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To re-enable it use this command: | To re-enable it use this command: | ||
swapon -a | swapon -a | ||
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| + | == RPM's == | ||
| + | RedHat based distributions use RPM's short for Redhat Package Manager. | ||
| + | To view a list of installed RPMS: | ||
| + | rpm -qa | ||
| + | To look for a specific installed package: | ||
| + | rpm -qa | grep 'package_name' | ||
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| + | To view the contents of a RPM | ||
| + | rpm -qpil /path/to/package.rpm | ||
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| + | Common Sqitches: | ||
| + | -i Install | ||
| + | -U Upgrade | ||
| + | -v verbose | ||
| + | -h Display Hash mark progress bar | ||
| + | -e erase | ||
| + | --force forces an erase or upgrade | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 22 May 2008
Tips -N- Tricks
Contents
Search command history
grep -i 'SearchStringHere' ~/.bash_history
View Log Continuously
tail -f /path/to/log/filename
or
Filter a continuous log for a specific entry
tail -f /path/to/log/filename | grep -i 'FilterStringHere'
Dump a .conf file to a new file without the comments (#)
grep -v '#' file.conf > newfile.conf
Disable/Enable Swap
To disable all swap space in Linux use this command:
swapoff -a
To re-enable it use this command:
swapon -a
RPM's
RedHat based distributions use RPM's short for Redhat Package Manager. To view a list of installed RPMS:
rpm -qa
To look for a specific installed package:
rpm -qa | grep 'package_name'
To view the contents of a RPM
rpm -qpil /path/to/package.rpm
Common Sqitches: -i Install -U Upgrade -v verbose -h Display Hash mark progress bar -e erase --force forces an erase or upgrade