xorgconfig

xorgconfig Description - "generate an xorg.conf file" Explanation - xorgconfig asks the user a series of questions to help generate an xorg.conf file Example - xorgconfig would begin the questionaire needed to create the...

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vim

vim Description - "Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor" Explanation - vim is often the command-line based text editor of choice for programmers. According to the manual: "There are a lot of enhancements above Vi:...

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uname

uname Description - "print system information" Explanation - uname prints up various system information Example - uname would print the name of the currently running kernel; uname -a would print the following information: kernel...

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touch

touch Description - "change file timestamps" Explanation - touch updates a file's last modified and last open dates to the current date and time Example - touch /some/file would update the file "file" at location "/some/" with a...

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top

top Description - "display Linux tasks" Explanation - top is a text-based system monitor that displays information such as: overall CPU usage, overall memory usage, swap file usage, and CPU & memory usage of various running...

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tar

tar Description - "The GNU version of the tar archiving utility" Explanation - tar is usually used for unpacking tarballs (compressed file format, similar to zip files - tarballs end in the suffix of either .tar.bz2 .tar.gz or .tar) ...

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tail

tail Description - "output the last part of files" Explanation - tail is usually used to output the last few lines of a file. tail defaults to 10 lines if not specified Example - tail /some/file would output the last 10 lines of...

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su

su Description - "run a shell with substitute user and group IDs" Explanation - su is used to switch to another user, it's often used to gain root access Example - su would prompt the current user for the root user's password. If...

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sleep

sleep Description - "delay for a specified amount of time" Explanation - sleep causes the command line to wait for a given number of seconds Example - sleep 3 would cause the terminal to wait 3 seconds before continuing ...

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rmdir

rmdir Description - "remove empty directories" Explanation - rmdir only removes empty directories. To delete a directory and its contents, use the command rm Example - rmdir /some/directory would delete the directory "directory"...

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rm

rm Description - "remove files or directories" Explanation - rm, as the description states, removes files or directories Example - rm /some/file would delete the file "file" at location "/some/"; rm -rf /some/directory/ would...

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reboot

reboot Description - "reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del" Explanation - reboot is usually used simply to reboot the system Example - reboot would reboot your system Online Manual Additional Info - reboot can only...

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