Pending

From Sfvlug

(Difference between revisions)
(Newbie Commandline Essentials)
 
(13 intermediate revisions not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
-
==Newbie Commandline Essentials==
 
-
''Under Construction!'' (recategorise, review, augment, and add descriptions after more sleep)
 
-
 
-
If you don't know your commandline very well at least know the tools that you have at your disposal to find the information.
 
-
 
-
Search and documentation tools are some of the most important tools you can learn on your box heres a brief list of a few of the most popular, all of which can be accessed through your terminal (xterm, rxvt, etc...) or console (<ctrl><alt>F1...F6).
 
-
 
-
'''Search, Documentation and General Information Related Tools:'''
 
-
man
 
-
find
 
-
locate
 
-
updatedb
 
-
which
 
-
whereis
 
-
hier
 
-
man man
 
-
man bash
 
-
help
 
-
alias
 
-
less
 
-
more
 
-
du
 
-
df
 
-
free
 
-
top
 
-
lsof
 
-
 
-
'''Networking Information and Related Tools:'''
 
-
hostname
 
-
ping
 
-
route
 
-
traceroute
 
-
arp
 
-
ifup/down
 
-
ifconfig
 
-
iwconfig
 
-
iwlist
 
-
netstat
 
-
 
-
'''Files You Should Know Exist:'''
 
-
passwd
 
-
hosts
 
-
hosts.allow
 
-
hosts.deny
 
-
hostname
 
-
version
 
-
resolv.conf
 
-
groups
 
-
.bash_profile
 
-
.bashrc
 
-
.bash_aliases
 
-
fstab
 
-
modules.conf
 
-
dhclient.conf
 
-
 
-
'''Paths You Should Know Exist:'''
 
-
Note: see man hier for general overview
 
-
 
-
/usr/share/doc
 
-
/usr/local/doc
 
-
/var/log
 
-
/etc
 
-
/etc/init.d
 
-
/etc/alternatives
 
-
 
-
'''Conveniences:'''
 
-
history
 
-
ssh-agent
 
-
keychains
 
-
screen
 
-
 
-
'''Basics:'''
 
-
cp
 
-
mv
 
-
rm
 
-
ls
 
-
cd
 
-
chmod
 
-
chown
 
-
cat
 
-
 
-
'''Essential Keystrokes:'''
 
-
;
 
-
?
 
-
*
 
-
~
 
-
.
 
-
./
 
-
|
 
-
n
 
-
<ctrl>r
 
-
!      Start  a  history substitution, except when followed by a blank,
 
-
!n
 
-
!-n
 
-
!!
 
-
!string
 
-
!?string/n
 
-
less v
 
-
 
-
addme
 
-
grep rgrep egrep fgrep
 
-
xargs
 
-
su
 
-
sudo
 
-
package manager commands just names not all the options better kept in a different nonessential ref
 

Current revision as of 01:08, 15 December 2006

Personal tools