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** After executed ''del Name_of_directory'' but the empty directory directory_name will be left.  
** After executed ''del Name_of_directory'' but the empty directory directory_name will be left.  
** Command delete is not available in Win XP
** Command delete is not available in Win XP
* {{kbd | key=<nowiki>rsync --delete-before -a -H -v --progress --stats /path/to/empty/folder/ /path/to/target_folder_will_be_deleted/</nowiki>}} ({{Linux}})<ref>[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f5a3dff0101e2tm.html Linux下使用rsync最快速删除海量文件的方法_果冻的剥壳_新浪博客]</ref> ''un-verified''


rename (move) files or directory
rename (move) files or directory

Revision as of 22:05, 29 December 2013

(1) alternative Linux commands to complete the same task, (2) The equivalent or similar commands between Windows and Linux system.

Owl icon.jpg help for command: Type command --help or man command (Linux Os linux.png )

text file manipulation

display the first lines of text file

  • head [options] filename (OS: Linux Os linux.png )
  • vi [options] filename (and press gg) (Linux Os linux.png )
  • vim [options] filename (and press gg) (Linux Os linux.png ); Open file and press gg for gVim (Win Os windows.png )

display the last few lines of text file

  • tail [options] filename (Linux Os linux.png )
  • vi [options] filename (and press G) (Linux Os linux.png )
  • vim [options] filename (and press G) (Linux Os linux.png ); Open file and press G for gVim (Win Os windows.png )
  • Tail for Win32 GUI interface (Win Os windows.png ) Icon_exclaim.gif not support Unicode file for v.4.2.6

Display the full text file

  • vi [options] filename (Linux Os linux.png )
  • cat filename (Linux Os linux.png )

Search text in a file

  • (1)vim [options] filename (2)press /keyword (Linux Os linux.png )
  • grep: grep -ir "string to search" /path/to/directory or grep keyword /path/to/file (Linux Os linux.png )
  • cat & grep: cat /path/to/file | grep keyword (Linux Os linux.png ) keyword is case sensitive

Search text in files

file operation

find a file

  • find (Linux Os linux.png ) ex: find / -iname filename Find the case-insensitive file name Under the path / (root folder) [1]
  • dir (Win Os windows.png ) ex: dir /s filename [2][3] Icon_exclaim.gif I have no idea to specify the file path to find the file.

copy old directory to new directory

  • cp -a old_dir new_dir/ (Linux Os linux.png )
  • copy /Y old_dir new_dir/ (Win Os windows.png )[4]
  • make new directory & copy all old files to new directory
    • mkdir new_dir
    • cp old_dir/* new_dir

download file from remote server

  • FTP
  • wget: wget http://path.to/file
  • SVN update: svn up http://remote.svn.server/path/ /local/path/ --username=your_account and key in your SVN password [5]
  • more on File transfer methods


delete files or directory

  • rm -rf /Name_of_directory (Linux Os linux.png )[6]
  • del Name_of_directory (Win Os windows.png )
    • After executed del Name_of_directory but the empty directory directory_name will be left.
    • Command delete is not available in Win XP
  • rsync --delete-before -a -H -v --progress --stats /path/to/empty/folder/ /path/to/target_folder_will_be_deleted/ (Linux Os linux.png )[7] un-verified

rename (move) files or directory

  • mv old_folder_name new_folder_name (Linux Os linux.png )[8]
  • mv /path/to/file /path/to/new_folder_name (Linux Os linux.png )
  • rename old_folder_name new_folder_name (Win Os windows.png )[9]

list directory or files / list directory contents

  • ls (Linux Os linux.png ) ex: ls -lh List detailed information of files [10] [11]
  • dir (Win Os windows.png ) ex: dir/s/b is equal to Linux Os linux.png find /path/to/files/ -print [12]

show the current directory

  • pwd(Linux Os linux.png )
  • echo %cd%(Win Os windows.png ) [13]

file compression

  • gzip -v big.file(Linux Os linux.png )
  • pv big.file | gzip > big.file.gz(Linux Os linux.png )[14]

network

show ip

  • ifconfig (Linux Os linux.png )[15][16]
  • ipconfig/all (Win Os windows.png )

ping Icon_exclaim.gif You may got no response if the server was disabled the ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) response.

  • ping domain_or_ip (Linux Os linux.png )
  • ping domain_or_ip -t (Win Os windows.png )

whois: search the information of domain (related: Domain Name Register)

apache operation

check apache servie is running or not

  • service --status-all | grep -i httpd (Linux Os linux.png [17][18])
  • netstat -npl | grep httpd for Linux Os linux.png [19]
  • netstat -an | find /i "listening" (Win Os windows.png ) find the local open ports & find local address TCP 0.0.0.0:80 is listening[20]
  • more on connection test...

Where is apache installed?[21]

  • cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local if the apache service is already launched

check which mpm (multi processing module) apache is running

  • httpd -l (Linux Os linux.png & Win Os windows.png ) ex: Linux Os linux.png /usr/local/httpd/bin/httpd -l or Win Os windows.png x:\apache\bin>httpd -l where x:\apache is the installation folder of apache [22]

mysql operation

import MySql sql dump file

Icon_exclaim.gif Notice: existing database will be overwritten

  • Good.gif Import the compressed *.sql file with gzip (especially for BIG sql file). It will show a progress bar and estimate time to complete the mysql command:
    1. (optional if the pv was not installed) yum install pv for RHEL / CentOS / SL / Fedora Linux[23]
    2. pv database.sql.gz | gunzip | mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME [24] and press Enter
    3. enter password and press Enter
  • Import *.sql file:
    1. (optional if the .sql file was compressed) unzip data.zip or gzip -d data.gz if the file was compressed by gzip
    2. mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME < data.sql [25] and press Enter
    3. enter password and press Enter
  • Import the *.sql file (especially for BIG sql file). It will show a progress bar and estimate time to complete the mysql command[26]:
    1. (optional if the pv was not installed) yum install pv for RHEL / CentOS / SL / Fedora Linux[27]
    2. pv data.sql | mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME [28] and press Enter
    3. enter password and press Enter
  • Import ZIP file to MySql directly:
    1. 7za x -so data.zip | mysql -u username -p -h localhost DATA-BASE-NAME [29][30] and press Enter
    2. enter password and press Enter

export MySql sql dump file

  • export the *.sql file
    1. mysqldump -h localhost -u username -p DATA-BASE-NAME > /path/to/database.sql
  • export the *.sql file (especially for BIG sql file). It will show a progress bar and estimate time to complete the mysqldump[31]:
    1. (optional if the pv was not installed) yum install pv for RHEL / CentOS / SL / Fedora Linux[32]
    2. (for InnoDB tables)mysqldump -h localhost -u username -p --single-transaction DATA-BASE-NAME | pv | gzip -c > database.sql.gz [33][34] and press Enter
    3. enter password and press Enter

system operation

show current time

  • date (Linux Os linux.png ) output: Thu Oct 25 15:05:10 CST 2012 [35]
  • date/t (Win Os windows.png )
output:
OS in English: Thu 05/03/2012
OS in Chinese: 2012/05/03 星期四

specify the location where Linux or MS-DOS looks when using a command

  • echo $PATH (Linux Os linux.png )[36]
  • echo %PATH% (Win Os windows.png )[37]

reboot the system/server

  • reboot (Linux Os linux.png )[38]
  • shutdown -r (Win Os windows.png )[39]

OS version

  • lsb_release -a (Linux Os linux.png )[40]
  • ver (Win Os windows.png )[41]

Search text of command output

  • linux command | grep string (Linux Os linux.png ) ex: keyin yum list installed | grep tar to search the installed package naming tar.[42]
  • Windows command | find "string" (Win Os windows.png ) ex: netstat -a | find "3306" (note: enclose string in double quotation marks)[43]

help for command

view the documentation for this command

  • command --help or man command (Linux Os linux.png )
  • command /? (Win Os windows.png )

emergency exit

  • ctrl+c or ctrl+break (Linux Os linux.png & Win Os windows.png )
  • Pause/Break (Linux Os linux.png ) ex: I pressed the key to leave from the warning message "Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal".

references

  1. ↑ Find command: how to ignore case? - Unix and Linux; Find the case-sensitive file name Under the path / (root folder) ex: find / -name filename ref:Tips For Linux - How to find files in Linux using 'find'
  2. ↑ How to find a file in MS-DOS.
  3. ↑ /S 顯示指定目錄及所有子目錄中的檔案。 (引用自 dir /? 命令說明)
  4. ↑ /Y 不顯示覆寫現存目的檔案的確認提示。 (引用自 copy /? 命令說明)
  5. ↑ using the www account su - www -c "svn up http://remote.svn.server/path/ /local/path/ --username=your_account --password=xxx"
  6. ↑ [OPTION]
    • -r remove directories and their contents recursively;
    • -f ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
    (above content cited from linux documentation: rm --help)
  7. ↑ Linux下使用rsync最快速删除海量文件的方法_果冻的剥壳_新浪博客
  8. ↑ Linux Rename Files, Folders or Directories
  9. ↑ MS-DOS ren and rename command help
  10. ↑ 鳥哥的 Linux 私房菜 -- Linux 的檔案權限與目錄配置
  11. ↑ [OPTION]
    • -l use a long listing format
    • -h, --human-readable; with -l, print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) Quoted from linux man ls
  12. ↑ linux - Making ls output like dir /b /s - Super User
  13. ↑ Windows equivilent to UNIX pwd - Stack Overflow
  14. ↑ A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Pipe Viewer - good coders code, great reuse
  15. ↑ 鳥哥的 Linux 私房菜 -- Linux 常用網路指令介紹
  16. ↑ bash: ifconfig: command not found 無法使用ifconfig指令？ 先加上 su -l指令
  17. ↑ Red Hat / CentOS: Check / List Running Services
  18. ↑ -i means ignore caseHow to use the grep command, by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
  19. ↑ Linux / UNIX Find Out What Program / Service is Listening on a Specific TCP Port
  20. ↑ Netstat
  21. ↑ Enabling and disabling services during start up in GNU/Linux | All about Linux
  22. ↑ Check which mpm (multi processing module) apache is running | Binary Tides
  23. ↑ Linux / Unix pv Command: Monitor Progress of Data Sent Via a Pipe
  24. ↑ pv + gzip + mysql — W. Andrew Loe III: Journal
  25. ↑ Import MySQL Dumpfile, SQL Datafile Into My Database
  26. ↑ mysql - How can I monitor the progress of an import of a large .sql file? - Database Administrators Stack Exchange
  27. ↑ Linux / Unix pv Command: Monitor Progress of Data Sent Via a Pipe
  28. ↑ Import MySQL Dumpfile, SQL Datafile Into My Database
  29. ↑ database - Importing zipped files in Mysql using command line - Stack Overflow
  30. ↑ Install 7Zip on CentOS 5.5
  31. ↑ mysql - How can I monitor the progress of an import of a large .sql file? - Database Administrators Stack Exchange
  32. ↑ Linux / Unix pv Command: Monitor Progress of Data Sent Via a Pipe
  33. ↑ pv + gzip + mysql — W. Andrew Loe III: Journal
  34. ↑ (if have permission to LOCK TABLES)mysqldump -h localhost -u username -p DATA-BASE-NAME | pv | gzip -c > database.sql.gz (if have no permission to LOCK TABLES)mysqldump -h localhost -u username -p --lock-tables=false DATA-BASE-NAME | pv | gzip -c > database.sql.gz via mysql - Run MySQLDump without Locking Tables - Stack Overflow
  35. ↑ 鳥哥的 Linux 私房菜 -- NTP 時間伺服器
  36. ↑ 鳥哥的 Linux 私房菜 -- 檔案與目錄管理 -- 關於執行檔路徑的變數： $PATH
  37. ↑ How to setup my system path
  38. ↑ reboot - Linux Command - Unix Command
  39. ↑ Windows原來也有內建好用的關機軟體(Shutdown.exe) | ㊣軟體玩家
  40. ↑ The Will Will Web | 如何查詢 Linux 的種類與版本 ( Linux Standard Base )
  41. ↑ Find windows OS version from command line
  42. ↑ Unix/Linux grep command examples | grep command in Unix and Linux | grep examples | alvinalexander.com
  43. ↑ Microsoft Windows XP - Find

further reading

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