3.2: Linux (Raspbian) Commands
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commands to be figured out
which
Need to dive into redirect
file name > new file name
Tab autocomplete -- when you hit tab it autocompletes if there is only on file with the same stem. If you hit it twice, it shows all files with the same stem
Useful tasks
- to identify opererating system
cat /etc/os-release
Keyboard Shortcuts
<ctrl><alt><t> - opens the command line terminal
<ctrl>l Clear screen
<ctrl> u wipes out from where you are to the beginning
<ctrl>a jump to beginning of a line
<ctrl> e goes to end of line
<ctrl>c - kills a running command.
<shift><ctrl>v -paste
<shift><ctrl>c - copy
<ctrl>a - jumps you to the front of a line
Your Rapsberry Pi using Raspbian, which is a type of Linux operating system.
Note: these commands have been adapted from multiple resources on the web, including but not limited to
File & Directory Commands
- cat<file>: Displays content of a file (concatenate)
cat /home/pi/readme.txt
- cd<path>: change directory (directs to specific directory in tree)
note, there must be a space after cd
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cd /home/pi cd #by itself takes you home cd ~ navigate to home directory cd / navigate to root directory cd .. go up one level cd - go back one level
- chmod
- three things need to be set
- who you are setting permissions to
- three things need to be set
u-owner of the file
g - the file group
o - everyone who is not owner
a- everyone
- how you are setting the permissions
+ turns on a permission
- turns off a permission
= ignores current permissions and sets new ones
- what you are setting them to
r read
w write
x execute
X special execute for folders
change permissions in a file
chmod 755 filename.txt (gives all permissions)
- cp<file or directory><destination>: Copies file or directory to new location, to include subfolders (all content) you need to add -r (recursive)
cp file.txt /home/pi/mydocuments cp /home/pi/mydocuments/file.txt /home/pi/experiment_folder cp -r /home/pi/mydocuments/ /home/pi/experiment_folder
- cut cuts a portion of a file usning commas and delimeters.
- -d flag for delimiters
- df -h
displays disk space and partitions
- diff
- find difference between two files
diff file1.txt file2.txt
- find <file name>
program that allows you to find where particular types of data exists across directory structures.
find / -name passwd find / -iname filename.ext (not case sensitive)
Needs to be developed- grep <string><location>: (Global Regular Expression Print) Finds a string in a file or script
grep " " filename.txt
- head <file>: Displays the head (beginning of a file)
head /home/experiments/lab1.txt head -n20 /home/experiments/lab1.txt (displays first 20 lines of lab1.txt
- less
Allows scrolling with up/down arrows
less /home/experiments/lab1.txt
- ls: list files and directories in the current folder (or a specific folder if specified)
ls ls /home/pi ls -1 (one, to make a single column) ls -l (long, to list info) ls -l -a (long and all, to include hidden files ls ../ (reaches up one level)
- mkdir <folder>: creates a new subfolder in the current folder, or the specified folder
mkdir <new folder name.> mkdir /home/pi <new folder name
- more<file>: Displays content of file, use enter or space to scroll through pages, q to quit. Often useful for monitoring logfiles
more /file_directory/filename.ext more /var/log/slyslo
- mv<source><destination>: moves a file or directory to a new location
mv /home/pi/work/myfile.txt / /hom/pi/experiments/ mv /home/pi/work/ /home/pi/experiments/
- nano<file>: Linux text editor (CTRL+O, Enter of CRTL +X saves changes)
nano /home/pi/myscript.sh
- ps aux
displays all running processes
- ps -u pi
where pi is user name
- pwd: Print current Working Directory (shows what directory you are in
pwd
- reboot
sudo reboot
- rm <file>: Deletes file, to delete a folder use -rf (recursive force)
rm myscipt.sh rm -rf /home/pi/scripts
- sed
can be used for find and replace with s flag
sed 's/bob/robert' filename.txt will replace bob with robert
- shutdown
sudo shutdown -h now sudo shutdown -h 12:05
- sort
-k# flag sorts by column number
sort filename.txt
- tail <file>: displays the end of a file (useful for seeing latest entries on logfiles)
tail /var/log/syslog tail -n20 /var/log/syslog (display twenty lines) tail -f /var/sys/syslof (displays new lines in real time)
- tar
- tar -c: store tar (compressed) files
tar -cvfz arcjove/tar/gz /home/pi/Documents/mydirectory -c creates archive -v verbose -f filename of archive to follow -z compress files with gzip
- tar -x: extract files
tar -xvfz archive.tar.gz
- tar -c: store tar (compressed) files
- tree: shows tree in directories
tree
- uniq
filters out duplicate lines in a test file
wc: word count
wc -l line count
General Commands
- clear : clears terminal screen
- date : gives current date
- history : Gives a history of commands the last time the pi was run
- poweroff : Shuts the Pi down (Need to find keyboard shortcut)
- echo
echo -n no new line
echo shows string/text that are used as arguments
>> appends to file
echo $! - gives the exit status of the last command
=0 means it ran fine
=1 means it hung up (terminated abruptly)
- man
manual - gives options to a command, the following gives options for ls. Q gets you back to prompt
man ls
- TOUCH
used to create any type of file with zero size
touch demo.txt
- cat
allows you to view a file. The following command allows you to see what your operating system is
cat does not support keyboard scrolling
cat /etc/os-release
Network Commands
The Pi comes with two Network Interfaces, ethernet (eth0) and WiFi (wlan0)
Configuration
- ipconfig: Diplays current IP donfiguation (ip a) is shortcut
ifconfig ip a
- netstat
shows every port that is open
- ping<ip>: Sends ping package to another IP on network to see if host is up
ping 111.111.1.1
File Transfer-Remote Connection
- wget<url> allows you to download a file from internet
wget https://URL
- ssh<user>@<ip>: Protocol to allow you to remotely connect to computer over web.
ssh root@111.111.1.1
Package Management
- apt-get install <package> installs a package
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
- apt-get remove <package> removes previously installed package
- apt-cache search <package name> searches for package name in package list (repository)
sudo apt-get search php
- dpkg -l List installed packages on system. Can be used with grep to find specific package
dpkg -l
dpkg -l | grep myadmin
Raspbian Commands
- raspi-config: allows you to manage configuation from terminal or ssh
sudo raspi-config
- raspi-gpio: Allows you to control gpio ports
Need to develop - raspistill: takes an image with camera plugged to pi camera port
raspistill -o imag.jpg
- raspivid: takes a video with camera, the time is in milliseconds
raspivid -o video.h264 -t 10000
- raspividyuv or raspiyuv: allows video stream
raspividyuv -o video.yuv
System Management
- install
to install packages (need to fix)
sudo apt-get install vim (to install the vim editor)
to remove a package
sudo apt-get remove vim (to remove the vim editor)
- dmesg
Shows all processes and error when system boots
- htop: displays information on running processes (like top, but has more info)
htop
- kill <pid>: kills a process by it's process ID (which you can get with the ps command)
kill 12345 (Kills process ID 12345, but does not step the script and goes onto the next command of the program) kill 12345 -9 (Kills process 12345 and exits the program)
- ps: displays running processes, to display everything
ps aux
to display a specific user
ps -u pi
- reboot : reboots the pi
sudo reboot
- service <service name><action>: Allows you to start/stop services
service apache 2 start
service apache 2 stop - service apache2: (shows actions available for a service)
service apache 2- update-rc.d<service><action>: On Debian, allows you to start/stop service on system boot
sudo update-rc.d ssh enable - update-rc.d -f ssh remove: Disables start of service (-f option "forces")
sudo update-rc.d -f ssh remove
- update-rc.d<service><action>: On Debian, allows you to start/stop service on system boot
NOTE: These commands are only for services, to start other scripts/commands on boot you need to edit the local etc/rc/local file
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
- shutdown -h now : shuts down (halts) the pi
sudo shutdown -h now
- shutdown -h <time> : shuts the Pi at specific time
sudo shutdown -h 08:00
- shutdown -r : shuts down and reboots the pi
sudo shutdown -r - top
- - shows processes being run
- vcgencmd measure_temp: Displays current CPU temperature
vcgencmd measure_temp
User Management
to add user
sudo adduser name-in-lower-case sudo adduser bob
to change password
-note you will see no characters and it first asks for current password, and then for the new one twice
- if you have admin privledges you can
passwd sudo passwd name (lets someone with sudo privledges make a password for someone else) sudo passwd name -d (deletes password)
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System Updates
- apt-get update: Use to synchronize your list of packages with the most, should be run before upgrading packages to ensure you have the most recent versions
sudo apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade: Upgrades installed software packages
sudo apt-get upgrade
- rpi-update: Updates everything (only use if you know what you are doing)