the present working directory reboot > Reboots system :-) restore > Used to restore a dump backup rm > Remove files rmdir > Remove directories rmmod > remove loaded modules rpm > Manage rpm packages set > Temporarily change environment variables shutdown > Shut down the system :-) startx > Start the X Window system su > Switch to a different user sync > Flush buffered data to hard disk sysinfo > Display system information tar > Create and manage archives top > Display running processes touch > Used to create a file or update it's time stamp traceroute > Displays route of IP packets umount > Unmount filesystems ( watch the spelling) uname > Display information about your system unzip > Extract compressed files updatedb > Builds locate's database uptime > Shows how long your system has been running useradd or adduser* > Adds new user accounts userdel or deluser*> Delete user accounts usermod > Modify user accounts whatis > Gives brief overview of commands whereis > Locate binary, source and manual pages for a command which > Display a program's executable path who > Show the users that are logged in whoami > Show the user that you are currently logged in as xlock > Locks the X Window system ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by admin at Nov 2, 2005 8:30:30 PM] |
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tpattison
Advanced Member UK Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Post Count: 1662 Status: Offline |
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admin
Advanced Member Joined: Jun 14, 2003 Post Count: 2940 Status: Offline |
Hey, I sometimes list things I find useful in the forum, for future reference. I was recently having trouble with one of my Linux servers and kept forgetting basic commands, so I decided to archive them here ... ---------------------------------------- Stefan Mischook Video Tutorial Store | Web Templates ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by admin at Nov 3, 2005 8:30:11 AM] |
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irka_hcmc
Advanced Member Somewhere in the Pacific Joined: Dec 31, 2005 Post Count: 156 Status: Offline |
That kind of informations are always useful :P uhuh ---------------------------------------- Website Promotion Guide |
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