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If you don't know your commandline very well at least know the tools that you have at your disposal to find the information and operate most efficiently. This section will contain only the entries that will enable you to maximize your productivity at the command line. | If you don't know your commandline very well at least know the tools that you have at your disposal to find the information and operate most efficiently. This section will contain only the entries that will enable you to maximize your productivity at the command line. | ||
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 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). | ||
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| + | '''Search, Documentation and General Information Essential Tools:''' | ||
| + | man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals | ||
| + | find - search the manual page names and descriptionsq | ||
| + | locate - Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate | ||
| + | updatedb - update the slocate database | ||
| + | which - locate a command | ||
| + | whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command | ||
| + | hier - Description of the file system hierarchy | ||
| + | apropos - | ||
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| + | '''Networking Information and Related Essential Tools:''' | ||
| + | ifconfig | ||
| + | route | ||
| + | iwconfig | ||
| + | ifup | ||
| + | ifdown | ||
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| + | ==Additional Useful Commands== | ||
'''Search, Documentation and General Information Related Tools:''' | '''Search, Documentation and General Information Related Tools:''' | ||
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alias | alias | ||
less | less | ||
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top | top | ||
lsof | lsof | ||
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'''Networking Information and Related Tools:''' | '''Networking Information and Related Tools:''' | ||
hostname | hostname | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 13 December 2006
Under Construction! (recategorise, review, augment, and add descriptions after more sleep)
Newbie Command line Essentials
If you don't know your commandline very well at least know the tools that you have at your disposal to find the information and operate most efficiently. This section will contain only the entries that will enable you to maximize your productivity at the command line.
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 Essential Tools:
man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals find - search the manual page names and descriptionsq locate - Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate updatedb - update the slocate database which - locate a command whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command hier - Description of the file system hierarchy apropos -
Networking Information and Related Essential Tools:
ifconfig route iwconfig ifup ifdown
Additional Useful Commands
Search, Documentation and General Information Related Tools:
bash - GNU Bourne-Again SHell alias less more du df free top lsof help Display helpful information about the builtin commands
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
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grep rgrep egrep fgrep xargs su sudo package manager commands just names not all the options better kept in a different nonessential ref
