vb.org Archive - List of SSH Commands

Feel free to add more to the list if you have any as I'm sure there are more that I've missed :)

Display everything in the current directory

Code:

ls

Display all files, including hidden files

Code:

ls -a

Display all files, along with the size and timestamp

Code:

ls -l

Uncompress tar.gz files

Code:

tar -zxpf file.tar.gz

Uncompress .tar files

Code:

tar -xpf file.tar.gz

Uncompress .gz files

Code:

gunzip file

Copy a file to a new file

Code:

cp file

Move a file to a new file, or rename

Code:

mv file

Create a directory

Code:

mkdir dir

Delete a directory

Code:

rmdir dir

Delete a directory

Code:

rm -rf dir

Delete a file

Code:

rm file

Move to a directory

Code:

cd dir

Move to a lower directory

Code:

cd ..

Move to the home directory

Code:

cd ~

Move to the previous directory

Code:

cd -

View processes and server loads (press 'q' to stop viewing)

Code:

top

Create or edit a file

Code:

vi file

Display the current directory

Code:

pwd

Edit a file

Code:

pico file

Edit a file

Code:

nano file

Connect to a FTP server

Code:

ftp site

View a webpage

Code:

lynx site

Display the hard drive stats

Code:

df

Display your quota

Code:

quota

Display the uptime of the server

Code:

uptime

Display the operating system stats

Code:

uname -a

Display your info

Code:

whoami

Display other users connected to the server

Code:

who

Display the last login

Code:

last

Tell where a file is located

Code:

whereis file

Check your email

Code:

mail

Display processes you're running

Code:

ps -x

Display all processes running

Code:

ps -a

Display running processes, with CPU/Memory usage

Code:

ps -ux

Kill a process

Code:

kill pid

Kill an eggdrop process

Code:

kill -9 pid

Kill all running process of the same type

Code:

killall program

Description of a command

Code:

whatis command

Display help on the command

Code:

man command

Report of the process list, 1 minute and 5 minute average load every 10 minutes since midnight server time

Code:

sar -q

Tars up the file or directory of your choice (Replace filename.tar.gz with the name you want your tar file to have, with the tar.gz extension on the end and replace file with the file or directory you want to tar up)

Code:

tar -zcf filename.tar.gz file

Update the locate/search DB

Code:

updatedb

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (44)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (7)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information

Page Generation 0.01180 seconds
Memory Usage 1,739KB
Queries Executed 10 (?)

More Information

Template Usage:

(1)ad_footer_end
(1)ad_footer_start
(1)ad_header_end
(1)ad_header_logo
(1)ad_navbar_below
(44)bbcode_code_printable
(1)footer
(1)gobutton
(1)header
(1)headinclude
(6)option
(1)post_thanks_navbar_search
(1)printthread
(7)printthreadbit
(1)spacer_close
(1)spacer_open

Phrase Groups Available:

global
postbit
showthread

Included Files:

./printthread.php
./global.php
./includes/init.php
./includes/class_core.php
./includes/config.php
./includes/functions.php
./includes/class_hook.php
./includes/modsystem_functions.php
./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php
./includes/class_bbcode.php
./includes/functions_bigthree.php

Hooks Called:

init_startup
init_startup_session_setup_start
init_startup_session_setup_complete
cache_permissions
fetch_threadinfo_query
fetch_threadinfo
fetch_foruminfo
style_fetch
cache_templates
global_start
parse_templates
global_setup_complete
printthread_start
bbcode_fetch_tags
bbcode_create
bbcode_parse_start
bbcode_parse_complete_precache
bbcode_parse_complete
printthread_post
printthread_complete

Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01180 seconds Memory Usage 1,739KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (44)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (7)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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