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This fortune brought to you by:
$FreeBSD$
%
-Having trouble using fetch through a firewall? Try setting the environment
-variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to yes, and see fetch(3) for more details.
+Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use "su -" to simulate
+a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
+ -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
%
By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward
through the console output. Press "Scroll Lock" again to turn it off.
%
-Want colour in your directory listings? Use "ls -G". "ls -F" is also useful,
-and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
-%
-If you need to ask a question on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list then
-
- http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/\
- freebsd-questions/index.html
-
-contains lots of useful advice to help you get the best results.
+Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg_info
+-Ix port_name".
%
-If you'd like to keep track of applications in the FreeBSD ports tree, take a
-look at FreshPorts;
-
- http://www.freshports.org/
+Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)? It's
+the section of the manual the man page is in. "man man" will tell you more.
+ -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
-To search for files that match a particular name, use find(1); for example
-
- find / -name "*GENERIC*" -ls
+Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
-will search '/', and all subdirectories, for files with 'GENERIC' in the name.
- -- Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
-%
-In tcsh, you can `set autolist' to have the shell automatically show
-all the possible matches when doing filename/directory expansion.
-%
-You can `set autologout = 30' to have tcsh log you off automatically
-if you leave the shell idle for more than 30 minutes.
-%
-If you `set filec' (file completion) in tcsh and write a part of the
-filename, pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
-is more than one, or complete the filename if there's only one match.
-%
-You can press up-arrow or down-arrow to walk through a list of
-previous commands in tcsh.
-%
-You can disable tcsh's terminal beep if you `set nobeep'.
-%
-If you `set watch = (0 any any)' in tcsh, you will be notified when
-someone logs in or out of your system.
-%
-Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%m %# '
-%
-Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m%# '
-%
-Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m:%~%# '
-%
-Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m:%/%# '
-%
-Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
-%
-Simple tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%# '
-%
-If you want df(1) and other commands to display disk sizes in
-kilobytes instead of 512-byte blocks, set BLOCKSIZE in your
-environment to 'K'. You can also use 'M' for Megabytes or 'G' for
-Gigabytes. If you want df(1) to automatically select the best size
-then use 'df -h'.
+ look portion_of_word_you_know
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To change an environment variable in tcsh you use: setenv NAME "value"
-where NAME is the name of the variable and "value" its new value.
+Forget what directory you are in? Type "pwd".
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To change an environment variable in /bin/sh use:
-
- $ VARIABLE="value"
- $ export VARIABLE
+Forget when Easter is? Try "ncal -e". If you need the date for Orthodox
+Easter, use "ncal -o" instead.
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-You can use /etc/make.conf to control the options used to compile software
-on this system. Example entries are in
-/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf.
+FreeBSD is started up by the program 'init'. The first thing init does when
+starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to
+run the shell script /etc/rc. By reading /etc/rc and the /etc/rc.d/ scripts,
+you can learn a lot about how the system is put together, which again will
+make you more confident about what happens when you do something with it.
%
-To do a fast search for a file, try
-
- locate filename
-
-locate uses a database that is updated every Saturday (assuming your computer
-is running FreeBSD at the time) to quickly find files based on name only.
+Handy bash(1) prompt: PS1="\u@\h \w \!$ "
+ -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
-In order to search for a string in some files, use 'grep' like this:
-
- grep "string" filename1 [filename2 filename3 ...]
-
-This will print out the lines in the files that contain the string. grep can
-also do a lot more advanced searches - type 'man grep' for details.
+Having trouble using fetch through a firewall? Try setting the environment
+variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to yes, and see fetch(3) for more details.
%
-You can use the 'fetch' command to retrieve files over ftp or http.
-
- fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/index.html
-
-will download the front page of the FreeBSD web site.
+If other operating systems have damaged your Master Boot Record, you can
+reinstall it either with /usr/sbin/sysinstall or with boot0cfg(8). See
+"man boot0cfg" for details.
%
-In order to make fetch (the FreeBSD downloading tool) ask for
-username/password when it encounters a password-protected web page, you can set
-the environment variable HTTP_AUTH to 'basic:*'.
+If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon
+(:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return.
%
-You can permanently set environment variables for your shell by putting them
-in a startup file for the shell. The name of the startup file varies
-depending on the shell - csh and tcsh uses .login, bash, sh, ksh and zsh use
-.profile. When using bash, sh, ksh or zsh, don't forget to export the
-variable.
+If you are in the C shell and have just installed a new program, you won't
+be able to run it unless you first type "rehash".
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
If you are running xterm, the default TERM variable will be 'xterm'. If you
set this environment variable to 'xterm-color' instead, a lot of programs will
@@ -123,234 +66,180 @@ If you do not want to get beeps in X11 (X Windows), you can turn them off with
xset b off
%
-You can look through a file in a nice text-based interface by typing
+If you have a CD-ROM drive in your machine, you can make the CD-ROM that is
+presently inserted available by typing 'mount /cdrom' as root. The CD-ROM
+will be available under /cdrom/. Remember to do 'umount /cdrom' before
+removing the CD-ROM (it will usually not be possible to remove the CD-ROM
+without doing this.)
- less filename
-%
-The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you have
-learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. To use ee (an easier but less
-powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to /usr/bin/ee
+Note: This tip may not work in all configurations.
%
-If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon
-(:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return.
+If you need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where
+"hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave.
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-You can use aliases to decrease the amount of typing you need to do to get
-commands you commonly use. Examples of fairly popular aliases include (in
-Bourne shell style, as in /bin/sh, bash, ksh, and zsh):
-
- alias lf="ls -FA"
- alias ll="ls -lA"
- alias su="su -m"
-
-In csh or tcsh, these would be
+If you need to ask a question on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list then
- alias lf ls -FA
- alias ll ls -lA
- alias su su -m
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/\
+ freebsd-questions/index.html
-To remove an alias, you can usually use 'unalias aliasname'. To list all
-aliases, you can usually type just 'alias'.
+contains lots of useful advice to help you get the best results.
%
-In order to support national characters for European languages in tools like
-less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
-variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
+If you `set filec' (file completion) in tcsh and write a part of the
+filename, pressing TAB will show you the available choices when there
+is more than one, or complete the filename if there's only one match.
%
-You can search for documentation on a keyword by typing
-
- apropos keyword
+If you `set watch = (0 any any)' in tcsh, you will be notified when
+someone logs in or out of your system.
%
-Man pages are divided into section depending on topic. There are 9 different
-sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
-You can get an introduction to each topic by typing
-
- man <number> intro
-
-In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type
+If you use the C shell, add the following line to the .cshrc file in your
+home directory to prevent core files from being written to disk:
- man 1 intro
+ limit coredumpsize 0
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-FreeBSD is started up by the program 'init'. The first thing init does when
-starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to
-run the shell script /etc/rc. By reading /etc/rc and the /etc/rc.d/ scripts,
-you can learn a lot about how the system is put together, which again will
-make you more confident about what happens when you do something with it.
+If you want df(1) and other commands to display disk sizes in
+kilobytes instead of 512-byte blocks, set BLOCKSIZE in your
+environment to 'K'. You can also use 'M' for Megabytes or 'G' for
+Gigabytes. If you want df(1) to automatically select the best size
+then use 'df -h'.
%
If you want to play CDs with FreeBSD, a utility for this is already included.
Type 'cdcontrol' then 'help' to learn more. (You may need to set the CDROM
environment variable in order to make cdcontrol want to start.)
%
-If you have a CD-ROM drive in your machine, you can make the CD-ROM that is
-presently inserted available by typing 'mount /cdrom' as root. The CD-ROM
-will be available under /cdrom/. Remember to do 'umount /cdrom' before
-removing the CD-ROM (it will usually not be possible to remove the CD-ROM
-without doing this.)
-
-Note: This tip may not work in all configurations.
-%
-You can install extra packages for FreeBSD by using the ports system.
-If you have installed it, you can download, compile, and install software by
-just typing
-
- # cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
- # make install && make clean
-
-as root. The ports infrastructure will download the software, change it so
-it works on FreeBSD, compile it, install it, register the installation so it
-will be possible to automatically uninstall it, and clean out the temporary
-working space it used. You can remove an installed port you decide you do not
-want after all by typing
-
- # cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
- # make deinstall
+If you want to quickly check for duplicate package/port installations,
+try the following pkg_info command.
-as root.
-%
-Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
- -- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
-%
-To see the output from when your computer started, run dmesg(8). If it has
-been replaced with other messages, look at /var/run/dmesg.boot.
- -- Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
+ pkg_info | sort | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' | \
+ uniq -c | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*1'
%
-You can use "whereis" to search standard binary, manual page and source
-directories for the specified programs. This can be particularly handy
-when you are trying to find where in the ports tree an application is.
+If you'd like to keep track of applications in the FreeBSD ports tree, take a
+look at FreshPorts;
-Try "whereis netscape" and "whereis whereis".
- -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
-%
-You can press Ctrl-D to quickly exit from a shell, or logout from a
-login shell.
- -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+ http://www.freshports.org/
%
-You can use "pkg_info" to see a list of packages you have installed.
- -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+In order to make fetch (the FreeBSD downloading tool) ask for
+username/password when it encounters a password-protected web page, you can set
+the environment variable HTTP_AUTH to 'basic:*'.
%
-You can change the video mode on all consoles by adding something like
-the following to /etc/rc.conf:
+In order to search for a string in some files, use 'grep' like this:
- allscreens="80x30"
+ grep "string" filename1 [filename2 filename3 ...]
-You can use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep T" for a list of supported text
-modes.
- -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
-%
-Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use "su -" to simulate
-a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
- -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+This will print out the lines in the files that contain the string. grep can
+also do a lot more advanced searches - type 'man grep' for details.
%
-Over quota? "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
-directory sizes.
- -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+In order to support national characters for European languages in tools like
+less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
+variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
%
-Handy bash(1) prompt: PS1="\u@\h \w \!$ "
- -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+In tcsh, you can `set autolist' to have the shell automatically show
+all the possible matches when doing filename/directory expansion.
%
-Ever wonder what those numbers after command names were, as in cat(1)? It's
-the section of the manual the man page is in. "man man" will tell you more.
+"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
"man hier" will explain the way FreeBSD filesystems are normally laid out.
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
-"man tuning" gives some tips how to tune performance of your FreeBSD system.
- -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
-%
-"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
- -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
-%
-You can often get answers to your questions about FreeBSD by searching in the
-FreeBSD mailing list archives at
-
- http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html
-%
-You can adjust the volume of various parts of the sound system in your
-computer by typing 'mixer <type> <volume>'. To get a list of what you can
-adjust, just type 'mixer'.
-%
-You can automatically download and install binary packages by doing
-
- pkg_add -r <URL>
-
-where you replace <URL> with the URL to the package. This will also
-automatically install the packages the package you download is dependent on
-(ie, the packages it needs in order to work.)
-%
-You can get a good standard workstation install by using the
-instant-workstation port/package. If you have ports installed, you can
-install it by doing
-
- # cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation
- # make install && make clean
+Man pages are divided into section depending on topic. There are 9 different
+sections numbered from 1 (General Commands) to 9 (Kernel Developer's Manual).
+You can get an introduction to each topic by typing
-as root. This will install a collection of packages that is convenient to
-have on a workstation.
-%
-You can get a good generic server install by using the
-instant-server port/package. If you have ports installed, you can
-install it by doing
+ man <number> intro
- # cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-server
- # make install && make clean
+In other words, to get the intro to general commands, type
-as root. This will install a collection of packages that is appropriate for
-running a "generic" server.
-%
-You can make a log of your terminal session with script(1).
+ man 1 intro
%
"man ports" gives many useful hints about installing FreeBSD ports.
%
"man security" gives very good advice on how to tune the security of your
FreeBSD system.
%
-Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports,
-or one its subdirectories:
-
- "make search name=<port-name>"
- or
- "make search key=<keyword>"
+"man tuning" gives some tips how to tune performance of your FreeBSD system.
+ -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
-Want to see how much virtual memory you're using? Just type "swapinfo" to
-be shown information about the usage of your swap partitions.
+Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
+"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-ports/net/netcat port is useful not only for redirecting input/output
-to TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them with inetd(8).
+Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-If other operating systems have damaged your Master Boot Record, you can
-reinstall it either with /usr/sbin/sysinstall or with boot0cfg(8). See
-"man boot0cfg" for details.
+Need to leave your terminal for a few minutes and don't want to logout?
+Use "lock -p". When you return, use your password as the key to unlock the
+terminal.
+ -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal". To see the
-whole year, type "cal -y".
+Need to print a manpage? Use
+
+ man name_of_manpage | col -bx | lpr
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
+Need to quickly empty a file? Use ": > filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To see the last time that you logged in, use lastlogin(8).
+Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To clear the screen, use "clear". To re-display your screen buffer, press
-the scroll lock key and use your page up button. When you're finished,
-press the scroll lock key again to get your prompt back.
+Need to remove all those ^M characters from a DOS file? Try
+
+ tr -d \\r < dosfile > newfile
+ -- Originally by Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+%
+Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal". To see the
+whole year, type "cal -y".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To save disk space in your home directory, compress files you rarely
-use with "gzip filename".
+Need to see which daemons are listening for connection requests? Use
+"sockstat -4l" for IPv4, and "sockstat -l" for IPv4 and IPv6.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
-"zcat" or "zmore" to view it.
+Need to see your routing table? Type "netstat -rn". The entry with the G
+flag is your gateway.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To see how much disk space is left on your partitions, use
-
- df -h
+Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
+ -- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
+%
+Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '[%B%m%b] %B%~%b%# '
+%
+Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%m %# '
+%
+Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m%# '
+%
+Over quota? "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
+directory sizes.
+ -- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
+%
+ports/net/netcat port is useful not only for redirecting input/output
+to TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them with inetd(8).
+%
+sh (the default Bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing. Just
+``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it.
+%
+Simple tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%# '
+%
+The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you have
+learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. To use ee (an easier but less
+powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to /usr/bin/ee
+%
+Time to change your password? Type "passwd" and follow the prompts.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use
+To change an environment variable in /bin/sh use:
- du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head
+ $ VARIABLE="value"
+ $ export VARIABLE
+%
+To change an environment variable in tcsh you use: setenv NAME "value"
+where NAME is the name of the variable and "value" its new value.
+%
+To clear the screen, use "clear". To re-display your screen buffer, press
+the scroll lock key and use your page up button. When you're finished,
+press the scroll lock key again to get your prompt back.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
To determine whether a file is a text file, executable, or some other type
@@ -359,116 +248,118 @@ of file, use
file filename
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Time to change your password? Type "passwd" and follow the prompts.
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+To do a fast search for a file, try
+
+ locate filename
+
+locate uses a database that is updated every Saturday (assuming your computer
+is running FreeBSD at the time) to quickly find files based on name only.
%
-Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
-"wc filename".
+To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl-U".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to print a manpage? Use
+To find out the hostname associated with an IP address, use
- man name_of_manpage | col -bx | lpr
+ dig -x IP_address
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to remove all those ^M characters from a DOS file? Try
+To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch
+of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''. For example:
- tr -d \\r < dosfile > newfile
- -- Originally by Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+ man -t grep > grep.ps # Save the PostScript version to a file
+or
+ man -t printf | lp # Send the PostScript directly to printer
%
-Forget what directory you are in? Type "pwd".
+To quickly create an empty file, use "touch filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-If you are in the C shell and have just installed a new program, you won't
-be able to run it unless you first type "rehash".
+To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
+"zcat" or "zmore" to view it.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to leave your terminal for a few minutes and don't want to logout?
-Use "lock -p". When you return, use your password as the key to unlock the
-terminal.
+To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
+To save disk space in your home directory, compress files you rarely
+use with "gzip filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
+To search for files that match a particular name, use find(1); for example
- look portion_of_word_you_know
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+ find / -name "*GENERIC*" -ls
+
+will search '/', and all subdirectories, for files with 'GENERIC' in the name.
+ -- Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
%
-To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
-first 10 lines, use "head filename".
+To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
+
+ ls -R / | more
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
command name.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To quickly create an empty file, use "touch filename".
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
-%
-To find out the hostname associated with an IP address, use
+To see how much disk space is left on your partitions, use
- dig -x IP_address
+ df -h
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-If you use the C shell, add the following line to the .cshrc file in your
-home directory to prevent core files from being written to disk:
+To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use
- limit coredumpsize 0
+ du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-If you need a reminder to leave your terminal, type "leave +hhmm" where
-"hhmm" represents in how many hours and minutes you need to leave.
+To see the IP addresses currently set on your active interfaces, type
+"ifconfig -u".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
-"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
+To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
+first 10 lines, use "head filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Forget when Easter is? Try "ncal -e". If you need the date for Orthodox
-Easter, use "ncal -o" instead.
+To see the last time that you logged in, use lastlogin(8).
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
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-Need to see your routing table? Type "netstat -rn". The entry with the G
-flag is your gateway.
+To see the MAC addresses of the NICs on your system, type
+
+ ifconfig -a
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to see which daemons are listening for connection requests? Use
-"sockstat -4l" for IPv4, and "sockstat -l" for IPv4 and IPv6.
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+To see the output from when your computer started, run dmesg(8). If it has
+been replaced with other messages, look at /var/run/dmesg.boot.
+ -- Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
%
-Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg_info
--Ix port_name".
+Want colour in your directory listings? Use "ls -G". "ls -F" is also useful,
+and they can be combined as "ls -FG".
%
-To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl-U".
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+Want to find a specific port, just type the following under /usr/ports,
+or one its subdirectories:
+
+ "make search name=<port-name>"
+ or
+ "make search key=<keyword>"
%
-To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
+Want to know how many words, lines, or bytes are contained in a file? Type
+"wc filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Need to quickly empty a file? Use ": > filename".
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+Want to see how much virtual memory you're using? Just type "swapinfo" to
+be shown information about the usage of your swap partitions.
%
-To see all of the directories on your FreeBSD system, type
+Want to strip UTF-8 BOM(Byte Order Mark) from given files?
- ls -R / | more
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
-%
-To see the IP addresses currently set on your active interfaces, type
-"ifconfig -u".
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
+ sed -e '1s/^\xef\xbb\xbf//' < bomfile > newfile
%
-To see the MAC addresses of the NICs on your system, type
+Want to use sed(1) to edit a file in place? Well, to replace every 'e' with
+an 'o', in a file named 'foo', you can do:
- ifconfig -a
- -- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
-%
-You can open up a new split-screen window in (n)vi with :N or :E and then
-use ^w to switch between the two.
-%
-sh (the default Bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing. Just
-``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it.
+ sed -i.bak s/e/o/g foo
+
+And you'll get a backup of the original in a file named 'foo.bak', but if you
+want no backup:
+
+ sed -i '' s/e/o/g foo
%
When you've made modifications to a file in vi(1) and then find that
you can't write it, type ``<ESC>!rm -f %'' then ``:w!'' to force the
@@ -477,30 +368,135 @@ write
This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory
and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link.
%
-If you want to quickly check for duplicate package/port installations,
-try the following pkg_info command.
+You can adjust the volume of various parts of the sound system in your
+computer by typing 'mixer <type> <volume>'. To get a list of what you can
+adjust, just type 'mixer'.
+%
+You can automatically download and install binary packages by doing
- pkg_info | sort | sed -e 's/-[0-9].*$//' | \
- uniq -c | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*1'
+ pkg_add -r <URL>
+
+where you replace <URL> with the URL to the package. This will also
+automatically install the packages the package you download is dependent on
+(ie, the packages it needs in order to work.)
%
-Want to use sed(1) to edit a file in place? Well, to replace every 'e' with
-an 'o', in a file named 'foo', you can do:
+You can change the video mode on all consoles by adding something like
+the following to /etc/rc.conf:
- sed -i.bak s/e/o/g foo
+ allscreens="80x30"
-And you'll get a backup of the original in a file named 'foo.bak', but if you
-want no backup:
+You can use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep T" for a list of supported text
+modes.
+ -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+You can disable tcsh's terminal beep if you `set nobeep'.
+%
+You can get a good generic server install by using the
+instant-server port/package. If you have ports installed, you can
+install it by doing
- sed -i '' s/e/o/g foo
+ # cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-server
+ # make install && make clean
+
+as root. This will install a collection of packages that is appropriate for
+running a "generic" server.
%
-To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch
-of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''. For example:
+You can get a good standard workstation install by using the
+instant-workstation port/package. If you have ports installed, you can
+install it by doing
- man -t grep > grep.ps # Save the PostScript version to a file
-or
- man -t printf | lp # Send the PostScript directly to printer
+ # cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation
+ # make install && make clean
+
+as root. This will install a collection of packages that is convenient to
+have on a workstation.
%
-Want to strip UTF-8 BOM(Byte Order Mark) from given files?
+You can install extra packages for FreeBSD by using the ports system.
+If you have installed it, you can download, compile, and install software by
+just typing
- sed -e '1s/^\xef\xbb\xbf//' < bomfile > newfile
+ # cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
+ # make install && make clean
+
+as root. The ports infrastructure will download the software, change it so
+it works on FreeBSD, compile it, install it, register the installation so it
+will be possible to automatically uninstall it, and clean out the temporary
+working space it used. You can remove an installed port you decide you do not
+want after all by typing
+
+ # cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
+ # make deinstall
+
+as root.
+%
+You can look through a file in a nice text-based interface by typing
+
+ less filename
+%
+You can make a log of your terminal session with script(1).
+%
+You can often get answers to your questions about FreeBSD by searching in the
+FreeBSD mailing list archives at
+
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html
+%
+You can open up a new split-screen window in (n)vi with :N or :E and then
+use ^w to switch between the two.
+%
+You can permanently set environment variables for your shell by putting them
+in a startup file for the shell. The name of the startup file varies
+depending on the shell - csh and tcsh uses .login, bash, sh, ksh and zsh use
+.profile. When using bash, sh, ksh or zsh, don't forget to export the
+variable.
+%
+You can press Ctrl-D to quickly exit from a shell, or logout from a
+login shell.
+ -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+You can press up-arrow or down-arrow to walk through a list of
+previous commands in tcsh.
+%
+You can search for documentation on a keyword by typing
+
+ apropos keyword
+%
+You can `set autologout = 30' to have tcsh log you off automatically
+if you leave the shell idle for more than 30 minutes.
+%
+You can use aliases to decrease the amount of typing you need to do to get
+commands you commonly use. Examples of fairly popular aliases include (in
+Bourne shell style, as in /bin/sh, bash, ksh, and zsh):
+
+ alias lf="ls -FA"
+ alias ll="ls -lA"
+ alias su="su -m"
+
+In csh or tcsh, these would be
+
+ alias lf ls -FA
+ alias ll ls -lA
+ alias su su -m
+
+To remove an alias, you can usually use 'unalias aliasname'. To list all
+aliases, you can usually type just 'alias'.
+%
+You can use /etc/make.conf to control the options used to compile software
+on this system. Example entries are in
+/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf.
+%
+You can use "pkg_info" to see a list of packages you have installed.
+ -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
+%
+You can use the 'fetch' command to retrieve files over ftp or http.
+
+ fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/index.html
+
+will download the front page of the FreeBSD web site.
+%
+You can use "whereis" to search standard binary, manual page and source
+directories for the specified programs. This can be particularly handy
+when you are trying to find where in the ports tree an application is.
+
+Try "whereis netscape" and "whereis whereis".
+ -- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
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