Ubuntu Commands

MISC COMMANDS

Backup folders and Directorys rsync -av /path/to/source/directory /path/to/target/directory

Delete user and home directory sudo deluser --remove-home use

Delete just a users home directory sudo rm -r /home/username

Show CPU infomation cat /proc/cpuinfo

Show system uptime uptime

Download and install package sudo apt-get install PACKAGE

Edit file in sudo mode sudo gedit /location/location2/filename.conf

Move in to a directory cd /location/location2/
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SERVER COMMANDS

Restart VSFTPD server sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Start VSFTPD server sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
Stop VSFTPD server sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd stop

Restart Apache server sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Start Apache server sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
Stop Apache server sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

Shows interface activity Speedometer -rx (interface)

Shows interface activity Speedometer -tx (interface)

dpkg -l lists all of the installed packages