Comments on: 20 Useful, Common Linux (Ubuntu) Commands for New Users

By: HowtoMatrix

HowtoMatrix — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:27:35 +0000

[...] 20 Useful, Common Linux (Ubuntu) Commands for New Users Posted by suvi under Linux, Tricks, Ubuntu New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database. 20 Useful, Common Linux (Ubuntu) Commands for New Users I recently was asked by a new Ubuntu user (also involved in web, graphic design, etc.), what some of the more common day to day commands I use are. Many of these commands can increase productivity, etc. by making things (for me at least), easier to do. My system desktop has a transparent terminal integrated into [...] Link to the original site [...]

By: Sephi

Sephi — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:15:20 +0000

10) A shorter way :
sudo cp /xxxxxx/sources.list{,.bak}

12) A shorter way :
sudo halt

17) An easier way which doesn’t require root privileges (don’t know if it works if the drive is busy) :
eject

By: HowtoMatrix

HowtoMatrix — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:35:28 +0000

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By: Jady L.

Jady L. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:23:30 +0000

ffmpeg -i input.flv -f mp3 -vn -acodec copy ouput.mp3sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=0 sudo swapoff -a

By: 20 comandos imprescindibles

20 comandos imprescindibles — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:43:32 +0000

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By: Steven

Steven — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:55:37 +0000

alias ll='ls -l'
#(might want to stick that in your ~/.bashrc file)

pwd
#to find out where you are

whoami
#useful if you’re on a server and switch users a lot

#and of course…..
man
#never again will you have to face RTFM ;)

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By: BigWhale

BigWhale — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:51:09 +0000

I’d add three more:

21) Finding (case insensitive) files or directories:

find /relative/path -iname "filename"

22) Checking which executable file you’re actually running:

which filename

23) Deleting all filenames (and only files, not directories) with the same name anywhere on your drives (careful with this one)

find /realtive/path -type f -name "filename" -exec rm {} \;

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