Linux Commands
Mounting directory:
sudo mkdir /media/www
sudo mount //server/www /media/www
In /etc/fstab:
//server/www /media/www smb defaults 0 0
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Compress/Decompress:
tar -cjf backup.tar.bz2 directory
tar -xjf backup.tar.bz2
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Restart System / Apache / PostgreSQL / MySQL
shutdown -r now
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 restart
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
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IP:
ifconfig / iwconfig
ip addr show
ip route
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Restart X-Server: Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace
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Linking:
ln -s target/path name
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All services: ps aux
Filtered services: ps aux | grep servicename
Search the whole file system: find / -name filename
Copy dir: cp -r dir/* dest/dir
Example /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.1.22
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.254
auto eth0
Network info: sudo ifconfig
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