Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Useful Linux Commands

Useful Linux Commands

df # disk space

free -g # memory info in Megabytes

uname -a # shows tech info about machine

bc # command-line calculator (to exit type 'quit')

wget ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.... # file download from web

/sbin/ifconfig # give IP and other network info

ln -s original_filename new_filename # creates symbolic link to file or directory

du -sh # displays disk space usage of current directory

du -sh * # displays disk space usage of individual files/directories

du -s * | sort -nr # shows disk space used by different directories/files sorted by size

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