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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Unix command for a dummy... where do i start? Post 302472007 by tomvcarter on Tuesday 16th of November 2010 03:03:34 AM
Old 11-16-2010
Unix command for a dummy... where do i start?

I have never used Unix before and only heard of it at the start of the week. But ny new job requires me to use the Unix/Linux command, and i need an introduction for a total beginer... are there any intro videos or books you would recomend?
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FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation		  FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm)

NAME
FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix - Unix-specific generic functions DESCRIPTION
This module provides some Unix-specific generic functions. FUNCTIONS
getDeviceCapacity(%params) Returns storage capacity of given device, using fdisk. Availables parameters: logger a logger object device the device to use getIpDhcp Returns an hashref of information for current DHCP lease. getFilesystemsFromDf(%params) Returns a list of filesystems as a list of hashref, by parsing given df command output. logger a logger object command the exact command to use file the file to use, as an alternative to the command getFilesystemsTypesFromMount(%params) Returns a list of used filesystems types, by parsing given mount command output. logger a logger object command the exact command to use file the file to use, as an alternative to the command getProcessesFromPs(%params) Returns a list of processes as a list of hashref, by parsing given ps command output. logger a logger object command the exact command to use file the file to use, as an alternative to the command getRoutingTable Returns the routing table as an hashref, by parsing netstat command output. logger a logger object command the exact command to use (default: netstat -nr -f inet) file the file to use, as an alternative to the command perl v5.14.2 2012-06-25 FusionInventory::Agent::Tools::Unix(3pm)
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