On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 06:53, KevinO wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding > > informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat > > /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of us with aging > > grey cells, and maybe others as well, would be glad of a list of > > these really useful commands. it would like this if you want to see all the commands available to a user login a text console and, "hit tab".
> > > > Could someone either put a list on the TWiki site, or post a list here > > that I could add? Thanks > > > > Anne > > > Where would you start? The command line is where it's at. It is where > everything is. > > There have been whole books written about the proc filesystem, learning Bash, > books on common filters like sed, grep, awk etc.. > > There is so much that you can do, where would you start. > > I have used single command lines to download and parse an XML file, and > generate a w3c compliant XHTML file and stick it on a webserver. On one line, > without any external temp file storage or data files. (It is a long line, > output is here) http://www.kevino.org/slashdot.html > > > You find things out by looking at how the system is running, by looking at the > parts of the operating system. > > Just listing where things(files) are kept would be daunting. > > Open a terminal window, or go to a virtual console, and at the prompt type a > <tab> key: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:50am-Intel_2011>> > Display all 3401 possibilities? (y or n) > > That's 3400 commands, not combinations of commands, or options, etc.. > > - -- > KevinO > > "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" > - -- Lily Tomlin > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/XbEfWOfRC7Rnmv8RAu00AKCEvRny0nTu3WMCs+gmv1wRJWhJowCfTDzN > UGXsVa2iSt76CmpGb1m7hH0= > =86CV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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