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Common Sqitches:
 
Common Sqitches:
-i Install
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-i Install<br>
-U Upgrade
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-U Upgrade<br>
-v verbose
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-v verbose<br>
-h Display Hash mark progress bar
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-h Display Hash mark progress bar<br>
-e erase
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-e erase<br>
--force forces an erase or upgrade
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--force forces an erase or upgrade<br>
  
 
[[Category:Linux]]
 
[[Category:Linux]]

Revision as of 17:37, 22 May 2008

Tips -N- Tricks

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