Welcome to the first special weekend edition of Tool of the day (totd).
This special is about the most needed tools for any unix user, novice or expert alike.
At the end of my first totd I pointed you to the man or manual page for ls.
The 'on-line reference manuals' or man pages as they are commonly refered to are available for most, if not all, common *nix tools.
The most common way to use these is to just type man command.
A better way is to use man section command in this way you are sure to get the correct page.
Sections:
There are a lot of options to man, see: man man but you'll proppably never need to use them..
One of the options you might need to use is the -a or --all option will show all pages matching your query, not just the first.
This special is about the most needed tools for any unix user, novice or expert alike.
At the end of my first totd I pointed you to the man or manual page for ls.
The 'on-line reference manuals' or man pages as they are commonly refered to are available for most, if not all, common *nix tools.
The most common way to use these is to just type man command.
A better way is to use man section command in this way you are sure to get the correct page.
Sections:
1 Executable programs or shell commands
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel)
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries)
4 Special files (usually found in /dev)
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
6 Games
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions), e.g. man(7), groff(7)
8 System administration commands (usually only for root)
9 Kernel routines [Non standard]
There are a lot of options to man, see: man man but you'll proppably never need to use them..
One of the options you might need to use is the -a or --all option will show all pages matching your query, not just the first.
2006 01 19: mv - Move (rename) files
After yesterdays feature rich tool, today an easy one..
You might know the standard syntax.
You might know the standard syntax.
~$ mv source destination
But there are some more tricks mv can do..
2006 01 18: ls - List directory contents
The first in this series, tool of the day..
This is perhaps the most important and common command there is on any unix system..
It might be coloured, it might be plain..
That all depends on your ls version and some enviroment variables we'll get into later..
The most common uses is ls (options) file(or folder).
Don't forget that you can use wildcards (*) with ls like most commands.
This is perhaps the most important and common command there is on any unix system..
~$ ls
Well that just shows us a list of files and folders in your current working dir.It might be coloured, it might be plain..
That all depends on your ls version and some enviroment variables we'll get into later..
~$ ls --version
ls (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ls (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The most common uses is ls (options) file(or folder).
Don't forget that you can use wildcards (*) with ls like most commands.
2006 01 17: Tool or command of the day
A new category here at int main ( void ) tool of the day..
I'll start out tomorrow.
Am allready makeing a queue for the comming days..
I'll try to place an item here every day with some info on a command or tool..
There are so many GNU tools that I think I can do this for years to come..
I'll start with the GNU coreutils and slowly make my way thrue to more obscure commands and tools..
If you have suggestions for tools or commands to cover or perhaps have a story for this part of the site, feel free to use the comment feature..
I'll start out tomorrow.
Am allready makeing a queue for the comming days..
I'll try to place an item here every day with some info on a command or tool..
There are so many GNU tools that I think I can do this for years to come..
I'll start with the GNU coreutils and slowly make my way thrue to more obscure commands and tools..
If you have suggestions for tools or commands to cover or perhaps have a story for this part of the site, feel free to use the comment feature..