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List the files in current directory sorted by size ?
- ls -l | grep ^- | sort -nr

List the hidden files in current directory ? -
- ls -a1 | grep "^\."

Delete blank lines in a file ?
- cat sample.txt | grep -v ‘^$’ > new_sample.txt

Search for a sample string in particular files ?
- grep “Debug” *.confHere grep uses the string “Debug” to search in all files with extension“.conf” under current directory.

Display the last newly appending lines of a file during appendingdata to the same file by some processes ?
- tail –f Debug.logHere tail shows the newly appended data into Debug.log by some processes/user.

Display the Disk Usage of file sizes under each directory in currentDirectory ?
- du -k * | sort –nr (or) du –k . | sort -nr

Change to a directory, which is having very long name ?
- cd CDMA_3X_GEN*Here original directory name is – “CDMA_3X_GENERATION_DATA”.

Display the all files recursively with path under current directory ?
- find . -depth -print

Set the Display automatically for the current new user ?
- export DISPLAY=`eval ‘who am i | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")" -f1′`Here in above command, see single quote, double quote, grave ascent is used. Observe carefully.

Display the processes, which are running under yourusername ?
- ps –aef | grep MaheshvjHere, Maheshvj is the username.

List some Hot Keys for bash shell ?
- Ctrl+l – Clears the Screen. Ctrl+r – Does a search in previously given commands in shell. Ctrl+u - Clears the typing before the hotkey. Ctrl+a – Places cursor at the beginning of the command at shell. Ctrl+e – Places cursor at the end of the command at shell. Ctrl+d – Kills the shell. Ctrl+z – Places the currently running process into background.

Display the files in the directory by file size ?
- ls –ltr | sort –nr –k 5

How to save man pages to a file ?
- man | col –b > Example : man top | col –b > top_help.txt

How to know the date & time for – when script is executed ?
- Add the following script line in shell script.eval echo "Script is executed at `date`" >> timeinfo.infHere, “timeinfo.inf” contains date & time details ie., when script is executed and history related to execution.

How do you find out drive statistics ?
- iostat -E

Display disk usage in Kilobytes ?
- du -k

Display top ten largest files/directories ?
- du -sk * | sort -nr | head

How much space is used for users in kilobytes ?
- quot -af

How to create null file ?
- cat /dev/null > filename1

Access common commands quicker ?
- ps -ef | grep -i $@

Display the page size of memory ?
- pagesize -a

Display Ethernet Address arp table ?
- arp -a

Display the no.of active established connections to localhost ?
- netstat -a | grep EST

Display the state of interfaces used for TCP/IP traffice ?
- netstat -i

Display the parent/child tree of a process ?
- ptree Example: ptree 1267

Show the working directory of a process ?
- pwdx Example: pwdx 1267

Display the processes current open files ?
- pfiles Example: pfiles 1267

Display the inter-process communication facility status ?
- ipcs

Display the top most process utilizing most CPU ?
- top –b 1

Alternative for top command ?
- prstat -a