Monthly Archives: November 2009

System resources (over) utilization

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ps

Options -e show all proccesses -f full description -F extra full -u user list only processes belonging to user –forest lists processes as a tree structure -T show the threads with SPID -L show the threads with LWP/NLWP columns -C … Continue reading

Processes commands

yum

Repositories The DAG repository ATrpms repository RPMforge repository FreshRPMS repository Dries repository Relevant paths /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.repos.d Installs a package yum install package Checks for updates yum chech-update [pack] Updates a package yum update package Information yum info package Listing packages … Continue reading

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rpm

Installs the pack verbosely and printing 50 hash marks rpm -ivh pack Forces a pack install even if the dependencies are not met –force Searches all the installed packages rpm -qa Searches to what package a file belongs rpm -f … Continue reading

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exim commands

Show the mail queue exim -bp Process the mail queue (non force) exim -q Process the mail queue forcing delivery except for the frozen messages exim -qf Process the mail queue forcing even the frozen messages into delivery exim -qff … Continue reading

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diff

Lists differences between 2 files -i case insensitive -y list on columns -w ignores whites (spaces) -B ignores spaces -c full compare

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du

Lists the disk utilisation. -k displays in KB -s sumarises -h human readable

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file

Lists the file type file file_in_question Lists the file type without changing the atime file -p file_in_question

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stat

Lists size, owner, group, device, inode, file type, file perms, atime, ctime, mtime about file stat file

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wc

Counts the lines from a file wc -l file Counts the words from a file wc -w file Counts the chars from a file wc -m file

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