Linux/Unix Configuration

After 6 months of development, presented release of a free media player Banshee 2.2, is used by default in Ubuntu Linux. The player is written in C #

sh or Bourne Shell – the original shell still used on UNIX systems and in UNIX related environments. This is the basic shell, a small program with few

Ctrl+A – Move cursor to the beginning of the command line. Ctrl+C – End a running program and return the prompt, see Chapter 4. Ctrl+D – Log out

Command dir to view the subdirectories and filesn under the directory Syntax dir

Command exit Allows you to exit from a program, shell or log you out of a Unix network. Syntax exit Description To end a current session as well

Command clear Clear the screen. Syntax clear Description Command clear it will clear the screen (shortcut ctl+l)

To format USB drive FAT format make shure that You looged as root and then type fdisk /dev/sda mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1

Command whatis Searches for whole words in the database whatis (see command apropos). Syntax whatis keyword Options no Description whatis command displays the result of search whole words

Command uname Displays system information, such as the type of machine and operating system. Syntax uname [options] Options -a displays all the information. -m displays the type of

Command man Print page operational manual (also called man-pages). Syntax man [options] [section] command Options -C conf_file indicates configuration file man (by default /etc/man.config). -p indicates listatel pager