A list of commands and their syntax, some of which for some reason, seem to escape me only when I need it. tar -cvf (create a tar archive from a directory) tar -cvf – * | ssh root@ ‘cd /home;tar xvf -’ (creates a tar archive of current directory and sends it via ssh...

Extract data from a file that contains a list of information. Lets say I have a logfile /tmp/logfile that contains hostnames in the following format (See below). All I want is the hostname, nothing else. Typing grep and the hostname will return the entire line that...

Environment client1 – your local machine that you want to view the server’s full gnome X session on. server1 – the server that will send its X display through the ssh tunnel, to display on client1. Syntax Type the following from client side. Xephyr -ac -screen...

Updated as of: 03/2012 This is based on my experience, I’m sure there are probably other ways to accomplish this though. Let me know if there are any questions out there. This guide covers the installation of both the HVR1600 Model 1178 and Model 1199, make sure you...

Basic Commands Solaris | Windows ls -l | dir (displays a listing of the contents of the current working directory) vi | edit (runs an editor to modify the contents of a file) rm | del (removes/deletes a file or files) cp -r | xcopy (copys a file or directory to a...

SOLARIS/LINUX cat piece1 piece2 piece3 > entirefile WINDOWS copy /b piece1 + piece2 + piece3 entirefile

If you find an application that you want, but can’t find a binary for it… you’re probably left only with the source code as an option. I have listed and briefly described the three main commands to properly configure and compile source code. First unpack (gunzip,...

Code: #!/usr/bin/perl print “Enter the letter of the magnitude of data you need to backup (T(era),G(ig),M(eg),K(ilo)).\n”; chomp($mag1 = ); #takes the user input and assigns it to $mag1. print “Enter the amount of the data you need to backup (1-999).\n”;...

Purpose: To check if multiple rpm packages are installed on a linux OS. Code: #!/bin/sh while read i #read from input and assign the variable “i” to each line read. do echo “Looking for $i” #print the contents of the variable “i”. rpm -qa | grep $i #search the rpm...

Here is a walkthrough on how to utilize ssh public and private keys to transfer files via ssh and rsync on Linux. This will be accomplished without a password and on a scheduled basis using cron. =======Environment======= Computer1 (192.168.0.1) – machine running...