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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What are some of your most useful or favorite terminal commands? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by marighost@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been setting up a new Proxmox server and messing around with VMs, and wanted to know what kind of useful commands I'm missing out on. Bonus points for a little explainer.

Journalctl | grep -C 10 'foo' was useful for me when I needed to troubleshoot some fstab mount fuckery on boot. It pipes Journalctl (boot logs) into grep to find 'foo', and prints 10 lines before and after each instance of 'foo'.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

It isn't a command but an application. I cannot do my work without it.

screen

[–] crispycone@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I prefer tmux, but yes. Both do a great job in helping me manage my terminal sessions.

[–] hades@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

tmux is based

[–] MCHEVA4EVA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Tmux is good because I can have a little window with a bonsai in it and another little window for the matrix. Sometimes I even leave a window for typing in commands.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Based is fetch.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Stop trying to make fetch happen

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