Tasks
This page covers the commands used for common and specific tasks on Redox.
Hardware
Show CPU information
cat /scheme/sys/cpu
System
Show system information
uname -a
Show memory (RAM) usage
free -h
Show the storage usage
df -h
Shutdown the computer
sudo shutdown
Show all running processes
ps
Show system-wide common programs
ls /bin
Show all schemes
ls /scheme
Show the system log
cat /scheme/sys/log
Or
dmesg
Networking
Show system DNS name
hostname
Show all network addresses of your system
hostname -I
Ping a website or IP
ping (website-link/ip-address)
Show website information
whois https://website-name.com
Download a GitHub repository on the current directory
git clone https://github.com/user-name/repository-name.git
Download a Git repository
git clone https://website-name.com/repository-name
Download a Git repository to the specified directory
git clone https://website-name.com/repository-name folder-name
Download a file with wget
wget https://website-name.com/file-name
Resume an incomplete download
wget -c https://website-name.com/file-name
Download from multiple links in a text file
wget -i file.txt
Download an entire website and convert it to work locally (offline)
wget --recursive --page-requisites --html-extension --convert-links --no-parent https://website-name.com
Download a file with curl
curl -O https://website-name.com
Download files from multiple websites at once
curl -O https://website-name.com/file-name -O https://website2-name.com/file-name
Host a website with Simple HTTP Server
- Point the program to the website folder
- The Home page of the website should be available on the root of the folder
- The Home page should be named as
index.html
simple-http-server -i -p 80 folder-name
This command will use the port 80 (the certified port for HTTP servers), you can change as you wish.
User
Clean the terminal content
clear
Exit the terminal session, current shell or root privileges
exit
Current user on the shell
whoami
Show the default terminal shell
echo $SHELL
Show your current terminal shell
echo $0
Show your installed terminal shells (active on $PATH)
cat /etc/shells
Change your default terminal shell permanently (common path is /usr/bin)
chsh -s /path/of/your/shell
Add an abbreviation for a command on the Ion shell
alias name='command'
Change the user password
passwd user-name
Show the commands history
history
Show the commands with the name specified in history
history name
Change the ownership of a file, folder, device and mounted-partition (recursively)
sudo chown -R user-name:group-name directory-name
Or
chown user-name file-name
Show system-wide configuration files
ls /etc
Show the user configuration files of programs
ls ~/.local/share ~/.config
Print a text on terminal
echo text
Show the directories in the $PATH environment variable
echo $PATH
Show the dependencies (shared libraries) used by a program
ldd program-name
Add a new directory on the $PATH environment variable of the Ion shell
TODO
Restore the shell variables to default values
reset
Measure the time spent by a program to run a command
time command
Run a executable file on the current directory
./
Run a non-executable shell script
sh script-name
Or
bash script-name
Files and Folders
Show files and folders in the current directory
ls
Print some text file
cat file-name
Edit a text file
kibi file-name
Save your changes by pressing Ctrl+S
Show the current directory
pwd
Change the active directory to the specified folder
cd folder-name
Change to the previous directory
cd -
Change to the upper directory
cd ..
Change the current directory to the user folder
cd ~
Show files and folders (including the hidden ones)
ls -A
Show the files, folders and subfolders
ls *
Show advanced information about the files/folders of the directory
ls -l
Create a new folder
mkdir folder-name
Copy a file
cp -v file-name destination-folder
Copy a folder
cp -v folder-name destination-folder
Move a folder
mv folder-name destination-folder
Remove a file
rm file-name
Remove a folder
(Use with caution if you called the command with su, sudo or doas)
rm -rf folder-name
Add text in a text file
echo "text" >> directory/file
Search for files
find . -type f -name file-name
(Run with sudo or su if these directories are under root permissions)
Search for folders
find . -type d -name folder-name
(Run with sudo or su if the directories are under root permissions)
Show files/folders in a tree
tree
Media
Play a video
ffplay video-name
Play a music
ffplay music-name
Show an image
image-viewer image-name
Graphics
Show the OpenGL driver information
glxinfo | grep OpenGL