Shell Commands

Script command sessions

To log your terminal sessions used script command:

$script /tmp/terminal.log

CTRL+D to end script logging.

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vi

vi text editor

Tape Archival (tar)

Create tar

tar -cvf filename.tar filemane

Undo tar

tar -xvf filename.tar

List contents tar

tar -tvf filename.tar

gzip

Compress file

gzip -9 filename

Decompress file

gzip -d filename

ifconfig

To determine your IP address settings run:

ifconfig

Searching

To find path to a file run:

# find / -name "filename"

To find an expression within a file:

tips using grep

List open files

List Open Files

For example:

lsof -i tcp:80

Customize BASH prompt

Customize your bash prompt basics

Tips

Find version of OS

cat /etc/redhat-release

cat /etc/redhat-release

cat /etc/fedora-release

cat /etc/SuSE-release

Password protect with Apache

Password protect your pages with htaccess

Users and Groups

Users

Permissions

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