I know no one really reads my blog , so here is again another note to myself on commonly used\u00a0 linux commands for the heck of it ! . Hopefully someones finds it useful . Hoping that writing this down refreshes my frail memory<\/p>\n
Getting help<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Listing Directories<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Changing Directories<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Copying files<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Creating\/Removing directories<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Displaying file contents<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Pattern matching with grep<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Sorting<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Sed<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Symbolic Links<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] Changing Permissions<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Switch Users<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Tee send output to 2 devices<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Fill standard output with same thing<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Useful process control commands<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Environment Variables<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Shortcuts with alias<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n which is the executable<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Disk utilities<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Compression utilities<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Checking integrity<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n File Comparison<\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Location of files <\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] [\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n Downloading websites offline <\/span><\/p>\n [sourcecode language=”bash”] I know no one really reads my blog , so here is again another note to myself on commonly used\u00a0 linux commands for the heck of it ! . Hopefully someones finds it useful . Hoping that writing this down refreshes my frail memory Getting help [sourcecode language=”bash”] $ # try –help with the command […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandeepmathew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n$ # try –help with the command
\n$ man <command name>
\n$ info <command name>
\n$ apropos <command name>
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$ls -a #lists all files
\n$ls -l #long listing
\n$ls -t # time
\n$ls -s # size
\n$ls -r # reverse
\n$ ls -ar # combination
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$pwd # returns the current directory
\n$cd <dirname> # change directory to the given directory
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$cp
\n$cp -r #recursive copy
\n$cp -i #interactive
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$mkdir #Creates
\n$rmdir #Removes
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$cat <file1> <file2> <file3>
\n$more <file1> <file2> <file3>
\n$less <file1> <file2> <file3> # you do more with less !
\n$head -n <file> # top n lines of the file
\n$tail -n <file> #bottom n lines of the file
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$grep <pattern> <files>
\n$grep -i <pattern> <files> #case insensitive <\/p>\n
\n$sort <filename>
\n$sort -r <filename> #sort in reverse
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$# See : http:\/\/www.regular-expressions.info\/ , sed can be used to parsing text and performing various transformations
\n$sed ‘s\/<pattern>\/<pattern to replace> <filename>
\n$#man sed
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$ln -s <filename> <link name> #soft link , omit -s for hard links
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
\n$chmod <permissions> <files> # permissions – a,b,c = r*4+w*2+x<\/p>\n
\n$su (switch user)<\/p>\n
\n$tee [a] file<\/p>\n
\n$yes <string> | <command><\/p>\n
\n$jobs
\n$fg
\n$bg
\n$kill <pid>
\n$ps<\/p>\n
\n$export varname = value<\/p>\n
\n$alias ls=’ls la’<\/p>\n
\n$which commandname<\/p>\n
\n$du # disk usage
\n$df # disk free <\/p>\n
\n$gzip \/ gunzip
\n$tar
\n$bunzip2
\n$lzma \/ unlzma<\/p>\n
\n$md5sum<\/p>\n
\n$diff<\/p>\n
\n$find <path> -name <name>
\n$locate <filename><\/p>\n
\n$wget
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"