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Unix Quick Commands

File Manipulation
Action Command Example
list file contents cat cat myfile
append to a file cat cat myfile >>newfile
combine two files cat cat myfile1 myfile2 > newfile
create a file cat cat >newfile
copy a file cp cp myfile newfile
create a file touch touch newfile
move a file mv mv myfile /usr/home/myfile
remove a file rm rm myfile

Directory Navigation & Manipulation
Action Command Example
change directory cd cd $ORACLE_HOME
change directory -up 1 level cd cd ..
change directory -home cd cd
create directory mkdir mkdir mydir
remove directory rmdir rmdir mydir
current path pwd pwd
directory listing ls ls
directory listing -long ls ls -l
directory listing -all/long ls ls -al
direcoty listing -all/last created ls ls-lrt
Kilobytes used in directory du du -k mydir

Miscellaneous
Action Command Example
change password passwd passwd
list processes -owner ps ps
list processes -everyone ps ps -e
list processes -username ps ps -fu username
show process for sid ps ps -ef|grep <sid>
show smon processes ps ps -ef|grep smon
change access privileges chmod chmod XXX
read/write -owner,group chmod chmod 660 myfile
read/write/execute- owner,group chmod chmod 770 myfile
read -owner,group,world chmod chmod 444 myfile
execute -owner,group chmod chmod 110 myfile
change ownership chown see access modes
default security for new files umask umask 023
change group newgrp newgrp dba
who else is logged on who who
who owns this session who who am i
what is my session and group id id
quick top and uptime w w

Change Access Modes
The postion of X effects:

X00 - owner privileges | 0X0 - group privileges | 00X -world or other privileges

The value of X can be:

0 -no privileges
1 -execute
2 -write
3 -write execute
4 -read
5 -read/execute
6 -read/write
7 -read/write/execute

Using the above numeric file modes you can set access using chmod.

chmod XXX myfile or chmod XXX /usr/home/mydirectory

 

 

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