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What do the following keystrokes do when used in the terminal emulator?

Ctrl+Alt+(F2, F3, F4, etc)

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Opens TTY2, TTY3, TTY4, etc.

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Prints the user name associated with the current effective user ID. It is equivalent to the command ‘id -un’.

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whoami

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Prints the name of the current working directory.

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pwd

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Prints information about the machine and operating system it is run on.

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uname

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Print all of the information available about the system, except omit the processor type and the hardware platform name if they are unknown.

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uname -a

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Prints the kernel release

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uname -r

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Prints the kernel version

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uname -v

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Print the saved bash history file to screen (usually saved at logout unless done manually)

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cat .bash_history (when executed from user’s home folder)

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Lists all files (including hidden ones) in the directory specified.

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ls -a

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Lists files in the specified directory and adds the following classification indicators:
/=directory
*=executable file
@=symbolic link

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ls -F

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Produces a long listing of file information

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ls -l

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Displays all the lines of a text file. Also used to concatenate files together.

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cat

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What does the following command do?
cat -n 10 [filename]

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Displays the first 10 lines of text from [filename]

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Similar to cat command, but shows the last (10 lines by default) of a specified file

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tail

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What does the following command do?
tail -f [filename]

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Displays text lines as they are added to a file

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By default, displays the following counts of a text file:
1- lines
2- words
3- bytes

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wc

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By default, shows only unique lines of a text file; not duplicates:

Lines are considered duplicate, if:

  1. They have the exact same content
  2. Are on two lines, one after the other, in the file

The following options can be used with this command:

  • Display a count number of times duplicate line occurs (-c)
  • Print only duplicate lines, and show only one occurrence (-d)
  • Print only duplicate lines, but show all occurrences (-D)
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uniq

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  • By default, provides a line number for each file text line
  • Lines numbers are not added to file; only displayed
  • By default, blank lines are not numbered
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nl

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  • By default, sorts a designated text file alphanumerically
  • Use the -n option to sort a text file numerically
  • Does not modify the original file
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sort

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  • Displays designated files’ data in a side-by-side column format
  • Output may be sloppy in appearance
  • Does not modify the original files
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paste

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  • Splits up a text file
  • Does not modify original file; creates new files with data
  • By default, new file names are xaa, xab, xac, and so on
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split

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  • Displays a designated field from all the text file’s records
  • Use delimiter (-d) option to designate file record character that separate the fields
  • Use field number (-f) option to designate field to display
  • Use cut (-c )option to designate character(s) location to display
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cut

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  • Translates one character in a file to another
  • Needs the < symbol prior to the text file name
  • Does not modify the original file
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tr

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  • By default, displays a files’ data in octal
  • Can display a files’ data in hexadecimal
  • Useful for analyzing binary files in hexadecimal
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od

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- Stream editor utility - Searches for string in text file and replaces first occurrence - Searches for string in text file and replaces all occurrences - Does not modify the original file
sed To Replace First Occurrence: sed 's/string/replacement-string/' To Replace All Occurrences: sed 's/string/replacement-string/g'
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Simple Text Search Command
grep - Simple text search: grep string file - Case insensitive text search: grep -i string file - Search for string at line's beginning: grep ^string file - Search for string at line's end: grep string$ file
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- Sends STDOUT to two different locations - Location 1: designated file - Location 2: STDOUT or STDIN to next pipeline command
tee
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File Descriptor: 0
stdin
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File Descriptor: 1
stdout
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File Descriptor:2
stderr
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What file is knows as the "black hole?"
/dev/null
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Finds the following files for a command: - Binary - Source - Manual pages
whereis
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Find a file by its name
locate
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Manually update mlocate.db
updatedb
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More configurable way to search for a file
find
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Common 'find' search options
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Determine a file's type with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
file
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Update all the file's timestamps
touch [file]
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Update only the modification timestamp
touch -m [file]
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Update only the access timestamp
touch -a [file]
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tar -c
Creates a tar archive by placing copies of the designated files in the designated archive. Also: tar --create
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tar -u
Add files that were changed since an archive was created to pre-existing tar archive. Also: tar --update
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tar -v
Displays a file's name as it is added to the archive. Also tar --verbose
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tar -d
Compare files in a tar archive with the same files that exist outside of the archive, and display any differences. Also: tar --compare, tar --diff
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tar -t
Show the files in a tar archive file. Also: tar --list
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tar -W
As a file is added or removed from the archive, verify it (not available when creating tarballs). Also: tar --verify
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tar -x
Extract copies of the files from an archive file and places them in the current working directory. Also: tar --extract, tar --get
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tar -O
Extract copies of the files from an archive file and send them to standard outpost (STDOUT). Also: tar --to-stdout
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tar -v
Displays a file's name as it is copied from the archive. Also: tar --verbose
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tar -j
Use bzip2 to compress/decompress archive file / tarball. Also: tar --bzip2
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tar -J
Use xz to compress/decompress archive file / tarball. Also: tar --xz
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tar -z
Use gzip to compress/decompress archive file / tarball. Also: tar --gzip
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When using the ls command, what are the 5 file type codes associated with the output?
File (-) Directory (d) Symbolic Link (l) Block Device (b) Character Device (c)
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What commands show your current group memberships?
1. groups 2. id -Gn
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What command shows your current effective group?
id -gn | (id-Gn shows all group memberships)
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What are the symbolic mode levels for the chmod command?
u - owner g - group o - others a - owner, group, and others (all)
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What are the octal mode permissions for the chmod command?
0 - no permission 1 - execute permission 2 - write permission 4 - read permission
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* Set on World level of permissions on a directory * Allows sharing of files in a directory * Only file's owner may delete file
Sticky Bit
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How do you set special permissions in Octal Mode?
* Execute permissions needed * Additional number to left of octal's standard three digits * SUID: 4 * SGID: 2 * Sticky bit: 1 * Example: chmod 6750 configFile.txt
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How do you set special permissions in Symbolic Mode?
* Execute permissions needed * SUID: chmod u+s file-name * SGID: chmod g+s file-name * Sticky bit: chmod o+t directory-name
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What are the default file and folder permissions when they are created?
* Default file permissions when created: * 0666 (octal) * rw-rw-rw- * Default directory permissions when created: * 0777 (octal) * rwxrwxrwx
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How do you view the default creation mask?
umask
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What command is used to create a hard link?
ln file1.txt filehardlink
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What command is used to create a soft link?
ln -s file1.txt filesoftlink
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What command shows information about current running processes?
ps ## Footnote Information Shown: * PID: process ID * TTY: terminal associated with process * TIME: total CPU time consumed by process * CMD: name of program running
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What command lets you search for processes on the system?
pgrep
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Command to continuously monitor system and process information
top
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Command to view uptime, number of users on system, CPU load averages
uptime
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Command to view memory statistics
free (free -h provides a more readable format, using GB, MB, etc)
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What are 2 common multiplexer utilities for the terminal window?
GNU Screen: Command: screen Screen information: screen -ls OR Ctrl+A, w tmux: Command: tmux new Screen information: tmux ls
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Command to stop a running job
Ctrl + Z
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Command to move a stopped job to the background
bg [job#]
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Command to move a background job to the foreground
fg [job#]
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Command to view background jobs, their job number, and status:
jobs | (jobs -l also shows PID)
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Command to send a job to the background from the time it is started
[command to run]&
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Command to see all available signals in "standard signals" section of signal man page:
man -s 7 signal
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Signal to terminate process, when user logs out:
1, HUP, or SIGHUP **Syntax:** kill -s SIGHUP [PID] OR kill -s HUP [PID] OR kill -1 [PID]
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Signal to unconditionally kill a process:
9, KILL, or SIGKILL **Syntax:** kill -s SIGKILL [PID] OR kill -s KILL [PID] OR kill -9 [PID]
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Signal to terminate a process immediately, if possible:
(This is the default signal) 15, TERM, or SIGTERM **Syntax:** kill -s SIGTERM [PID] OR kill -s TERM [PID] OR kill -15 [PID] OR kill [PID]
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Command used to kill a background job or process
Adding % before the job ID **Syntax**: kill %[jobID] kill -15 %[jobID]
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Command used to set nice value prior to execution
nice -n [value -20 to 19] [command] Exam Note: can remove -n from syntax as follows Positive Nice Value: nice -[value from 0-19] [command] Negative Nice Value: nice -[value including '-' from -20 to -1] [command]
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Command used to set nice values after process is already executed
renice **Syntax:** renice +15 [PID] OR when running top, press r
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Identify the following environment variable for: Current username
USER and LOGNAME Example Syntax: echo $USER OR echo $LOGNAME
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Identify the following environment variable for: Command-line prompt
PS1 Example Syntax: echo $PS1
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Identify the following environment variable for: Present working directory
PWD Example Syntax: echo $PWD
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Identify the following environment variable for: Default Text Editor
EDITOR and VISUAL Example Syntax: echo $EDITOR OR echo $VISUAL
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Identify the following environment variable for: User's home directory
HOME Example Syntax: echo $HOME
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Identify the following environment variable for: the Absolute directory reference of Bash shell
BASH Example Syntax: echo $BASH
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Commands to see all environment variables on system:
env printenv set
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Command to view current subshell level:
echo $SHLVL
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Command for surviving a subshell:
Three Methods: ## Footnote 1. variable=setting export variable 2. export variable=setting 3. variable=setting; export variable
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LVM command to designate a partition as a physical volume
pvcreate
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LVM command to create a volume group of physical volumes
vgcreate
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LVM command to add a physical volume(s) to a volume group
vgextend
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LVM command to create a logical volume
lvcreate
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Command to see all available LVM commands
lvm --help
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Command to display information concerning PCI busses and their connections
lspci - t flag displays information in a tree format - v, -vv, -vvv flag for verbose mode
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Displays information concerning USP connected devices
lsusb
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Command to view all the modules inserted into the Linux kernel
lsmod
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What command allows you to insert and remove modules and its dependents into the Linux kernel?
modprobe [module name] modprobe -r [module name]
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How would you check to see if a particular file system is supported on the Linux kernel you're using?
cat /proc/filesystems
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Commands for making a file system
mkfs -t [filesystem] [partition] OR mkfs.[filesystem] [partition] OR TO FORMAT AS SWAP mkswap [partition]
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Command to view filesystems currently used on disk partitions
lsblk -f
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Command to manually mount a filesystem
mount -t [filesystem-type] [filesystem] [mount-point] to unmount: umount [mount-point] OR umount [filesystem]
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What configuration file contains filesystem records?
/etc/fstab Identifies filesystems by: filesystem, mount point, type, options, dump, pass
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Command to view overall use of disk space
df df -h (more human friendly) df -i (view overall inode use)
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Command to show space use of files and directory summary
du [directory name] du -s [directory name] (space use directory summary) du -i [directory name] (view inode use)
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Command used to make/format an ext2 file system (can also be used for ext3 and ext4 using the -t flag)
mke2fs
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* Used to change parameters (tune) an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem after formatting * Best to unmount a filesystem before tuning, but not always required * Not all parameters can be modified post-formatting * See man tune2fs for utility details, and parameters that can be modified
tune2fs
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Commands used to tune xfs file system:
* For XFS filesystems: * Improve the arrangement of the filesystem: xfs\_fsr * Tune filesystem parameters: xfs\_admin
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Commands used to tune btrfs filesystems:
* For btrfs filesystems: * Improve the arrangement of filesystem data: btrfs balance * Tune filesystem parameters: btrfstune
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* Used to check/repair an unmounted ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystem * Use the -r option to produce a report * Some status codes: * 0 = No errors * 1 = Errors corrected * 4 = Uncorrected errors
fsck
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Commands used to check and repair xfs file systems:
* For XFS filesystems: * Check and repair filesystem: xfs\_repair * Only check filesystem: xfs\_db or xfs\_repair -n
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Commands used to check and repair btrfs file systems:
* For btrfs filesystems: * Check and repair filesystem: btrfs check * Check and repair filesystem (deprecated): btrfsck
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What command is used to view kernel messages in the kernel ring buffer?
dmesg | (no super user privileges needed)
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What command is used to view kernel messages in systemd journal file?
journalctl -k OR journalctl --dmesg (super user privileges required)
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Configuration file that contains the default runlevel:
/etc/inittab
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Command to view past or current system runlevels:
runlevel
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Commands to switch runlevels:
init [runlevel-number] telinit [runlevel-number]
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Command to view default target on a machine using systemd
systemctl get-default
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Command to change default target using systemd
sudo systemctl set-default [new target]
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Command to check the status of a service
systemctl status [service name]
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Command to jump to a systemd target
sudo systemctl isolate [target name]
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Command to send a message to other users logged onto the system using TTY terminals
wall
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