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Command: cd
Usage: The cd command changes your current
working directory.
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Command: pwd
Usage: The pwd command tells you what the current
working directory you are in on your Virtual Server.
Example: Simply type "pwd" at a telnet
command prompt and it will return something like "/usr/home/bwsd/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 ilenames 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 -aL old.zip" at
a telnet command prompt to extract the archive called old.zip.
The "-aL" are options that are generally useful when unzipping
files created on a PC.
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 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
