Archive for the 'Linux' Category

Basic Linux Commands List

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

man
Get help.

cd
Move to a different directory.

pwd
Print working directory.

find
Search directories for matching files.

whereis
Find files from files directories.

locate
Locate files from locate’s database - locatedb.

updatedb
Update locatedb database.

whatis
Get command summaries.

makewhatis
Build the whatis database (db of command summaries).

apropos
Search for whatis database to get the program you want.

ls
List files and directories.

dir
List directories.

tree
List graphic directory.

cat
List, create, and combine files.

more
Read files.

less
Read files (allows [...]

Writing a Shell Script that executes Locally OR Remotely

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

There are a lot of times when it is useful to have a single shell script run both upon the local host, and also upon remote hosts. Here we’ll show a simple trick which allows you to accomplish this easily.
To execute shell scripts remotely the most obvious approach is to copy it there, with scp, [...]

Installing Vmware Server on Debian Etch 4.0

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

To install VMware server on Debian Etch (4.0) you first need to have Etch installed on you host PC, you can achieve this by using the netinst CD available at: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Once you have it installed you can proceed with this How To install VMware server on Debian Etch
1.- First install some software needed (as [...]

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