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Add a few new tips and update some old ones to more modern commands

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Eitan Adler 2012-05-09 22:13:56 +00:00
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@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ If you need to ask a question on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list then
contains lots of useful advice to help you get the best results.
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If you `set filec' (file completion) in tcsh and write a part of the
filename, pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
is more than one, or complete the filename if there's only one match.
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If you `set watch = (0 any any)' in tcsh, you will be notified when
@ -122,9 +121,6 @@ In order to support national characters for European languages in tools like
less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
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In tcsh, you can `set autolist' to have the shell automatically show
all the possible matches when doing filename/directory expansion.
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"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
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@ -192,13 +188,6 @@ flag is your gateway.
Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
-- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
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Nice tcsh prompts:
set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
set prompt = '%m %# '
set prompt = '%n@%m%# '
set prompt = '%n@%m:%/%# '
set prompt = '%n@%m:%~%# '
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Over quota? "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
directory sizes.
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
@ -263,7 +252,7 @@ To quickly create an empty file, use "touch filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
"zcat" or "zmore" to view it.
"zcat" or "zless" to view it.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
@ -282,7 +271,7 @@ will search '/', and all subdirectories, for files with 'GENERIC' in the name.
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To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
ls -R / | more
ls -R / | less
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
@ -322,12 +311,12 @@ been replaced with other messages, look at /var/run/dmesg.boot.
Want colour in your directory listings? Use "ls -G". "ls -F" is also useful,
and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
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Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports,
Want to find a specific port, just type the following
or one its subdirectories:
"make search name=<port-name>"
"make -C /usr/ports search name=<port-name>"
or
"make search key=<keyword>"
"make -C /usr/ports search key=<keyword>"
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Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
"wc filename".
@ -479,3 +468,9 @@ when you are trying to find where in the ports tree an application is.
Try "whereis firefox" and "whereis whereis".
-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
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Want to run the same command again?
In tcsh you can type "!!"
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Want to go the directory you were just in?
In tcsh you can type "cd -"
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