Unix Scrips 2010

An A-Z Index of the Linux BASH command line alias awk break builtin cal case cat cd chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum clear cmp comm Create an alias Find and Replace text within file(s) Exit from a loop Run a shell builtin Display a calendar Conditionally perform a command Display the contents of a file Change Directory Change group ownership Change access permissions Change file owner and group Run a command with a different root directory Print CRC checksum and byte counts Clear terminal screen Compare two files Compare two sorted files line by line

command Run a command - ignoring shell functions continue cp cron crontab csplit cut date dc dd declare df Resume the next iteration of a loop Copy one or more files to another location Daemon to execute scheduled commands Schedule a command to run at a later time Split a file into context-determined pieces Divide a file into several parts Display or change the date & time Desk Calculator Data Dump - Convert and copy a file Declare variables and give them attributes Display free disk space
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Unix Scrips 2010 diff diff3 dir dircolors dirname dirs du echo ed egrep eject enable env eval exec exit expand export expr factor false fdformat fdisk fgrep find fmt fold for format free fsck Display the differences between two files Show differences among three files Briefly list directory contents Colour setup for `ls' Convert a full pathname to just a path Display list of remembered directories Estimate file space usage Display message on screen A line-oriented text editor (edlin) Search file(s) for lines that match an extended expression Eject CD-ROM Enable and disable builtin shell commands Display, set, or remove environment variables Evaluate several commands/arguments Execute a command Exit the shell Convert tabs to spaces Set an environment variable Evaluate expressions Print prime factors Do nothing, unsuccessfully Low-level format a floppy disk Partition table manipulator for Linux Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string Search for files that meet a desired criteria Reformat paragraph text Wrap text to fit a specified width. Expand words, and execute commands Format disks or tapes Display memory usage Filesystem consistency check and repair.
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gawk getopts grep groups gzip hash head history

Find and Replace text within file(s) Parse positional parameters Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern Print group names a user is in Compress or decompress named file(s) Remember the full pathname of a name argument Output the first part of file(s) Command History

hostname Print or set system name id if import info install join kill less let ln local locate logname logout lpc lpr lprint lprintd lprintq lprm ls Print user and group id's Conditionally perform a command Capture an X server screen and save the image to file Help info Copy files and set attributes Join lines on a common field Stop a process from running Display output one screen at a time Perform arithmetic on shell variables Make links between files Create variables Find files Print current login name Exit a login shell Line printer control program Off line print Print a file Abort a print job List the print queue Remove jobs from the print queue List information about file(s)
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m4 man mkdir mkfifo mknod more mount mtools mv nice nl nohup passwd paste pathchk popd pr printcap printenv printf ps pushd pwd quota

Macro processor Help manual Create new folder(s) Make FIFOs (named pipes) Make block or character special files Display output one screen at a time Mount a file system Manipulate MS-DOS files Move or rename files or directories Set the priority of a command or job Number lines and write files Run a command immune to hangups Modify a user password Merge lines of files Check file name portability Restore the previous value of the current directory Convert text files for printing Printer capability database Print environment variables Format and print data Process status Save and then change the current directory Print Working Directory Display disk usage and limits

quotacheck Scan a file system for disk usage quotactl ram rcp read readonly Set disk quotas ram disk device Copy files between two machines. read a line from standard input Mark variables/functions as readonly
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remsync return rm rmdir rpm rsync screen sdiff sed select seq set shift shopt

Synchronize remote files via email Exit a shell function Remove files Remove folder(s) Remote Package Manager Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees) Terminal window manager Merge two files interactively Stream Editor Accept keyboard input Print numeric sequences Manipulate shell variables and functions Shift positional parameters Shell Options

shutdown Shutdown or restart linux sleep sort source split su sum symlink sync tac tail tar tee test time times Delay for a specified time Sort text files Run commands from a file `.' Split a file into fixed-size pieces Substitute user identity Print a checksum for a file Make a new name for a file Synchronize data on disk with memory Concatenate and write files in reverse Output the last part of files Tape ARchiver Redirect output to multiple files Evaluate a conditional expression Measure Program Resource Use User and system times
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touch top

Change file timestamps List processes running on the system

traceroute Trace Route to Host trap tr true tsort tty type ulimit umask umount unalias uname Run a command when a signal is set(bourne) Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters Do nothing, successfully Topological sort Print filename of terminal on stdin Describe a command Limit user resources Users file creation mask Unmount a device Remove an alias Print system information

unexpand Convert spaces to tabs uniq units unset unshar until useradd usermod users Uniquify files Convert units from one scale to another Remove variable or function names Unpack shell archive scripts Execute commands (until error) Create new user account Modify user account List users currently logged in

uuencode Encode a binary file uudecode Decode a file created by uuencode v vdir watch wc whereis Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b') Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b') Execute/display a program periodically Print byte, word, and line counts Report all known instances of a command
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which while who whoami xargs yes

Locate a program file in the user's path. Execute commands Print all usernames currently logged in Print the current user id and name (`id -un') Execute utility, passing constructed argument list(s) Print a string until interrupted

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