This Is Your Brain On Informatics: Difference between revisions

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^u = undoes one typo
^u = undoes one typo


Ls –a = list all files in the folder
'''Ls –a''' = list all files in the folder


Tar –xzvf *.tar.gz = unzip the .tar.gz file
'''Tar –xzvf *.tar.gz''' = unzip the .tar.gz file


Mkdir = make directory
'''Mkdir''' = make directory
 
'''/etc/init.d''' = initiate daemon (it does something but it stays in memory?!)
 
'''find / -name foo'''
This will search the whole system for any files named foo and display their pathnames.  Here we are using the criterion -name with the argument foo to tell find to perform a name search for the filename foo.