Linux commands

Question 1

How to view ip address and related information?

Answer 1

ifconfig or ip a

Question 2

How to view wireless informtion?

Answer 2

iwconfig

Question 3

How to view IP addresses a machine is talking to, on what port and the MAC addresses?

Answer 3

arp -a or ip n

Question 4

How to show active connections on a machine?

Answer 4

netstat

Question 5

How to show routing table and what is it?

Answer 5

route or ip r; shows where traffic exits - need to know where to attack

Question 6

How to create new file with content?

Answer 6

echo ‘hey’ > text.txt

Question 7

How to append text at the end of a text file?

Answer 7

echo ‘bye’&raquo_space; text.txt

Question 8

How to print contents of a file to the console?

Answer 8

cat content.txt

Question 9

How to create a new file without writing anything to it?

Answer 9

touch newfile.txt

Question 10

How to create new file and open it in in-console text editor?

Answer 10

nano newfile.txt

Question 11

How to use external note editor?

Answer 11

geddit newfile.txt