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Linux Command Examples

62 points by ced83fra 13y ago

yaph 13y ago
http://www.commandlinefu.com/ http://www.commandlinefu.com/ is a good place to look for examples.
- paaaaaaaaaa 13y ago
  That site hurts my eyes.
  - alan_cx 13y ago
    Blimey, you're not kidding. Just for your own amusement..... I followed the link so that I could come back and say how wrong you were. My head ache is your payoff!!!!!! :)
  - bizarref00l 13y ago
    I guess the site is themed resembling Hercules graphics terminal, or some like that.
    - Nux 13y ago
      Yep, green on black, classical nix terminal. :) Even Matrix uses this colour scheme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U
    - ajross 13y ago
      Pointless minutiae: Hercules was a video card, not a terminal. The color for monochrome is defined by the monitor, of course. Green phosphor CRTs were quite common in the IBM PC world (starting with IBM's original 5151 monitor I think), but for terminals actually used on Unix machines other colors were more typical. The VT-100 series were blue, I believe; and later DEC terminals went with amber. White was reasonably common. I don't think I ever used a real terminal on a Unix box with a green phosphor.
      - bizarref00l 13y ago
        My mistake, i was remembering old pc 8086 with hercules card and green monitor. Also that look resembled the ibm3151 green terminals, but i liked more the yellowish ones.
    - xplorer 13y ago
      Good old times piloting a cp500. I remember the chicken game crossing the street! That was epic!
dancecodes 13y ago
Simple and informative. Good place with my bookmarked comm...fu Thanks.
cellover 13y ago
Searched for nmap, got this sweet exception: CException Property "SiteController.bodyClass" is not defined. Maybe later then!
- toki5 13y ago
  If it helps, I searched for nmap, a bunch of completely unrelated results showed up, which didn't include nmap ;)
- ced83fra 13y ago
  Thanks for pointing out this exception. Exception shouldn't be outputted... As for nmap, it is missing from the database, and will be added. If you spot any other missing command later, feel free to use the 'give feedback' button.
  - cellover 13y ago
    Just added a 'ps' entry on your website. Having examples for using nmap can be really hand to get an idea of what you do with it, and there's a lot you can do. I like the idea of this site anyway, good luck in your further developments!
iamjames 13y ago
This is excellent. Just what I was looking for as a Linux novice.
toki5 13y ago
It would help a LOT if these were organized by something other than alphabet, or if these had some kind of five-word snippet describing what each command does. This is one of the few instances where alphabetizing doesn't do us any good -- if we knew what our command started with, we could just search for it.
- walshemj 13y ago
  Well I find the unix in a nutshell book to be an invaluable desktop reference if I have senior moment and need to look something up. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596100292.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596100292.do And its probaly easier to use
- dredmorbius 13y ago
  UNIX Power Tools by O'Reilly & Associates remains one of the best collections of these tips and tricks I've found. It's now nearly 20 years old, and the most recent (3rd) edition was published in 2002, and very likely could use some very serious updating, though it still remains useful. But in terms of books that really bumped up my game for understanding Unix (then dominant) and Linux, this book was key.
WestCoastJustin 13y ago
For anyone looking, there have been several great HN threads about UNIX commands, here are just a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393 I have also created a couple screencasts about the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-filesystem-hierarchy-standard http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-fil... and a "Crash Course on Common Commands" @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-commands http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-...
neumino 13y ago
Looks cool. Is there a github repo somewhere where we can send pull requests? It's missing stuff like systemctl.
- ced83fra 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to suggest other commands missing by using the 'give feeback' link on the page any time you find one. Missing commands pointed out will be added.
denibertovic 13y ago
Is it just me or does this seem like man pages but on the web? I applaud the effort but still, seems like it would make more sense spend this time and teach ppl how to use the man command.

62 points by ced83fra 13y ago

yaph 13y ago

http://www.commandlinefu.com/ http://www.commandlinefu.com/ is a good place to look for examples.

paaaaaaaaaa 13y ago
That site hurts my eyes.
- alan_cx 13y ago
  Blimey, you're not kidding. Just for your own amusement..... I followed the link so that I could come back and say how wrong you were. My head ache is your payoff!!!!!! :)
- bizarref00l 13y ago
  I guess the site is themed resembling Hercules graphics terminal, or some like that.
  - Nux 13y ago
    Yep, green on black, classical nix terminal. :) Even Matrix uses this colour scheme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxTAn4g20U
  - ajross 13y ago
    Pointless minutiae: Hercules was a video card, not a terminal. The color for monochrome is defined by the monitor, of course. Green phosphor CRTs were quite common in the IBM PC world (starting with IBM's original 5151 monitor I think), but for terminals actually used on Unix machines other colors were more typical. The VT-100 series were blue, I believe; and later DEC terminals went with amber. White was reasonably common. I don't think I ever used a real terminal on a Unix box with a green phosphor.
    - bizarref00l 13y ago
      My mistake, i was remembering old pc 8086 with hercules card and green monitor. Also that look resembled the ibm3151 green terminals, but i liked more the yellowish ones.
  - xplorer 13y ago
    Good old times piloting a cp500. I remember the chicken game crossing the street! That was epic!

dancecodes 13y ago

Simple and informative. Good place with my bookmarked comm...fu Thanks.

cellover 13y ago

Searched for nmap, got this sweet exception: CException Property "SiteController.bodyClass" is not defined. Maybe later then!

toki5 13y ago
If it helps, I searched for nmap, a bunch of completely unrelated results showed up, which didn't include nmap ;)
ced83fra 13y ago
Thanks for pointing out this exception. Exception shouldn't be outputted... As for nmap, it is missing from the database, and will be added. If you spot any other missing command later, feel free to use the 'give feedback' button.
- cellover 13y ago
  Just added a 'ps' entry on your website. Having examples for using nmap can be really hand to get an idea of what you do with it, and there's a lot you can do. I like the idea of this site anyway, good luck in your further developments!

iamjames 13y ago

This is excellent. Just what I was looking for as a Linux novice.

toki5 13y ago

It would help a LOT if these were organized by something other than alphabet, or if these had some kind of five-word snippet describing what each command does. This is one of the few instances where alphabetizing doesn't do us any good -- if we knew what our command started with, we could just search for it.

walshemj 13y ago
Well I find the unix in a nutshell book to be an invaluable desktop reference if I have senior moment and need to look something up. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596100292.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596100292.do And its probaly easier to use
dredmorbius 13y ago
UNIX Power Tools by O'Reilly & Associates remains one of the best collections of these tips and tricks I've found. It's now nearly 20 years old, and the most recent (3rd) edition was published in 2002, and very likely could use some very serious updating, though it still remains useful. But in terms of books that really bumped up my game for understanding Unix (then dominant) and Linux, this book was key.

WestCoastJustin 13y ago

For anyone looking, there have been several great HN threads about UNIX commands, here are just a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393 I have also created a couple screencasts about the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-filesystem-hierarchy-standard http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-fil... and a "Crash Course on Common Commands" @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-commands http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-...

neumino 13y ago

Looks cool. Is there a github repo somewhere where we can send pull requests? It's missing stuff like systemctl.

ced83fra 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to suggest other commands missing by using the 'give feeback' link on the page any time you find one. Missing commands pointed out will be added.

denibertovic 13y ago

Is it just me or does this seem like man pages but on the web? I applaud the effort but still, seems like it would make more sense spend this time and teach ppl how to use the man command.