Basic_Tools_and_General_Examples.txt

Content-Type: text/x-zim-wiki
Wiki-Format: zim 0.4
Creation-Date: 2016-10-22T15:25:38+02:00

====== Basic Tools and General Examples ======
Created lørdag 22 Oktober 2016

== locate ==
**# Search the filesystem with **//locate//
$ pacman -S mlocate

**# locate depends on a database to perform its searches. **
**# Create this database **
$ //updatedb//

**# The database is updated daily, but you can at any time update it manually with above command.**
**# Now you can use** //locate filename/folder //**to find files and folders on the system.**

== htop ==
**#** **For a more detailed top command (process viewer)**
$ pacman -S htop

**# Invoke with **
$ htop

== Create a bootable USB with dd ==
$ dd bs=4M if=/path/to/image of=/dev/sdX && sync

== Symlinks ==
**# Use absolute paths! Etc **///home/<user>/folder/file//
$ ln -s //<file/folder> <target_location>//

**# To remove a symlink**
$ unlink //<file/folder>//

== Tail ==
**# To see the last 10 lines of a file**
$ tail //<FILE_NAME>//

**# You can also follow/ track new content (logs etc) **
$ tail -f //<FILE_NAME>//

== Network ==
**# Download file**
$ wget //<URL/FILE>//

**# Recursive download files**
$ wget -r //<URL/FILE>//