Difference between revisions of "Commands"

Revision as of 22:30, 1 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
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
ls - list files
scp - copy over the network
ssh - call a program over the network on another computer
which - where does a program lodge?

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 * [[cat]] - input from stdin or a file and output to stdout or a file
 * [[df]] - find out how much space is free on your disks
-* [[disown]] - removes a process from their parent process, allowing it to continue after the parent exits
+* [[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?