Commands tagged Filesystem (35)


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    du -h / | grep -w "[0-9]*G"
    pashutinsky · 2011-07-23 19:02:11 3
  • cloning root filesystem without suffering to possible interruptions. useful when moving a running system to a new partition. also works as a solid backup solution.


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    rsync -aHux --exclude=/proc/* --exclude=/sys/* /* /mnt/target/
    unixmonkey24812 · 2011-08-22 14:26:56 4
  • Shows the 10 biggest files/dirs


    0
    du -ah | sort -h | tail
    jedifu · 2013-11-26 12:56:58 13
  • this will give u the details in MB's; from high to low.... Show Sample Output


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    du -xm --max-depth 2 /var/log | sort -rn | head
    srvesh · 2013-12-16 13:29:33 7
  • In this example I am returning all the files in /usr/bin that weren't put there by pacman, so that they can be moved to /usr/local/bin where they (most likely) belong. Show Sample Output


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    for file in /usr/bin/*; do pacman -Qo "$file" &> /dev/null || echo "$file"; done
    malathion · 2014-04-22 21:57:08 11
  • The files are automatically uncompressed when they reach the destination machine. This is a fast way to backup your server to your local computer while it's running (shutting down services is recommended). A file named "exclude.txt" is needed at /tmp/ containing the following : /dev/* /media/* /mnt/* /proc/* /sys/* /tmp/* /home/*/.local/share/Trash /home/*/.gvfs /home/*/.cache /home/*/.thumbnails /etc/fstab /lib/modules/*/volatile/.mounted /var/run/* /var/lock/* /var/tmp/* /var/cache/apt/archives/* /lost+found/* Show Sample Output


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    tar -cj / -X /tmp/exclude.txt | cstream -v 1 -c 3 -T 10 | ssh user@host 'tar -xj -C /backupDestination'
    fantleas · 2014-07-21 18:52:19 8
  • Default volume group in Ubuntu is ubuntu-vg and the logical volume is ubuntu-lv, so the provided command will resize the disk to utilize 100% of the available space. Show Sample Output


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    lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv && resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
    sxiii · 2022-08-26 13:02:10 713
  • preserve all except context and xattr. useful when moving a running system to a new partition.


    -1
    cp -dpRx /* /mnt/target/
    unixmonkey24812 · 2011-08-22 14:22:01 5
  • In order to create a new encrypted filing system managed by cryptmount, you can use the supplied 'cryptmount-setup' program, which can be used by the superuser to interactively configure a basic setup. Alternatively, suppose that we wish to setup a new encrypted filing system, that will have a target-name of "opaque". If we have a free disk partition available, say /dev/hdb63, then we can use this directly to store the encrypted filing system. Alternatively, if we want to store the encrypted filing system within an ordinary file, we need to create space using a recipe such as: dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/opaque.fs bs=1M count=512 . cryptmount --generate-key 32 opaque . cryptmount --prepare opaque . mke2fs /dev/mapper/opaque . cryptmount --release opaque . mkdir /home/crypt . cryptmount -m opaque . cryptmount -u opaque For detail see sample output Show Sample Output


    -2
    cryptmount -m <name>
    totti · 2012-01-17 18:02:47 8
  • cd into the directory that contains the file. this is just the usual move command but shortcut'd. say you wanted to move a photo img1.png from ~/photos/holidayphotos into the parent directory which is ~/photos command would be: ~/photos/holidayphotos$ mv img1.png .. I use Ubuntu so this'll work in debian but not sure what else.


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    mv file_name.extension ..
    takealeft · 2009-03-09 15:35:58 7
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