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We published this list to benefit ourselves by having one place to go to for those commands we use most often, and to give you a list of more advanced commands we know you will need! So here it is, a list of commands you're going to need when running your Linux OS. Enjoy! NOTE: |
Command |
Summary Use |
| du | The
du command prints a summary of the
amount of information you have stored in your directories
on the mounted disks. syntax: du [options] path ex: du -a /News Options: -s print the sum of bytes in your directories -a print a line for each file in your directory |
| grep | The
grep command searches text files for a
particular word or string of words.
Very helpful when trying to find that needle in a
haystack, like a particular line in a large log file. syntax: grep textstring filename(s) ex: grep century history.text.doc |
| !! | Don’t
waste time and energy retyping commands at the prompt.
Instead, use the ! option. To
automatically re-display the last command you typed at
the prompt, type: !! and press enter.
Press again to invoke the command. You can also
automatically re-display a command you typed earlier by
using the ! and the first few letters of
the command. Ex: At the Linux prompt you had typed the command clear, followed by the command pico, followed by the command ftp. In order to re-display the clear command you type: !cl and press enter. In order to re-display the last command you typed, simply type: !! . Try it out. You’ll find this a time saver when dealing with long commands. Especially commands like tar! |
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