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I guess 'locate' is missing out.

2009-10-21T14:44:06.368+08:00

I guess 'locate' is missing out.

the "man" command deserves to be at the top of the...

2008-06-29T09:24:00.000+08:00

the "man" command deserves to be at the top of the list imho

Maybe you could specify that the -r option must be...

2008-06-28T18:32:00.000+08:00

Maybe you could specify that the -r option must be used to delete folders with the rm command. I found it pretty confusing when I started with GNU/Linux.

Another very useful thing is the tab completion when you don't know, or don't want to type, the full command.

What? No apt-cache command? :) This is probably my...

2008-06-27T15:22:00.000+08:00

What? No apt-cache command? :) This is probably my most used command (mainly "apt-cache search") since I can find just about anything in the software repositories that I need. For example:

apt-cache search audio editor

will bring up a list of packages that match the term "audio editor". Nice list of commands, btw.

@Chris Lees: That I think is the ultimate exit str...

2008-06-27T09:19:00.000+08:00

@Chris Lees: That I think is the ultimate exit strategy command in Linux. But, it's rarely used these days. I do hope Windows has a command like that because it crashes a lot ;-)

@Anonymous: Thanks for the correction. What I mean...

2008-06-27T09:13:00.000+08:00

@Anonymous: Thanks for the correction. What I meant was "current working directory". I already edited it to clear things up.

So `ls` only lists files in your home directory? ...

2008-06-27T09:00:00.001+08:00

So `ls` only lists files in your home directory? Might want to add `cd` to the list of commands to open up more possibilities for its little friend `ls`.

So `ls` only lists files in your home directory? ...

2008-06-27T09:00:00.000+08:00

So `ls` only lists files in your home directory? Might want to add `cp` to the list of commands to open up more possibilities for its little friend `ls`.

If your system freezes up, or if X gets into an in...

2008-06-26T23:22:00.000+08:00

If your system freezes up, or if X gets into an infinite crash/restart loop, hold down Alt + SysRq and press each of the following letters:

R E I S U B

(or "arrrr! Everything is sucky! Un-Boot!")

The S will sync or write out buffered data to disk, U unmounts your drives, and B reboots. Not sure what R E and I do.