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BASIC FILE HANDLING Blog Archive

ls
▼ 2011 (26)
- list files in directory; use with options ► October (10)
· -l (long format) ► June (10)
· -a (list . files too) ▼ April (6)
· -r (reverse order) Create a temporary
tablespace
· -t (newest appears first)
Example fo create
· -d (do not go beyond current directory) database script.

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 · -i (show inodes) How to compile FMB in
oracle apps.(use of
For a more detailed description of ls see ls -l f60gen)
more Detail about how schedule
DBMS_JOBS
- used to control input by pages - like the dos /p argument with dir. e.g.
$ more /etc/motd Mandatery Aix command
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********************************************************************** dba....
*********
R12 log and scripts
** locations
**
* Welcome to AIX Version 4.1! * ► 2010 (8)
**
** About Me
* Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to
Lokesh Apps DBA
*
* this release of the AIX Operating System. * View my complete profile
**
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**********************************************************************
********* motd: END
Useful keys for use with more:
· b (back a page)
· ' (go to top)
· v (vi the file)
· / (Search)
· q (quit)
· ' ' (down a page)
· Control-G (View current line number
· <CR> (down a line)
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 See also pg which is extremely similar
pg
- used to control input by pages - like the dos /p argument. pg performs
the same function as the more command but has different control, as it is
based on ex
Helpful keys for pg:
· 1 (go to top)
· $ (go to bottom)
· h (help)
· / (Search)
· ? (Search back)
· q (quit)
· -1 (back a page)
pwd
- show present working directory. e.g.
$ pwd
/usr/live/data/epx/vss2
To change the current working directory use cd
cd
- change directory (without arguments, this is the same as $ cd $HOME
or $ cd ~)
cp
<source> <destination> - copies a file from one location to another. e.g.
$ cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.backup # make a backup of the hosts file
$ cp /etc/motd /tmp/jon/ # Copy file /etc/motd to directory /tmp/jon/
Options

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 · -f (to force the copy to occur)
· -r (to recursively copy a directory)
· -p (to attempt to preserve permissions when copying)
synonym: copy
mv
<source> <destination> - move a file from one location to another. e.g.
$ mv /tmp/jon/handycommands.txt . # move handycommands in
/tmp/jon to current directory
$ mv -f vihelp vihelp.txt # Move file vihelp to vihelp.txt (forced)
Options
· -f (to force the move to occur)
· -r (to recursively move a directory)
· -p (to attempt to preserve permissions when moving)
synonym: move
.
rm
<filename> - removes a file. e.g.
$ rm /tmp/jon/*.unl # remove all *.unl files in /tmp/jon
$ rm -r /tmp/jon/usr # remove all files recursively Options
· -f (to force the removal of the file)
· -r (to recursively remove a directory)
du
Recursively lists directories and their sizes. e.g.
$ du /etc # list recursively all directories off /etc
712 /etc/objrepos
64 /etc/security/audit
536 /etc/security
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 104 /etc/uucp
8 /etc/vg
232 /etc/lpp/diagnostics/data
240 /etc/lpp/diagnostics
248 /etc/lpp
16 /etc/aliasesDB
16 /etc/acct
8 /etc/ncs
8 /etc/sm
8 /etc/sm.bak
4384 /etc The sizes displayed are in 512K blocks. To view this in 1024K
blocks use the option -k
lp -d<Printername> <Filename>
send file to printer. e.g. $ lp -dhplas14 /etc/motd # send file /etc/motd to
printer hplas14
$ lp /etc/motd # send file /etc/motd to default printer
cat
- print a file to stdout (screen). e.g.
$ cat /etc/motd # display file /etc/motd to screen
**********************************************************************
*********
**
**
* Welcome to AIX Version 4.1! *
**
**
* Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to
*
* this release of the AIX Operating System. *
**
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 **
**********************************************************************
********* cat is also useful for concatenating several files. e.g.
$ cat fontfile IN* > newfile # appends fontfile and all files beginning with
IN to newfileThough this might seem an essentially useless command,
because most unix commands always take a filename argument, it does in
fact come in extremely useful at more advanced levels. Awards are given
out occasionally for the most useless usage of cat. If an option of '-' is
specified, cat will take its input from stdin.

INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND WILDCARDS

Unix commands generally get their information from the screen, and
output to it. There are three main 'streams' which unix uses to get/place
it's information on. These streams are called:
· stdin (Standard Input) - normally, what you type into the screen
· stdout (Standard Output) - normally, what is output to the screen
· stderr (Standard Error) - normally, error messages which go to the
screen

any of these may be redirected by the following symbols:

· < <filename> take input from <filename> rather than the screen.
e.g.
$ ksh < x # will read all commands from the file x and execute
them using the Korn shell.
· > <filename> take output from the command and place it in
<filename>. e.g.
$ ls > x will place the output of the command 'ls' in the file x
· >> <filename> take output from the command and append it to

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 <filename>. e.g.
$ ls /tmp >> x will place the output of the command 'ls' and
append it to the file x
· 2> <filename> take any error messages from the command and
put it in <filename>. e.g.
$ ls /tmp 2>/dev/null would throw away any error messages that
are produced by ls (sorry, /dev/null is a file that, if written to, the
information disappears never to be seen again).
· command1 | command2 Pipe - Takes the standard output of the
first command, and turns it into the standard input of the second
command. The output of the second command will then be put on
the standard output (which, again, may be a pipe) e.g.
$ ls | more will send the output of 'ls' into the command 'more',
thus producing a directory listing which stops after every page. This
method is called piping.

command1 & - the ampersand (&) forces command1 to run in the

background. so that you may continue to type other commands in the
shell, while command1 executes. It is not advisable to run a command in
the background if it outputs to the screen, or takes it's input from the
screen

See also tee which allows splitting of the input stream and output to
several different places at once.

Wildcards
B Bib Baby Fox Fib

There are various wildcards which you may use. One is '*' which means 0
or more characters. e.g. 'B*' will match 'B,Bib and Baby' from the list
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 above, another wildcard is '?' which matches 1 character, e.g. '?ib' will
match 'Bib and Fib'. Wildcards differ depending on the program in use:
awk derivatives (awk,sed,grep,ex,vi,expr and others) have the following
special characters:
· ^ beginning of the line
· $ end of the line
· . any character
· * one or more of the preceding character
· .* any number of characters
· \n Carriage return
· \t Tab character
· \<char> Treat <char> as is (so, \$ would try to match a '$')
Given the following four lines:

Chargeable calls in bundle: $47.50

Chargeable calls out of bundle: $20.50
Other bundle charges: $0.00
Total Charge: $20.50

$ grep "^Charg.*bundle.*\$.*"
would match the first two lines.
In english - match all lines which start with 'Charg', then have any
number of characters and then the word 'bundle', then have any number
of characters, and then a dollar symbol, and then have any number of
characters following to the end of the line

OTHER FILE HANDLING COMMANDS

type <command>

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 - show where the source of a command is: e.g.
$ type sendmail
sendmail is /usr/sbin/sendmail
This command is merely an alias for 'whence -v'
whence <command>
- show where the source of a command is: shell builtin command. See
type
Use option: -v for verbose mode
which <command>
- show where the source of a command is held. Almost the same as type
and whence
chmod <Octal Permissions> <file(s)>
- change file permissions. e.g.
$ chmod 666 handycommands
changes the permissions (seen by ls -l) of the file handycommands to -rw-
rw-rw-
r = 4, w = 2, x = 1. In the above example if we wanted read and write
permission for a particular file then we would use r + w = 6. If we then
wanted to have the file have read-write permissions for User, Group and
All, then we would have permissions of 666. Therefore the command to
change is that above.
$ chmod 711 a.out
Changes permissions to: -rwx--x--x
Additional explanation of file permissions and user/group/all meaning are
given in the description of ls -l
Y ou may specify chmod differently - by expressing it in terms of + and -
variables. For example
$ chmod u+s /usr/bin/su
will modify the "sticky bit" on su, which allows it to gain the same access

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 on the file as the owner of it. What it means is "add s permission to user".
So a file that started off with permissions of "-rwxr-xr-x" will change to
"rwsr-xr-x" when the above command is executed. Y ou may use "u" for
owner permissions, "g" for group permissions and "a" for all.
chown <Login Name> <file(s)>
- Change ownership of a file. Must be done as root. e.g.
chown informix *.dat # change all files ending .dat to be owned by
informix
chgrp <Group Name> <file(s)>
- Change group ownership of a file. Must be done as root. e.g.
chgrp sys /.netrc # change file /.netrc to be owned by the group sys
mvdir <Source Directory> <Destination Directory>
- move a directory - can only be done within a volume group. To move a
directory between volume groups you need to use mv -r
or find <dirname> -print | cpio -pdumv <dirname2>; rm -r <dirname>
cpdir <Source Directory> <Destination Directory>
- copy a directory. See mvdir
rmdir <Directory>
- this is crap - use rm -r instead
mkdir <Directory>
- Creates a directory. e.g.
$ mkdir /tmp/jon/ # create directory called /tmp/jon/
find <pathname> -name "searchkey" -print
- search for files - e.g.
$ find . -name "system.log" -print # will find all files (with full path
names) called system.log - Wildcards are allowed, e.g.
$ find /tmp -name "sl.*" -atime +0 -print # will print out all files in /tmp/
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 that start sl. and which haven't been accessed for a day. Helpful for finding
lost files, or finding stuff in enormous directories. Other useful options
include:
· -atime +<days> - finds files that haven't been accessed for 1+days
also, ctime (creation time) and mtime (modify time)
· -prune - stay in current directory - don't look in dirs off the
directory specified in path names - e.g.
$ find /tmp -user "compgnc" -prune -print # will find all files in
/tmp which user compgnc owns and will not search lower
directories (e.g. /tmp/usr)
· -size +<blocks> - finds files that are bigger than <blocks>
· -exec rm {} \; - remove all files found...dangerous command - e.g.
$ find /tmp -name "sl.*" -atime +0 -prune -print -exec rm {} \; #
will remove all files in /tmp starting 'sl.' that haven't been accessed
for a day. Spacing of this command is important! Most exec
commands are possible:
$ find /usr2/calltest -name "*.4gl" -print -exec grep "CHECK" {} \;
| pg
· -ok - like exec only it prompts for confirmation after each
occurence. e.g.
$ find /tmp/disk7 -name "*" -print -ok doswrite -a {} {} \; # Please
note that you MUST end any exec or ok option with an escaped
semicolon (\;).
· -user <username> - finds all files owned by <username>
· -group <groupname> - finds all files with a group of <groupname>
ln -s <Directory> <symbolic link>
- create a symbolic link to a different directory from current directory: e.g.
$ ln -s /usr/uniplex/compgnc /u/compgnc/uni # would create a link

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 called 'uni' in the directory /u/compgnc. From then on, typing cd uni
would cd to /usr/uniplex/compgnc. Y ou can also give two files the same
name. e.g.
$ ln make.e_enquiry makefile # would link the two files so that they are
identical, and when you change one, you change the other. Y ou may also
create a symbolic link to a host(!). Instead of typing 'rlogin hpserver' every
time, by typing
$ ln -s /usr/bin/rsh hpserver # will create a link so that whenever you
type 'hpserver' it will execute a remote shell on the machine.
Option -f forces the link to occur
head -<Number> <FileName>
- prints out the first few line of a file to screen. Specify number to indicate
how many lines (default is 10). e.g. If you sent something to a labels
printer and it wasn't lined up, then you could print the first few labels
again using:
$ head -45 label1.out | lp -dlocal1
tail -<Number> <FileName>
- prints out the end of a file. Very similar to head but with a very useful
option '-f' which allows you to follow the end of a file as it is being
created.e.g.
$ tail -f vlink.log # follow end of vlink.log file as it is created.
wc -<options> <FileName>
- Word Count (wc) program. Counts the number of chars, words, and
lines in a file or in a pipe. Options:
· -l (lines)
· -c (chars)
· -w (words)
To find out how many files there are in a directory do ls | wc -l
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 split -<split> <FileName>
- Splits a file into several files.e.g.
$ split -5000 CALLS1 # will split file CALLS1 into smaller files of 5000
lines each called xaa, xab, xac, etc.
tr <character> <other character>
- translates characters. e.g.
$ cat handycommands | tr "\t" " " # will take the file handycommands
and translate all tabs into spaces. Useful when messing about with awk or
you need to convert some input (e.g. that from tty) to a unique filename
that does not contain special characters. e.g.
$ tty | tr "/" "." # produces for example .dev.pts.7
od <options> <filename>
- od converts nasty (binary save) files into character representations.
Useful when back-compiling, examining raw .dat files,etc. Use with option
'-c' for character display (recommended).
script
- starts recording everything in the shell to a file by default 'typescript'.
Press ^D to finish the script. Provides a log of everything used. Has almost
the same effect as $ ksh | tee typescript
Used for debugging shells, seeing error messages which flash off the screen
too quickly, etc.
cut
- cut's the file or pipe into various fields. e.g.
$ cut -d "|" -f1,2,3 active.unl # will take the file active.unl which is
delimited by pipe symbols and print the first 3 fields options:
· -d <delimiter>
· -f <fields>
Not too useful as you can't specify the delimiter as merely white space
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 (defaults to tab) Alternatively, you can 'cut' up files by character
positioning (useful with a fixed width file). e.g.
$ cut -c8-28 "barcode.txt" # would cut columns 8 to 28 out of the
barcode.txt file.
paste
- paste will join two files together horizontally rather than just tacking one
on to the end of the other. e.g. If you had one file with two lines:
Name:
Employee Number:and another file with the lines:
Fred Bloggs
E666then by doing:
$ paste file1 file2 > file3 # this would then produce (in file3).
Name: Fred Bloggs
Employee Number: E666Note that paste puts horizontal tabs between the
files, so you may need a sed 's/ //g' command to get rid of these.
sort <filename>
- sorts the information from the file and displays the result on standard
output (stdout). e.g.
$ sort /tmp/list_of_names # will sort the file into alphabetical order, and
display it to the screen. Useful with option '-u' to filter out duplicates.
uniq <filename>
- filters out all duplicate lines from a file or input stream (file or stream
must be sorted!). Useful with option -c which merely produces a count of
unique lines.
ex <filename>
- ex is an old line editor, and almost never used now (similar to DOS edlin
if you remember that - me, I've repressed it). Y ou are most likely to come
across ex within the vi editor - all commands beginning with a colon (:)
are ex commands
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 EXTREMELY USEFUL COMMANDS
ls -l
- lists files in a directory in long format. Y ou cannot do without this. Here's
a more detailed explanation. e.g.
$ ls -l

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Jan 16
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root staff 28 README
09:52

Jun 24
-rw------- 1 compjmd staff 4304 tabledict
12:21

drwxrwxrwx 2 compjmd staff 512 Jul 1 16:30 testdir

-rwxrwx--- 1 compjmd system 0 Jul 1 16:30 a.out

... is a sample listing.

· Part 1: Permissions - see chmod for explanation of these. If the

first field is set, then the file in question is not really a file at all, but
something else, key:
· -: normal file
· d: directory
· l: symbolic link created by 'ln'
· c or b: device of some sort
Y ou may sometimes see an 's' where the 'x' should be in the
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 permissions - this is normally on executable files which change
other files. e.g. Permissions of 'sqlexec' the file that executes all
informix queries should be '-rwsr-sr-x' - this then accesses tables
with permissions of '-rw-rw----'. where the table files are owned by
informix (group informix). the 's' flags allows changing of the
database tables on a program level, but not on a unix level. (can
change contents via sqlexec but not use 'rm' command on db file).
· Part 2: Number of links to this file (directories always have 2+).
· Part 3: The owner of the file - e.g. If the owner is 'compjmd' and
permissions are set to -rw------- then only the user 'compjmd' may
read or write to that file. Again, if owner is "compjmd" and
permissions are -r-x------ then only the user compjmd may read or
execute that file. Only the owner of a file or root may chmod it.
· Part 4: The group ownership of the file - (bloody hell, this is
getting complicated). On a unix system there are certain 'groups'
which users can belong to, held in the file '/etc/group'. Y ou will
notice that in this file there will be a main group, e.g. 'staff' which
contains every user. Which means that any user listed under staff is
in that group.....right...every file has a group attached to it. Which
means that if a file had permissions ----rw---- and a group
reference of 'system', then only users who were part of the group
system could modify that file. To see which groups the current user
belongs to do id. Sorry if this wasn't comprehensible but you should
never need to use this anyway(!).
· Part 5: Size of the file in bytes
· Part 6: Time of last modification
· Part 7: The name of the file
Useful options (and there are loads more). All may be combined except
where specified:
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 · ls -a show files starting with '.' too
· ls -A show files starting with '.' but not '.' or '..'
· ls -c must be used with either option l and/or t - displays/sorts by
modification time
· ls -d do not show subdirectory listings
· ls -i display the i-node number of each file
· ls -t Put the listing in time order (see options u and c)
· ls -r Put the listing in reverse order - usually used with a -t
· ls -u must be used with either options l and/or t - displays/sorts by
last-access time
vi <filename>
- love it or loathe it - the standard operating system text-file editor. See
Related help file. Vi Y ou can also use 'view' which forces Read only (-R
opt). vi +<number> enters the file at the specified line no. Also, vi
+/<Search pattern> will enter the file and move to the first occurrence of
<Search pattern>. e.g.
$ vi +/"love it or loathe it" handycommands
Users new to vi hate it. I personally managed to get through University
without using it ever (I used Joe's own editor instead). If I accidentally
went into vi, I had to ^Z and kill the job. Sigh. Five years of using vi
means that I'm getting a little better at it now... (I'm actually typing this
now in a vi-clone for Windows).
grep <pattern> <file(s)>
- a phenomenally useful command which matches strings within files -
e.g.
$ grep D7523 mcall_reps.out # will find all the lines in mcall_reps.out that
have the string "D7523" in it. Also incredibly useful for things like pipes,e.g.
$ du | grep cred # (in /home directory will show all users that have 'cred'
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 in their title). Y ou may use regular expression matching - e.g.
$ grep "main.*{" x.c # would match any line containing 'main' and an
open curly brackets at any point in the line afterwards. There are two
variations to grep - fgrep and egrep which do virtually the same things as
grep, but are either faster (having less options) or more complex (but
slower). See also section on Wildcards
Options:
· -v : show all lines that do not contain pattern.
· -y : don't bother matching case
· -i : don't bother matching case
· -c : show count of matching lines rather than the lines themselves
· -l : show filename's instead of matching lines.
ksh -o vi
- The Korn Shell - pros might notice that I don't mention using the C-Shell
at all - I've never used it, so that's why it doesn't appear. A Shell is a
program that you run your commands in. Typing exit will end the current
shell. The -o vi option of the korn shell allows vi commands to work at the
shell prompt after pressing escape. For example, pressing escape and then
'k' will bring up the last command used in the shell.
awk
- this would be a damn useful command if I knew how to use it properly.
see alternative page awkhelp
man <command>
- look at the manual, e.g.
$ man ps # will list the manual page for the command ps

GENERAL INFORMATION COMMANDS

smon
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 - monitor's system usage - F5 shows processes which are hogging the
machine. Not available on AIX 4.1 and above sadly.
uptime
- shows how long the system has been up and how hard it is being
hammered. The load average fields show how many jobs on average are
waiting. <1 or less is very good, around 5 is pretty bad (though not
unusual), >10 the machine is being seriously hammered.
who
- list users who are currently logged on (useful with option 'am i' - i.e.
'who am i' or 'whoami')
w
- list users and what they are doing, including idle time. The first line is the
output from uptime
id
- similar to whoami except that it does a direct check to see who you are -
who only checks /etc/utmp so any su commands will be ignored.
ps
- list processes currently running, by default on the current shell. Useful
with options:
· -t <tty> - show all processes running on a terminal
· -ef - show all processes
· -u <loginname> - show all processes owned by a user
· -flp <processid> - show as much information as you can about a
process number
· -aux - show processes in order of usage of the processors. Useful to
see what processes are hogging system resources.

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 fuser -u <filename>
- show who is using a file.(system hogging command). Useful when trying
to work out who has locked a row or table in an informix database for
example.
lpstat -p <printer>
- show the current status of a printer and any jobs in the queue. lpstat
without arguments prints all of them.
enable <printer>
- enable a printer queue. Y ou must be root or a member of the printq
group to run this command.
disable <printer>
- disable a printer queue. Y ou must be root or a member of the printq
group to run this command.
enq <various parameters>
- examine spool queue for printers.
uname -a
- will show you what machine you're currently on.
ipcs
- list semaphores and shared memory.
ipcrm -s <semaphorenumber>
- remove semaphore or shared memory.
crontab
- use -l to list all regular scheduled jobs. To alter them, use option -e
at <now + ?? seconds/minutes/hours/days/years>
- perform a job at a specified time. (Useful for running something at a
later date). at retains the current environment. e.g.
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 $ at now + 5 minutes
echo "Phone Julie McNally" > /dev/tty616
^D
job compjmd.389748732 will be run at ???Will echo to tty616 the message
"Phone Julie McNally" in 5 minutes. e.g.2
$ at 0331235930
echo "April fools day!" > /dev/console
^Dwill echo "April fools day!" to the console at 11:59 and 30 seconds, on
the 31st of march. Format for this is: [Y Y Y Y ]MMDDhhmmss. at jobs are
sometimes used in the place of crontab's because if the machine is off
when the crontab is meant to take place, the job never happens. at jobs
automatically start when the machine is switched on if the machine was
down at the time. typing at -l will show you all the at jobs you have
queued, at -r <atjob> will remove an at job (only the owner or root is
allowed to do this).
date
- show current date and time. This command may also be used to set the
system clock (ONLY WHEN EVERY ONE IS LOGGED OFF) with a root
user id. A date change is never simple, even when adjusting things by an
hour. The safest way to do it is to change the date then reboot the machine
because otherwise the crontab daemon may start doing jobs at odd times.
I believe there might be a 'go slow/fast' option to set the clock, and the
clock will then run 'slower/quicker' until it catches up with the required
time.
last <username>
- shows a list of recent logins. It looks at /var/adm/wtmp so it only shows
initial logins, and not whether those users have been su'd to.
fileplace -pv <filename>
- show the physical (as in disk location) location of a file. Useful for
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defragmentation copying is required.

SYSTEM COMMANDS
kill -<Signal> <process>
- sends a signal (normally a kill) to a process. kill -9 terminates the job no
questions asked, kill -15 tries to clear up as much as possible - e.g. remove
semaphores and such-like. Other signals may be sent as well, see manual
and /usr/include/sys/signal.h to see what signals you can send to a
process.
renice <priority> <process>
- make a process not hog the system so much by setting its nice value.
smit
- system admin program for AIX
df
- list volume groups + usage. see also lsvg. Usually used with the -k flag so
the number of blocks is displayed in 1024-blocks.
cu -l <device>
- log on to device such as a pad or a modem. See related files /etc/uucp/*
and /etc/locks and /etc/services
stty sane
- Changes terminal settings back to normal. If a tetra module for example
crashes your screen so that no keys function except ^C which doesn't even
do very much then typing ^Jstty sane^J should cure the problem. To fully
cure the problem you also need to type stty tab3 (and stty -ixon if you're
feeling a little overzealous)
stty

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 - allows you to change terminal settings such as the interrupt key, quit
key, etc. e.g.
$ stty intr ^A # would change the interrupt key to being control-A
$ stty quit ^L #would set the quit key (normally ^\) to control-L. other
key changes are:
· erase (normally ^H)
· xon (normally ^Q)
· xoff (normally ^S)
· eof (normally ^D)
To really annoy a systems administrator, change interrupt to 't' and quit to
'^D' . hehehehehehe
lscfg
- show all connected devices
lsvg
- list volume groups (see related file diskhelp)
lspv
- list physical disks (and see related file diskhelp)
lspv without arguments will produce a list of all the hard-disks used. lspv
<hard-disk-name> will produce a list of information about the hard disk.
lspv -l <hard-disk-name> will show any logical volumes which are
mapped on to that drive.
lsdev
- list devices. Options:
· -C list Configured devices
· -P list Possible devices
produces different output when you are root.

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 mkdev
- make devices. e.g. To make a tty:
# Script to add a tty. Options that need amending are:
# -l name of tty to be created - e.g '-l tty600' wil create
# a tty called 'tty600'
# -p RAN name
# -w Port number on RAN
# -a Attributes (e.g. to set up auto login, etc.)
mkdev -c tty -t 'tty' -s 'rs232' -l tty433 -p sa2 -w 2 -a term='wyse50' -a
forcedcd='enable' -a login='enable' -a speed='19200'e.g. To create a printer
(raw device):
mkdev -c printer -t 'osp' -s 'rs232' -p 'sa3' -w '10' -l label2 -a xon='yes' -a
dtr='no' -a col=500
It is highly recommended that you make and change devices using smit
chdev
- change devices. See mkdev
cc
- c compiler, use with
· -o <object> to specify a target instead of a.out
· -O optimise
· -w or -W all warning flags.
shutdown
- shutdown the system so that it may be switched off. Rather obviously,
this may only be run by root. Options:
· -f shuts the system down immediately (rather than waiting for a
minute)
· -R reboot the system immediately after halt

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 oslevel
- show the current revision of the operating system.

CONNECTIVITY
exit
- end current shell process. If you log in, then type this command, it will
return you to login. ^D (control-D) and logout (in some shells) does the
same.
rlogin
- login to a remote machine, e.g.
$ rlogin hollandrs # log in to machine called hollandrs
Useful with -l option to specify username - e.g.
$ rlogin cityrs -l ismsdev # log in to machine cityrs as user ismsdev For
further info about trust network see .rhosts file and /etc/resolv.conf (I
think).
telnet
- very similar to rlogin except that it is more flexible (just type telnet with
no arguments and then '?' to see the options). Useful because you can
specify a telnet to a different port.
ftp
- File Transfer Protocol - a quick and easy method for transferring files
between machines. The .netrc file in your $HOME directory holds initial
commands. type ftp without arguments and then '?' to see options)
rcp
- Remote copy. Copies a file from one unix box to another, as long as they
trust each other (see .rhosts file or /etc/resolv.conf I think). Options
· -f (to force the copy to occur)
· -r (to recursively copy a directory)
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 · -p (to attempt to preserve permissions when copying)
su - <loginname>
- switch user, option '-' means that the users .profile is run, without option
you merely assume the id and permissions of the user, without (for
example) changing PATH and DBPATH, e.g.
$ su - root # become root
$ su root # gain permissions of root but don't change the current
environment variables
$ su - vlink # switch to user vlink
If you are root, you may su to any other user without being prompted for
a password. su without arguments is the same as 'su root'. Note that the
'su' option is not available on all UNIX machines as it can crash some of
them.
ping <hostname>
- check that <hostname> is alive and well (do not expect an immediate
response from a machine that is linked over an ISDN line). Firewalls often
block ping packets after the Ping of Death so quite often you'll find you
can't ping internet sites either. Options include:
· -q ping quietly
· -i<no> wait no of seconds between each packet sending. The
default is 1 second. If you are using ping to keep an ISDN line up
then using something like $ ping -i 5 -q hollandrs is ideal.
· -f Never use this! Sends as many packets as it possibly can as fast as
possible, used for network debugging and is likely to slow networks
horribly when used. Known as 'flood' pinging.
· -c <no> send no of packets before giving up
To check that your machine can ping, try pinging 127.0.0.1 - this acts as a
feedback loop, checking the network card's ability to ping.

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 rsh <hostname> <commands>
- remote shell - e.g.
$ rsh altos more /tmp/chk # will run the command more the file
/tmp/chk on the machine called altos. Useful in pipes for example. rsh on
its own will execute a login. Use option '-l' to specify logon name. Y ou can
also use rcmd and remsh on other flavours of unix.
host <ip address>
- lookup the ip address in the /etc/hosts file and give its name

TAPES AND DISKS

Please see this page for more information on disks in AIX

dd if=<filename or device> of=<filename or device> bs=<Block Size>

conv=sync
- direct (and I mean DIRECT) copy, normally to tape. Archaic syntax and
very rarely used. flags:
· if - input filename or device
· of - output filename
· bs - block size
· conv - ??
e.g. To write a file to tape use
$ dd if=/etc/hosts of=/dev/rmt0 bs=1024 conv=sync # write hosts file to
tape using dd
cpio
stands for copy in-out, and is extremely powerful if you can cope with the
innumerable flags that you have to use(!)
$ cpio -iBcvumd "etc/hosts" </dev/rmt0 # Grab /etc/hosts file from tape
$ find /etc -print | cpio -oBcv >/dev/rmt0 # Write the contents of the /etc
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 directory to tape
$ find /etc -print | cpio -pdumv /usr2/etcbackup/ # copy directory /etc to
/usr2/etcbackup and retain all permissions.
meaning of the flags:
· i - input
· o - output
· B - Block size of 5120 bytes
· c - read/write header info
· v - list file names
· u - unconditional copy - overwrites existing file.
· m - keep modification dates
· d - creates directories as needed.
· t - generate listing of what is on the tape.
· p - preserve permissions.
tapeutil -f <devicename> <commands>
- A program which came with the tape library to control it's working.
Called without arguments gives a menu. Is useful for doing things like
moving tapes from the slot to the drive. e.g.
$ tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 move -s 10 -d 23 # which moves the tape in slot
10 to the drive (obviously, this will depend on your own individual tape
library, may I suggest the manual?).
doswrite -a <unix file> <dos file>
- copy unixfile to rs6000's floppy disk drive in DOS format. -a option
expands certain characters, for certain ascii conversions.
dosdir <directory>
- show list of files on a dos floppy disk. Useful with option -l (long format).

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 Like dos command 'dir'
dosread -a <DOS file> <unix file>
- copy dos file in floppy disk drive to unix - if UNIXFILE is omitted, it
outputs to the screen.
dosdel <DOS file>
- delete dos file on floppy disk.
dosformat
- format dos floppy disk (High Density)
tar
- Read/Write stuff to archive.
tar cvf /dev/rmt0 <filenames> # will write files to tape
tar xvf /dev/rmt0 will read files from tape
tar tvf /dev/rmt0 will give a listing of what's on the tape. If you're using
an archive file then replace /dev/rmt0 in the examples above with the
name of the archive file.

SCREEN COMMUNICATION
echo
- a command mainly used in shell scripts. Examples:
$ echo "Hello" # will print Hello on your screen
$ echo "Hello" > /dev/tty616 # will print Hello on someone elses screen
(warning - can crash their screen!)
$ echo $DESTF10 # will print the value of the environment variable
DESTF10
$ echo "\033Fdemo demo" # will echo demo to the status bar at the top of
a wyse terminal
See also file shellscripts
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 - will read text from standard input and place it in the variable name
specified. See file shellscripts
line
- waits until the user presses return before carrying on (writes what is
typed to standard output). If used in a crontab/at job this instruction is
ignored. See file shellscripts
talk <user>
- set up an interactive communication dialogue box between two users.
Looks good but isn't really that useful.
write <user>
- writes a message to someone elses screen. Try typing 'write root' and
then type a message, finishing with control-D.
banner <message>
- writes <message> in huge letters across your screen! (max: 10 chars per
word)
wall <message>
- send a message to all people on a system. Can only be executed by root (I
think).
tput <argument>
- tty type independent attribute setting (requires TERM variable and
TERMCAP to be set). I only know these few bits:
· tput cnorm - turns the screen cursor on
· tput civis - turns the screen cursor off
· tput clear - clears the screen
· tput smso - turns all new text to bold
· tput rmso - turns all bold text off
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 tee (-a) <filename>
- command used in pipes to take a copy of the standard output. e.g.
$ ls | tee /tmp/x # would output ls normally and put a copy in /tmp/x.
The option '-a' is used to append rather than replace files.

SOURCE CODE CONTROL SYSTEM (SCCS)

SCCS Overview
The source code control system allows versions of a program to be stored in a
special file, so that any version may be retrieved. There are a few commands
involved (not all of them listed here). All source code files start with 's.'
get -r<revision> <source code file>
- get a program out of source code to read only. Missing out the -r flag gets
the most recent version. e.g.
$ get $SCUK/s.parser.c # extracts file parser.c from source code file
$SCUK/s.parser.c as read only. See get -e for editing.
get -e <source code file>
- get a piece of code out for edit, so that the code may be modified and a
new version created using 'delta'. e.g.
$ get -e $SCUK/s.parser.c # extracts file parser.c from source code file
$SCUK/s.parser.c for editing. See get for read-only.
delta <source code file>
- you must be in the directory with the modified piece of code when you
execute this command. This adds the latest version to the source code file.
e.g.
$ delta $SCUK/s.parser.c # writes file parser.c to the source code file
$SCUK/s.parser.c . See get -e for information on how to extract the file
from source code.
prs <source code file>
- show comments/details on source code file.
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 admin -r <revision no> -i <program> <source code file>
- create a new source code file with progam. -r specifies the initial revision
of the program and may be missed out (default is 1.1 I think). Must be
spaced correctly! admin is also used for sccs administration, but it gets to
fear and loathing time pretty fast. e.g.
admin -iparser.c $SCUK/s.parser.c # creates a new source code file called
$SCUK/s.parser.c from the file parser.c
unget <source code file>
- cancels a get -e

MISCELLANEOUS
strip <binary compiled file>
- Removes all linking information within a compiled program - basically a
way of cutting down the size of an executable.
yes <word>
- yes outputs the word 'yes' as fast as its' little legs can go. Never called on
it's own. Always used in pipes. For example:
$ yes | rm *.o # would confirm 'yes' whenever rm prompts for
confirmation. Y ou can also use it to output a different word e.g.
$ yes please # would output 'please' to the screen until you kill it (prob.
immediately).

SHELL SCRIPT COMMANDS

Are all held on a separate page now. Commands covered are export,if,for,
shift, test, while, case, and a few others.

sed '<pattern>'
- used by myself for quick substitutions when tr doesn't seem to be doing
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 its job properly. The syntax of the pattern is similar to vi ex command line.
E.g. To substitute all spaces with colon symbols the command is
sed 's/ /:/g' file1 # substitute all occurrences of spaces with colons in file1
and output to stdout.
-------------- End of HandyCommands File ------------

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