Unfamiliar Commands Flashcards
1
Q
Free
A
-check the amount of used, free, and total amount of RAM on system
2
Q
Lsblk
A
-list block devices
3
Q
Df
A
-lists disk space on file systems
4
Q
Fdisk
A
-utility used to modify partitions on hard drives
HOW TO PARTITION
1) create new hdd in storage settings
2) fdisk /dev/sdx (x is hdd)
3) mdadm –create /dev/md1 –level=x (raid level) –raid-devices=1 /dev/sdx1
4) cat /proc/mdstat (checks raid status)
5
Q
Dmidecode
A
- extracts hardware info by reading data
- from SMBIOS data structures/DMI tables
6
Q
Hdparm
A
-gets info about data devices (such as hard disks)
7
Q
Lshw
A
-lists hardware
8
Q
Hwinfo
A
-hardware info
9
Q
Lspci
A
-list PCI buses and details about connected devices (graphics card, network adapter, USB, etc)
10
Q
Lsusb
A
-list usb’s
11
Q
Lscpu
A
-list CPU
12
Q
Lsscsi
A
-list scsi
13
Q
Pydf
A
-DF written in python language
14
Q
Inxi
A
-10k line mega bash script
