linux smart commands

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at
Execute a command or script at a specified time and at
regular intervals.
at [[-V] [-q queue] [-f file] [-m] [-l] [-d] [-b] [-v] time]
[-c job [job...]]
[-V]: Show the version of at.
[-q queue]: Specifies the queue to use.
[-f file]: Get the job information from a file.
[-m]: Email job status to user after completion.
[-l]: List the jobs currently in the queue.
[-d]: Remove the job from the queue.
[-b]: Allows a job to be run based on the current system
status.
[-v]: Shows completed jobs still in the queue.
time: The time that the job should run. MM/DD/YY and/or
HH:MM specification is supported.
[-c job [job...]]: The task that should be performed at the
time specified.
date
Display and set the system date and time
Date [-u --utc --universal] [-d --date=datestring]
[-R --rfc-822] [[yyyy]mmddhhmm[yy][.ss]]
[-u --utc --universal]: Print/set universal time.
[-d --date=datestring]: Display the time shown by the
string specified here.
[-R --rfc-822]: Show the time in rfc-822 format.
[[yyyy]mmddhhmm[yy][.ss]]: The format for the date
and time.
halt
Power down or restart the system.
halt [-d] [-f] [-h] [-i] [-n] [-p] [-w]
[-d]: Don’t write wtmp record before shutting down.
[-f]: Force a shutdown or restart.
[-h]: Place hard drives into standby before shutting down.
[-i]: Shut down network interfaces before shutting down.
[-n]: Don’t sync before shutting down. Implies a -d.
[-p]: Halt with a poweroff rather than restart.
[-w]: Don’t shutdown or restart, but write wtmp record.
kill
Terminate a system process.
kill [-l [signal] [-s signal -p]] [-a] [--] pid ...
[-l signal]: Print a list of signal names. Red Hat Linux 9
has 63 signal names.
[-s signal]: The signal to send to the process. Signal 9 for
example, will send a SIGKILL signal to a process
effectively killing it.
[-p]: Just print the process id for the specified process
and do not send it any signals.
[-a]: Don’t restrict commandname-to-pid conversion.
newaliases
Rebuild the mail aliases database.
Newaliases does not take any parameters and is
functionally equivalent to sendmail -bi.
passwd
Manage user’s passwords.
passwd [-d --delete] [-f --force] [-i --inactive=days]
[-k --keep-tokens] [-l --lock] [-n --minimum=
days] [-S --status] [--stdin] [-u --unlock]
[-w --warning=days] [-x --maximum=days]
[username]
[-d --delete]: Root only: Delete the password for the
user.
[-f --force]: Force the operation to complete.
[-i --inactive=days]: Root only: The account grace
period. The number of days after a password expires
before an account is disabled.
[-k --keep-tokens]: Keep authentication tokens that have
not expired.
[-l --lock]: Root only: Lock the specified account.
[-n --minimum=days]: Root only: The minimum number
of days that must pass before the password can be
changed again.
[-S --status]: Root only: Display the password status of
the specified account.
[-u --unlock]: Root only: Unlock the specified account.
[-w --warning=days]: Root only: The number of days
warning that a user receives that his password is to
expire.
[-x --maximum=days]: Root only: The maximum life of
a password.
[username]: The username on which to perform the
operation.
ps
Display process statistics.
ps [a] [-A] [-a] [C] [c] [-C processname] [{--cols num
--columns num --width num}] [-d] [e] [-e] [{f
--forest}] [-f] [g] [{-G RGID --Group RGID}]
[{-g groupname --group groupname}] [{h
--no-headers}] [-H] [--headers] [--html] [{j -j}]
[{l -l}] [L] [{--lines num --rows num}] [{m -m}]
[n] [{N -n}] [-N --deselect] [{--nul --null
--zero}] [O] [{o -o --format}] [{p pid -p pid --pid
pid}] [r] [s] [{S --cumulative}] [{-s session --sid
session}] [--sort sortkey] [{-t tty t tty T tty --tty
tty}] [{-U RUID --User RUID}] [{-u userid --user
userid}] [v] [{w -w}] [x] [X] [-y]
[a]: Show information for all processes on this terminal
including those belonging to other users
[-A]: Show information for all processes
[-a]: Show information for all processes with a TTY except
session leaders
[C]: Show the raw CPU time
[c]: Show the true command name
[-C processname]: Show information for processes that
match the name specified
[{--cols num --columns num --width num}]:
The screen width
[-d]: Show information for all processes except session
leaders
[e]: Show the environment after each command
[-e]: Show information for all processes with a TTY except
session leaders
[{f --forest}]: Display: process listing with ASCII art
[-f]: Display: full process listing
[g]: Really, we mean it this time. Show ALL process
information.
[{-G RGID --Group RGID}]: Show information for
processes with a matching real group ID
[{-g groupname --group groupname}]: Show
information for processes matching the effective
group name
[{h --no-headers}]: Display: do not print header lines
[-H]: Display: process hierachy
[--headers]: Repeat the header lines
[--html]: Print html escaped output
[{j -j}]: Display: jobs format
[{l -l}]: Display: long listing format
[L]: List all formats
[{--lines num --rows num}]: Set the screen height
[{m -m}]: Display: all threads
[n]: Display: numeric output for WCHAN and USER
[{N -n}]: Set namelist file
[-N --deselect]: Negate the selection
[{--nul --null --zero}]: Unjustified output with NULs
[O]: Sort order: overloaded
[{o -o --format}]: Display: User define format
[{p pid -p pid --pid pid}]: Show information for
processes with a matching process ID
[r]: Show information for running processes
[s]: Display: Signal format
[{S --cumulative}]: Include dead child process
information
[{-s session --sid session}]: Show information for
processes belonging to the matching session
[--sort sortkey]: Sort order
[{-t tty t tty T tty --tty tty}]: Show information for
processes on the terminal specified
[{-U RUID --User RUID}]: Show information for
processes with a matching real user ID
[{-u userid --user userid}]: Show information for
processes with a matching effective user ID
[v]: Display: virtual memory format
[{w -w}]: Display: wide output
[x]: Show information for processes that do not have
controlling TTYs
[X]: Display: Linux i386 format
[-y]: Don’t show flags
shutdown
Shut down the system. Must be logged in as root.
shutdown [-a] [-c] [-f] [-F] [-h] [-n] [-k] [-r] [-t seconds]
time [message]
[-a]: Use /etc/shutdown.allow.
[-c]: Cancel an in-progress shutdown.
[-f]: Skip the file system check upon reboot.
[-F]: Force a file system check upon reboot.
[-h]: Halt the system after the shutdown is complete.
[-n]: Go down fast and don’t use ‘init’.
[-k]: Only warn about a pending shutdown but don’t
actually do it.
[-r]: Reboot the system after the shutdown.
[-t seconds]: The number of seconds to wait before
sending the kill signal.
time: The time to shutdown (ie - ‘now’)
[message]: The warning message to send to attached
users.
sudo
Run a command as another user.
sudo [-k] [-K] [-l] [-v] [-V] [-b] [-H] [-P] [-S]
[-p prompt] [-u username #uid] [-s] [command]
[-k]: “kill”: invalidates a user’s timestamp.
[-K]: “sure kill”: remove a user’s timestamp.
[-l]: Shows the allowed commands for the user.
[-v]: Validate the user’s timestamp.
[-V]: Version
[-b]: Runs the specified command in the background.
[-H]: Sets the HOME variable to match the user specified.
[-P]: Preserve the user’s group vector.
[-S]: Causes sudo to read password from file rather than
terminal.
[-p prompt]: Use a custom password prompt.
[-u username #uid]: The user or user ID.
[-s]: Runs the shell specified in the SHELL variable.
[command]: The command to run.
top
top [b] [c] [C] [d delay] [i] [p pid] [q] [s] [S]
[n iterations]
[b]: Batch mode. Use with n to specify the number of
iterations.
[c]: Display command line rather than command name.
[C]: SMP systems: display total CPU statistics.
[d delay]: The delay between screen updates.
[i]: Ignore idle and zombie processes.
[p pid]: Monitor processes with the specified process ID.
This parameter can be specified 20 times.
[q]: Refreshes without delay.
[s]: Run in secure mode.
[S]: Show process utilization as a cumulative figure
building on the previous process.
[n iterations]: Use with b to run a certain number of
times.
useradd
Add a new user to the system. Must be logged in as root.
useradd [-A {method DEFAULT},...] [-c comment]
[-d homedir] [-e expiredate] [-f inactivetime]
[-g initialgroup] [-G group[...]] [-m [-k skeletondir]]
[-n] [-r] [-s shell] [-u uid [-o]] login
[-A {method DEFAULT},...]: The name of the program
that will authenticate the user.
[-c comment]: A comment to associate with the user
account.
[-d homedir]: The location of the user’s home directory.
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