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Command: pwd
Usage: The pwd command tells you what the
current working directory you are in on your BLUEHILL.com Virtual Server.
Example: Simply type "pwd" at a telnet command
prompt and it will return something like "/usr/home/bluehill/etc"
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Command: ls
Usage: The ls command lists the files
and subdirectories of the current directory you are in.
You can also add some arguments to
the ls command to make it more meaningful.
If you type "ls -F" it will append a forward slash
to the subdirectory names so
you can easily distinguish them from file names.
If you type "ls -a" it will show all hidden files
such as .htaccess files.
If you type "ls -l" it will show detailed information
about each file and directory, including permissions, owners,
size, and when the file was last modified.
Example: Type "ls -al" at a telnet command
prompt and it will return your file names including hidden files,
and a forward slash will be inserted in front of subdirectories.
DOS Equivalent: dir
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Command: mkdir
Usage: The mkdir command makes a new directory.
Simply type "mkdir directory"
at a telnet command prompt and replace directory
with the name of the directory you want to create.
Example: Type "mkdir temp" at a telnet
command prompt to create a new directory called temp.
DOS Equivalent: md, mkdir
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Command: rmdir
Usage: The rmdir command deletes (removes)
a directory.
Simply type "rmdir directory"
at a telnet command prompt and replace directory
with the name of the directory you want to delete.
Example: Type "rmdir temp" at a telnet
command prompt to remove a directory called temp.
DOS Equivalent: rd, rmdir
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Command: cp
Usage: The cp command copies a file to
a new location or filename.
Simply type "cp filename copyname"
at a telnet command prompt and replace filename
with the name of the file you want to copy, and copyname
with the name of the new copy.
You can also add a directory structure if you want to copy the file
to a completely new location. Simply
type "cp filename directory/copyname"
and replace directory
with the name of the directory in which you want the new copy placed.
Example: Type "cp home.htm index.html" at a telnet
command prompt to copy a file called home.htm to a file called
index.html
DOS Equivalent: copy
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Command: mv
Usage: The mv command renames a file or moves it
to a new location.
Simply type "mv oldfile newfile"
at a telnet command prompt and replace oldfile
with the name of the file you want to rename or move,
and newfile with the new name of the new file.
You can also add a directory structure if you want to move the file
to a completely new location. Simply
type "mv oldfile directory/newfile" and replace directory
with the name of the directory in which you want the file moved.
Example: Type "mv test.conf test.old.conf" at a telnet
command prompt to move a file called test.conf to a file called
test.old.conf
DOS Equivalent: move, rename
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Command: rm
Usage: The rm command deletes (removes)
a file. Simply type "rm filename"
at a telnet command prompt and replace filename
with the name of the file you want to delete.
Example: Type "rm test.html" at a telnet
command prompt to remove a file called test.html.
DOS Equivalent: del
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Command: grep
Usage: The grep command finds lines in
files that match specified text patterns. Simply
type "grep "text" filenames"
at a telnet command prompt and replace "text"
with the word or phrase you want to search for, and replace
filenames with the files you want to search
in. To search all files in the current directory, simply
replace filenames with * .
Example: Type "grep "for sale" *" at a telnet
command prompt to find any files in the current
directory that contain the text "for sale"
in them.
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Command: tar
Usage: The tar command copies a file
or files to or from an archive. To put all the files in a
directory into one tar format file,
simply type "tar cvf tarfile directory"
at a telnet command prompt and replace tarfile
with the name you want to call your archived file, and
replace directory with the name of the directory
that contains the files you want to tar.
To extract the files fram a tar format archive, simply type
"tar xvf tarfile at a telnet command prompt and
replace tarfile with the name of the archived file
you are extracting.
Example: Type "tar cvf pages.tar htdocs"
at a telnet command prompt to archive the files in the htdocs
directory to a tar format file called pages.tar.
You could also type "tar xvf pages.tar" at a telnet command
prompt to extract into the current directory the files in the archive
pages.tar.
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Command: zip
Usage: The zip command compresses a file
or list of files into a zip format archive file.
This command is compatable with pkzip on a pc.
Simply type "zip zipfile file1 file2 file3"
at a telnet command prompt and replace zipfile
with the name you want to use for your compressed zip archive file,
and replace fileX
with the name of the file(s) you want to compress into the zip
archive.
Example: Type "zip back.zip home.html
index.html" at a telnet command prompt to compress and archive
the files called home.html and index.html
into the file called back.zip.
DOS Equivalent: pkzip
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Command: unzip
Usage: The unzip command extracts a zip format
archive file. This command is compatible with pkunzip files from
a pc. Simply type "unzip zipfile"
at a telnet command prompt and replace zipfile
with the name of your zip format archive file.
Example: Type "unzip old.zip
at a telnet command prompt to extract the archive called
old.zip.
DOS Equivalent: pkunzip
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Command: compress
Usage: The compress command shrinks a file or files
into compressed versions to save space on your BLUEHILL.com Virtual Server. This
command is good for you to use on your log files when they get very large.
Simply type "compress filename(s)"
at a telnet command prompt and replace filename(s)
with the name of your files you want to compress.
Example: Type "compress access_log agent_log
at a telnet command prompt to compress the access_log
and agent_log files. The compressed files will then be
access_log.Z and agent_log.Z
