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Commands tagged aix

Terminal - Commands tagged aix - 7 results

gzip -c source.csv > source.csv.gz

2012-10-17 18:31:51

User: pmohan

Functions: gzip

Tags: gzip aix

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AIX - gzip command to compress a file

use this command to gzip the file and write to stdout and from the stdout redirect to the another file

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print "$(lsvg -Lo |xargs lsvg -L|grep "TOTAL PPs"|awk -F"(" '{print$2}'|sed -e "s/)//g" -e "s/megabytes/+/g"|xargs|sed -e "s/^/(/g" -e "s/+$/)\/1000/g"|bc ) GB"

2012-02-03 13:58:41

User: janvanderwijk

Tags: sed awk xargs grep print aix lsvg

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See the total amount of data on an AIX machine

Not figured by me, but a colleague of mine.

See the total amount of data on an AIX machine.

netstat -Aan | grep .80 | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | grep EST | awk '{print $6}' | cut -d "." -f1,2,3,4 | sort | uniq

2012-02-03 13:54:11

User: janvanderwijk

Functions: awk cut grep netstat sort

Tags: sort uniq grep netstat cut aix

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See who are using a specific port

See who is using a specific port. Especially when you're using AIX. In Ubuntu, for example, this can easily be seen with the netstat command.

find . -type f -exec awk '/linux/ { printf "%s %s: %s\n",FILENAME,NR,$0; }' {} \;

2011-11-29 12:32:06

User: Neo23x0

Functions: awk find printf

Tags: solaris find grep unix aix recursive content

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Rekursive Grep on Solaris or AIX Systems without GNU egrep -r funcionality

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find /myfs -size +209715200c -exec du -m {} \; |sort -nr |head -10

2011-07-07 21:12:46

User: arlequin

Functions: du find head sort

Tags: Linux size find unix ksh aix korn shell

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List top 10 files in filesystem or mount point bigger than 200MB

Specify the size in bytes using the 'c' option for the -size flag. The + sign reads as "bigger than". Then execute du on the list; sort in reverse mode and show the first 10 occurrences.

pwdadm -f ADMCHG [user]

2011-04-28 02:22:03

User: mack

Tags: password aix user expiration

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How to expire the password to force her change [AIX]

This command is AIX compatible.

It will prompt the user for a new password at next logon

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find . $ ! -name . -prune $ $ -type f -o -type l $

2009-09-12 15:58:56

User: mobidyc

Functions: find

Tags: Linux solaris find aix hp-ux

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find only current directory (universal)

you must be in the directory to analyse

report all files and links in the currect directory, not recursively.

this find command ahs been tested on hp-ux/linux/aix/solaris.