{"id":385,"date":"2008-04-14T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T06:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/useful-linux-commands\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T12:54:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T02:54:39","slug":"useful-linux-commands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eisabainyo.net\/weblog\/useful-linux-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Linux Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find files older than 60 days<\/strong>
\nfind * -mtime +60<\/p>\n

Delete files in backup folder which are older than 60 days<\/strong>
\nrm -f `find \/backup\/ -mtime +60`<\/p>\n

Search for a string inside files<\/strong>
\ngrep -H -r \"search me\" \/var\/www<\/p>\n

Find files owned by apache user<\/strong>
\nfind \/var\/www\/ -user apache<\/p>\n

Find directories owned by apache user<\/strong>
\nfind \/var\/www\/ -user apache -type d<\/p>\n

Listing files in a directory<\/strong>
\nls -lh<\/p>\n

Copy an entire directory (files + subdirectories)<\/strong>
\ncp -R existingdir\/ newdir\/<\/p>\n

Zip up an entire directory<\/strong>
\nzip -r zipefilename foldername<\/p>\n

Count total number of files in a directory<\/strong>
\nls -1 | wc -l
\nfind . -type f | wc -l<\/p>\n

Get directory size<\/strong>
\ndu -hs \/var\/www <\/p>\n

Get amount of free disk space available<\/strong>
\ndf -h<\/p>\n

Get Linux version details<\/strong>
\nuname -a
\ncat \/proc\/version<\/p>\n

Recommended Book<\/h3>\n
\n\"\"Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming<\/span><\/a>\"\"\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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