User:Scott/03

Directory & File Commands

Home Page      user:scott
Tech Support   user:scott/02
Dir & Files    user:scott/03
Network        user:scott/04
Troubleshoot   user:scott/05
Laptops        user:scott/06
Resources      user:scott/07

Favorite Commands

• history (!2054)
• gksudo nautilus /home
• gconf-editor (configuration)

List Files

ls -Ra  [-R recursive] [-a all] 
ls -ti  [-t sort by time] [-i inode] 
ls -nr  [-n UID & GID] [-r reverse order]
ls -1F   [-1 line by line] [-F */=@|]

File Attributes

ls -l 
d = directory
l = symbolic link
b or c = device block or char
n = named pipe
s = socket

ls –F 
@ = linked_file
* = executable_file 
/ = subdirectory
= socket
| = named pipe 

List Process Status

ps -l (bash)
ps -e [-e all processes] [-f full-listing] 

Directory Usage

du -h | less                 (-h human readable)
du -h /home/bob/Downloads/   (dir. in Download)
du -ha /home/bob/Downloads/  (files & dir. in Download)

du -ha /home/bob/Downloads/ | grep -i firefox   (find all instances of firefox and -i ignore case)

Search Locate Find

whereis [program]
which   [program]

sudo updatedb
locate /dir/dir | grep file
find -name filename ???

COPY MOVE

cp -vr Source ~/Destination  (-r pr -R recursively)	  	
mv -v  Source ~/Destination  (-r not necessary)
rm -rivf Desktop/ /home/dir [rmdir + content] [-i prompt] [-f force]

.TAR & .ZIP

gzip file (zips) gunzip file (unzips)

tar -cvf NameOfArchive.tar file1 + dir1 + file2 (pack) [-c create] [-f ???] tar -xvf NameOfArchive.tar (unpack) [-x extract]

tar -czvf NameOfArchive.tar.gz  file1 + dir1 + file2 (pack & zip) tar -xzvf NameOfArchive.tar.gz (unpack & unzip)

whoami

finger (who is logged in)
id (uid=1000(sjnSUSE) gid=100(users) groups=100(users)
date & cal

echo $PATH

A list of directories your shell searches through when you enter a command

/usr/local/sbin:
/usr/local/bin:
/usr/sbin:
/usr/bin:
/sbin:
/bin:
/usr/games

MAN Pages

man –k whoami (look-up commands)
info whoami
help whoami