Few commands in bash

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 02:21 PM

Hi, i got 2.6.18-1.2708.fc6 and i use bash. I wanted to know how I can search my linux box through bash, and also how can i view the hardware that my linux is recognizing. And how can I view how much of my hdd i have used up.

uselpa · 12-17-2006, 02:24 PM

Code:

man find
man lspci

will get you started.

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 02:43 PM

I typed in my terminal "man lspci" and it gave me a lot of ingo about this command, but when i typed in the terminal "lspci" or "lspci -vvxxx" as sugested in man page it said that the commands are not found. also when i type find and a file thats not in the curent folder it wont find it.

uselpa · 12-17-2006, 02:49 PM

For lspci, you probably need to be root. Or it's just not on your path; in Slackware, for example, you need to type "/sbin/lspci".

For find, tell me what you were looking for and what command you used.

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 03:00 PM

"/sbin/lspci" worked even when i wasnt root, and when using the find command i typed "find linux-intro.pdf" to see if its gonna find the pdf file, but it just says no such file or directory. I think it only searches the directory I am currently in, might be wrong.

uselpa · 12-17-2006, 03:10 PM

Code:

find . -type f -name "linux-intro.pdf"

When I said "man find", I meant it. find is a complex command and you have to read the man page. There are examples at the end of it which help you to get started.

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 09:01 PM

Also is there a bash command that tells you how much space u got free on ur hdd and how much is used?

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 10:11 PM

I cant open a folder when using this command "cd /my music/mp3/acdc" because it does not recognize the space it says /my does not exist.

igorc · 12-17-2006, 10:12 PM

Here you go:
# df -h
for the disk space. For the folder problem - put the folder name in quotas when you have a space in the name:
# cd /"my music"/mp3/acdc

c4nk · 12-17-2006, 10:51 PM

Thanx a lot man.

matthewg42 · 12-18-2006, 02:19 AM

find is a confusing program to use at first. It's worth finding some tutorial though - it's an amazingly useful command.