The One Page Linux Manual

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THE ONEPAGE LINUX MANUAL. A summary of useful Linux commands. Version 3.0. May 1999. squadron@powerup.com.au. Starting & Stopping. shutdown …

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THE ONE PAGE LINUX MANUAL
A summary of useful Linux commands
Version 3.0 May 1999 squadron@powerup.com.au
Starting & Stopping
shutdown -h now Shutdown the system now and do not
reboot
halt Stop all processes - same as above
shutdown -r 5 Shutdown the system in 5 minutes and
reboot
shutdown -r now Shutdown the system now and reboot
reboot Stop all processes and then reboot - same
as above
startx Start the X system
Accessing & mounting file systems
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom
/mnt/cdrom
Mount the device cdrom
and call it cdrom under the
/mnt directory
mount -t msdos /dev/hdd
/mnt/ddrive
Mount hard disk “d” as a
msdos file system and call
it ddrive under the /mnt
directory
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1
/mnt/cdrive
Mount hard disk “a” as a
VFAT file system and call it
cdrive under the /mnt
directory
umount /mnt/cdrom Unmount the cdrom
Finding files and text within files
find / -name fname Starting with the root directory, look
for the file called fname
find / -name “*…