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  # [[:Category : System Commands |System Commands]]
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• Mdconfig
  [[Category : System Commands]]
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• Vnconfig
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Cvsup
  ...ive versions at freebsd.org. '''cvsup''' stands for Concurrent Versioning System ([[cvs|CVS]]) UPdate. ...and completely do not need or want if you aren't running the [[X windowing system]]. cvsup also requires Modula-3 programming language dependencies.
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• Rsync
  [[Category : System Commands]]
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• Ssh
  ...ortable [[:Category:Ports and Packages | port]], is the [[:Category:System Commands | command-line tool]] used to securely access a shell prompt on a remote ne SSH is part of the FreeBSD base system, and if you enabled ssh logins during your install, you don't have to do mu
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• Ctm
  ...directory tree in sync with a central one. You can use it to keep both the system source and the ports tree current. ...or src-cur for the respective stable branches or the current branch of the system base
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• Su
  [[su]] is acronymic for '''switch user''', and is the system command used under FreeBSD and other unix-like operating systems to change ...th]]. This is intuitive, and works (although it's sloppy since it eats up system resources for a new shell without freeing the resources for the old one), b
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• Vi
  Since it is a part of the FreeBSD base system, [[vi]] will be both installed and in your [[path]], so you can start it by == Basic Commands in vi ==
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• Portupgrade
  ... and cvsup, you'll have the ability to keep all installed software on your system up to date, so long as it exists in the ports tree. ...exactly which ports will be updated, and know how to recover from a broken system. This is *NOT* recommended by any knowledgable FreeBSD user.
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• Init
  ... used (and more commonly at that) to describe what '''runlevel''' the unix system is in. It breaks down to: init 0 -- system halt (will drop you to the [[Sparc_-_Installing_FreeBSD|Open Boot Firmware]
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• Fsck
  ...ystem shuts down before it gets done -- say a power outage happens -- your system may suddenly have a corrupted filesystem or partition. ... over and see if it NEEDS repairs while it's mounted. If one of the basic system mounts like / or /usr or /var needs checking, it's highly recommended that
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• Exit
  '''Exit''' is the system command used to close a [[shell]] you're in. It is also very frequently us [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Pw
  ...ommand used to modify and rebuild /etc/passwd, /etc/master.passwd, and the system user account database generated from those files. [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Portversion
  [[Category:System Commands]] [[Category:Ports and Packages]]
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• At
  ... will be part of the '''at''' job scheduled. Once you're done entering in commands to be scheduled, you press CTRL-D (aka the [[eof]] character) and the sched You may also use the -f option to specify a file that contains the list of commands you wish to process - for example:
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• Grep
  ...rom the commandline, but is more often fed input in conjunction with other commands, such as [[find]], [[ls]] or [[cat]]: [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Ls
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Cd
  ...ol ''.'' (current directory), ''..'' (container directory), or ''/'' (file-system root directory). . the directory I am in. Not used very often with [[cd]] but more often with commands.
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• Type
  [[Category:System Commands]] [[Category:Linux Equivalents]] [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]
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• Fdisk
  '''fdisk''' is the system command used in FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes to handle partitioning hard [[Category:Windows Equivalents]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Which
  '''which''' is a very useful system command used to [[find]] out exactly what is going to get executed when you [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Where
  '''where''' is a very useful system command used to find out how many different versions of the same command or [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Whereis
  [[Category: System Commands]]
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• Find
  ...s is ''not'' a fast search and can take a very long time and burn a lot of system resources when used on large (or multiple) filesystems - in this example, e With the above, you won't waste time and valuable system resources thrashing all hard drives looking for a file you know can't be an
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• Cat
  Related commands are '''zcat''' (aka '''gzcat''') and '''bzcat''', for use with gzipped and [[category: System Commands]]
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• Man page
  [[category: System Commands]]
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• Shell
  ...ams and users to interface with the "kernel" (lower level of the operating system). Microsoft Windows users will compare the '''Unix shell''' to DOS. ...and line; or, to perform more complex tasks you can save a series of shell commands in files ([[shell script]]s), which can be executed from the command line o
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• Mkdir
  [[Category : Windows Equivalents]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Top
  Main commands in top: S toggle the display of system processes
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• Ps
  For a BSD-style ps on a [[Solaris]] system, use /usr/ucb/ps instead of the normal UNIX-standard ps. ;u: show system info on commands (user, pid, cpu% etc)
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• Sysinstall
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Rsh
  {{System-Commands}} [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Redirection
  | sends output to a program (frequently, a [[:Category:System Commands|system command]] like [[grep]]) ...e preconnected to the shell process running on your FreeBSD machine. Most commands that you would run from the command line expect these file descriptors to b
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• Chmod
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• MySQL, Simple Installation
  to the right place for your system To do so, start the server, then issue the following commands:
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• Umount
  {{System-Commands}} ...ommand is used to unlink a file system from the local host, usually a file system previously linked using the [[mount]] command.
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• More
  [[Category:System Commands]][[Category:Windows Equivalents]]
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• Df
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Du
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Pwd
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Chown
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Nano
  [[Category : System Commands]]
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• Pico
  [[Category : System Commands]]
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• Emacs
  === Commands === ...ys move the editing point, [[backspace]] deletes text, and so forth. Other commands are invoked with [[modifier key|modified keystrokes]], using the [[control
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• Chsh
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Less
  ...n) but will allow you to move backwards (up) and allows use of [[vi]]-like commands (going to a specific line, searching with /, etc.). See the [[man]] page fo [[Category: System Commands]]
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• Scp
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Chgrp
  [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Man
  1. General Commands 2. System Calls
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