Revision as of 04:23, 2 February 2012

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
date - show and set the system date and time
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
dig - query a name server for a server's IP address
du - find out how much space is used on your disks
echo - output a string to console (rather, to stdout)
- echo mem > /sys/power/state - put the computer into standby-mode
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
mkdir - makes a directory
netstat - show network connections
ps - show running processes
route - manage the network routing table
scp - copy over the network
shred - wipe data off your computer
sleep - waits for a given time
ssh - call a program over the network on another computer
strace - list all syscalls performed by a program
- strace -e open - list all files that a program reads/writes to/from
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?
xosview - gives you a nice overview about system load: CPU, disks, swap etc.
zip - pack files so WinZip can extract them

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 ** echo mem > /sys/power/state - put the computer into standby-mode
 * [[ethtool]] - is a network cable connected and which link does it have?
-* [[fdisk]] - [[partition]] a [[hard disk]]
+* [[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

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