Unix commands(f-n)

The unix commands from f-p: =========================== file filename1 : Determines and displays type of file for filename1 (text, data, executable, directory, symbolic link...etc...) find /usr/opt/bin -name "filename1*" -print : Starts searching in /usr/opt/bin for files starting with filename1, If found prints the full file names and continues searching subdirectories find . -type f -print | xargs grep -i [PATTERN] : Recursive grep for a pattern in a file (searches through files in subdirectories) find . ! -mtime - | /usr/bin/xargs rm -rf : Finds and removes files older than specified finger sam : Displays data about user session for sam ftp solar : Establishes a File Transfer Protocol session over the network between current host and a host named solar; See man pages for additional ftp commands grep jdoe /etc/passwd : Searches the file /etc/passwd searching for string "jdoe"; If found, displays grep -i Sam filename1: Search filename1 for upper or lower case string of Sam and display lines found groups sam : List groups that sam is a member of head filename1 : Display first few lines of filename1 head -50 filename1: Display first fifty lines of filename1 id : List current user id and any group ids kill -9 1351 : Terminate process number 1351 ksh: Start Korn Shell command interpreter; See man pages; Preferred shell for most users ln -s filename1 /usr/opt/filename2 : Create a symbolic link named /usr/opt/filename2 that points to filename1; See man pages lp -d lp1 filename1 : Print filename1 on destination printer lp1 lpstat -d : Displays name of default printer, if any lpstat -a : Lists printers accepting print requests lpstat -s : Displays most everything regarding printing lpstat -u sam : Displays status of sam's print jobs ls -al : Displays all files in wide listing ls -al *.doc : Displays files ending with .doc ls -al /bin/k*: Displays files starting with k in /bin directory mail sam : Starts mail message to sam mailx sam : Nicer looking mail utility mkdir -p /usr/opt/dirx: Creates dirx below /usr/opt make: Code compilation utility mkdir dirx: Creates directory dirx more filename1 : Displays single pages from filename1 pausing after each page.for many options see man pages mv filename1 /usr/opt/ : Moves filename1 to directory /usr/opt; Unlike the cp (copy) command, mv removes file from origin netstat -i: Show the TCP/IP network interfaces netstat -r: Show network route table netstat -rn: Displays routing information but bypasses hostname lookup netstat -a | more : Show the state of all sockets newgrp group1 : Changes current group to group 1 news : Displays unread files from /usr/news or /var/news nice/renice : Adjusts process’ execution priority