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[[mtr]] - (use instead of traceroute)
[[mtr]] - (use instead of traceroute)


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[[netstat]] - provides information about the network connection and activity


[[screen]] - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen
[[screen]] - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen

Revision as of 18:44, 20 January 2017

Linux Commands

Follow the below links for some useful Linux commands (with examples).

Please note that this is intended to merely be a quick reference. If you need complete and thorough documentation, see the links in the reference section.

awk - manipulate text

dhclient - manage DHCP

chmod - change permissions on files or directories.

chown - change file or directory owner.

crontab - configure scheduled tasks

dig - Domain Name System Information Groper (lookup DNS information)

exim - mail server (This wiki has some common exim commands)

find - Find files

grep - GNU Regular Expression Parser (find strings of text in files)

ip - manage IP addresses and such (replaces ifconfig... more or less)

mtr - (use instead of traceroute)

netstat - provides information about the network connection and activity

screen - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen

sed- parse and edit text

SSH - Securely connect to a remote computer.

tar - Create and manage tar archive files.

vim - Command line text editor.