Linux commands
A simple database of linux commands, how they are used, examples, and links to pages that correspond to them. These commands should in turn be linked internally to all courses that contain them.
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ls |
Show listing of current directory |
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| cat |
show contents of file |
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| chown |
Changes ownership of a file or set of files |
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| apt-get |
default debian and ubuntu internet based package manager (works with .deb extensions) |
apt-cache aptitude dpkg yum (used for rpms) synaptic (gui for apt-get) |
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| history |
gives list of latest used commands (usually using up and down keys) |
set -o history - Enable/Disable history set history = 8 - Set the size of the history list. fc - Fix History Command hash - Remember the full pathname of a name argument time - Measure Program Resource Use |
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| cp |
copies files or directories from source to destination |
mv cd mkdir |
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