Linux Administration in 10 Minutes
- 1. LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION In 10 Minutes Monday, December 3, 12
- 2. DIRECTORIES •/ “root” directory • /usr directory of usr (sub directory of “/” root) • /usr/STRIM100 STRIM100 is a subdirectory of /usr Monday, December 3, 12
- 3. MOVING AROUND • pwd Show the “present working directory” • cd Change directory • cd /usr/STRIM100 • cd .. Move to the parent directory of the current directory Monday, December 3, 12
- 4. LISTING FILES • ls List a directory • ls -l List a directory in a long format • ls /usr List the /usr directory Monday, December 3, 12
- 5. CHANGING FILE PERMISSIONS • chmod 755 FILE Changes the file to be rw for the user and ro for group/world • chgrp user FILE Make the FILE belong to the group “user” • chown cliff FILE Makes cliff the owner of FILE • chown -R cliff DIR Makes cliff the owner of DIR and everything inside of it Monday, December 3, 12
- 6. MOVING, RENAMING, COPYING • cp file1 file2 • rm file1 Copy file1 to file2 Remove or delete file1 • mv file1 newname • rm -r dir1 Move or rename a file Recursively delete a directory and it’s contents • mv file1 ~/AAA/ Move file1 to AAA directory • mkdirdir1 Create a directory Monday, December 3, 12
- 7. VIEWING AND EDITING FILES • catfile • vifile Dump a file to the screen Edit file with vi. Also try “nano” • more file Dump a file to the screen • head file line by line Show the first few lines of a file. • less file Like more but with paging • tail file Show the last few lines Monday, December 3, 12
- 8. INTERACTIVE HISTORY • You can use the Up arrow key to access previous commands, edit and re-execute them. Monday, December 3, 12
- 9. FILENAME COMPLETION • You can use TAB to complete a partially typed command or filename • TAB twice will show you all of your available options Monday, December 3, 12
- 10. REDIRECTION • grep string filename > newfile Redirects the output of the “grep” command into a new file called “newfile” • grep string filename >> newfile Appends the output of the “grep” command to the end of “newfile” • mysql database < dump.sql Sends the commands from the SQL file into MySQL Monday, December 3, 12
- 11. PIPES • The pipe symbol “|” is used to direct the output of one command into the input of another • ls -l | more ls is now viewable line by line • du -sc * | sort -n | tail Shows the largest files in the current directory Monday, December 3, 12
- 12. SEARCHING FILES • grep STRING FILENAME prints all the lines of a file that contain string. Wildcards can be used, along with the -r flag Monday, December 3, 12
- 13. SEARCHING FOR FILES • find search_path -name filename • find . -name aaa.txt • find / -name vimrc Monday, December 3, 12
- 14. LOOKING FOR HELP • man Short for “Manual” • man ls • man grep Monday, December 3, 12
- 15. PACKAGE MANAGEMENT • yum update Query all of the configured software sources for updates • yum install PACKAGENAME • yum search PACKAGE Monday, December 3, 12
- 16. VIRTUAL BOX • virtualbox.org Free virtual machine host, run other operating systems inside a window on your own machine. • CentOS - centos.org Worf runs CentOS 5. Free download and runs great in Virtualbox Monday, December 3, 12