| ls |
Displays
everything in the current directory |
| ls -a |
Displays all
files, including hidden, in the current directory |
| ls -l |
Displays all
files, along with the size and timestamp in the current directory |
| tar -zxpf <file.tar.gz> |
Uncompresses
tar.gz files |
| tar -xpf <file.tar.gz> |
Uncompresses .tar
files |
| gunzip
<file> |
Uncompresses .gz
files |
| cp
<file> |
Copies a file to
a new file |
| mv
<file> |
Moves a file to a
new file, or rename |
| mkdir
<dir> |
Creates a
directory |
| rmdir
<dir> |
Deletes a
directory |
| rm
<file> |
Deletes a file |
| rm -rf
<dir> |
Deletes a
directory |
| cd <dir> |
Moves to a
directory |
| cd .. |
Moves to a lower
directory |
| cd ~ |
Moves to your
home directory |
| cd - |
Moves to the
previous directory |
| pwd |
Displays the
current directory |
| pico
<file> |
Edits a file |
| ftp
<site> |
Connect to a FTP
server |
| lynx
<site> |
View a webpage |
| df |
Displays the hard
drive stats |
| quota |
Displays your
quota |
| uptime |
Displays the
uptime of the server |
| uname -a |
Displays the
operating system stats |
| whoami |
Displays your
info |
| who |
Displays others
connected to the server |
| last |
Displays the last
login |
| whereis
<file> |
Tells where a
file is located |
| BitchX |
IRC Client |
| mail |
Check your email |
| ps -x |
Displays
processes your running |
| ps -a |
Displays all
processes running |
| ps -ux |
Displays running
processes, along with CPU/Memory usage |
| kill <pid> |
Kills a process |
| kill -9 <pid> |
Kills an eggdrop
process |
| killall
<program> |
Kills all running
process of the same type |
| whatis
<command> |
Description of
commands |
| man
<command> |
Displays help on
the command |
