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Old 11-08-2006
Name 10 commands every Linux and Unix admin should know

I'm working on further developing my Unix skills and I'm just curious what some of the experienced admins out there would consider to be 10 essential commands every admin should know.
# 2  
Old 11-08-2006
Hmmm,

DTrace
Truss
STrace
tcpdump
iostat
vmstat
netstat
ps
ipfw
iptables

Ahh, that's 10.

Good luck Smilie

Carl
# 3  
Old 11-09-2006
BOFH is correct, however, depending on your needs there may be a different set of "most essential commands" My example :
dig, traceroute, ping, whois, mail, ssh, ps, grep, perl, vi.
# 4  
Old 11-09-2006
don't forget the basics like:
ls, cd, pwd, df, du, mount, man, format, more/less, cat
# 5  
Old 11-09-2006
I considered the simpler commands but he did say "admin" commands. I provided my list based on admin type troubleshooting and problem determination. Everybody uses ls or cd, but only admins will use dtrace, truss, and ipfw (for example). ps is such a commonly used command, we forget that on many systems, ps doesn't return anything useful unless you're an admin.

Carl
# 6  
Old 11-09-2006
I'd add "find" to the above lists.
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Old 11-09-2006
I'd say the king of all 'man man'
 
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