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Old 04-06-2007
Question Help needed in Basic UNIX
hi friends,
How to obtain list of groups we r a member of and redirect it to a file.
how to append the details of current OS to a file.
how to append the estimated file space to a file.
how to append the details of users loged on along wth their current activity into a file.

Thank you...I'm alien to UNIX OS.
Last edited by bobby36; 04-06-2007 at 07:34 PM.. Reason: Please help mates just basics I guess
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Old 04-07-2007
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Originally Posted by bobby36
hi friends,
How to obtain list of groups we r a member of and redirect it to a file.
how to append the details of current OS to a file.
how to append the estimated file space to a file.
how to append the details of users loged on along wth their current activity into a file.

Thank you...I'm alien to UNIX OS.

uname - a > OS.txt
df -t > space.txt
ps -lf > users.txt
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Old 04-07-2007
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Originally Posted by bobby36
How to obtain list of groups we r a member of and redirect it to a file.
# groups <username> > /tmp/groups.txt

# id -Gn <username> > /tmp/groups.txt

username stands for the user you want the groups for, without username you get the groups for the current user
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Old 04-09-2007
MySQL
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Originally Posted by funksen
# groups <username> > /tmp/groups.txt

# id -Gn <username> > /tmp/groups.txt

username stands for the user you want the groups for, without username you get the groups for the current user

Thanks mate for your help.
 
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