Favorite Linux Commands

brianlittlejohn

@johnhooks said:

@Lakshmana said:

My favourite linux command is "ls"
"cd"

I use those quite a bit also.

I use them all the time, doesn't mean I like them. At least ls is shorter than dir.

I always end up typing dir on my linux machines and ls on my windows machines.... it just frustrates me...

Nic

Back in the day, one of my faves was "rn"

RamblingBiped

@brianlittlejohn Switch to powershell and always use "ls"

travisdh1

This thread deserves more attention than it gets. I was getting annoyed with dd and no status display today (lots of Raspberry Pis to image.) This time I know the exact size of the sd cards being imaged tho, so pv is very helpful.

dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4k

[root@localhost comtech]# dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0
^[34MiB 0:01:37 [ 249KiB/s] [==>                                                                        ]  2% ETA 1:17:2

dafyre

@travisdh1 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

This thread deserves more attention than it gets. I was getting annoyed with dd and no status display today (lots of Raspberry Pis to image.) This time I know the exact size of the sd cards being imaged tho, so pv is very helpful.

dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4k
[root@localhost comtech]# dd if=/home/comtech/rpi.img | pv -s 16g | dd of=/dev/mmcblk0
^[34MiB 0:01:37 [ 249KiB/s] [==>                                                                        ]  2% ETA 1:17:2

This isn't installed by default on some systems, but i easy & quick to add.

dbeato

Mine has been grep and cat.

black3dynamite

When I want to use virt-manager from my Mac.

ssh -Y username@ip-address
virt-manager &

stacksofplates

I use ^ quite frequently any more.

EddieJennings

free -h

black3dynamite

@eddiejennings said in Favorite Linux Commands:

free -h

I tend to use free -hm

black3dynamite

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /home/user/Documents/hello-MangoLassi.txt
Hello MangoLassi!
EOF

wirestyle22

history as of late $:\$ lol

travisdh1

@wirestyle22 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

history as of late $:\$ lol

ctrl + r Searches typed query in command history.

JaredBusch

@travisdh1 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@wirestyle22 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

history as of late $:\$ lol

ctrl + r Searches typed query in command history.

Pretty much this. Use it all the time.

stacksofplates

@jaredbusch said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@travisdh1 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@wirestyle22 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

history as of late $:\$ lol

ctrl + r Searches typed query in command history.

Pretty much this. Use it all the time.

I've been using ZSH and I have it automatically do that.

stacksofplates

@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@jaredbusch said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@travisdh1 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

@wirestyle22 said in Favorite Linux Commands:

history as of late $:\$ lol

ctrl + r Searches typed query in command history.

Pretty much this. Use it all the time.

I've been using ZSH and I have it automatically do that.

So as I type it dynamically auto suggests things. Then just hit ctrl+e to auto complete.

hobbit666

Die die die

Sorry that's what I shout when something doesn't work as I'm a newbie lol

black3dynamite

Finding a file or folder without seeing any permission denied texts.
find / -name "filetofind" 2>/dev/null