Difference between revisions of "Commands"

Revision as of 07:46, 18 April 2009

Here are important commands that you should be aware of:

cat - input from stdin or a file and output to stdout or a file
cd - change directory
df - find out how much space is free on your disks
disown - removes a process from its parent process, allowing it to continue after the parent exits
du - find out how much space is used on your disks
ethtool - is a network cable connected and which link does it have?
fdisk - partition a hard disk
file - find out the type of a file
hwinfo - find out what harddisk, processor, graphics card and so on you have
ldd - list dependencies of an executable file
ls - list files
lsof - list open files in the system
route - manage the network routing table
scp - copy over the network
sleep - waits for a given time
ssh - call a program over the network on another computer
strace - list all syscalls performed by a program
tar - pack and unpack file archives
top - show the top CPU/RAM consuming processes
vmstat - how much I/O is your computer doing?
which - where does a program lodge?

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 * [[file]] - find out the type of a file
 * [[hwinfo]] - find out what harddisk, processor, graphics card and so on you have
+* [[ldd]] - list dependencies of an executable file
 * [[ls]] - list files
+* [[lsof]] - list open files in the system
 * [[route]] - manage the network routing table
 * [[scp]] - copy over the network
 * [[sleep]] - waits for a given time
 * [[ssh]] - call a program over the network on another computer
+* [[strace]] - list all syscalls performed by a program
 * [[tar]] - pack and unpack file archives
 * [[top]] - show the top CPU/RAM consuming processes
 * [[vmstat]] - how much I/O is your computer doing?
 * [[which]] - where does a program lodge?