On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 11:53 am, KevinO wrote: > 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. > > > > 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. >
No - I think you misunderstand me. We already have links to places for people to learn bash. What I was thinking was a digest of troubleshooting commands, the kind that show you what you have connected on your system, what processes are running, and so on. It's not intended to be a substitute for learning the wider issues, but to help in the stress of a troubleshooting process. > > 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 > As a side-issue, I have to get close to the page and squint to read that page, Kevin. For those with less than perfect vision, dark blue text on black is not easy. > Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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