Category: Linux

Cancel a planned shutdown of the system shutdown -c

Linux Command to search the Harddisk for bad sectors sudo badblocks -v /dev/sda

Shutdown the system after a specified time. shutdown -h hours:minutes &

Erase a Rewritable Disk cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/cdrom -eject blank=fast -force

Force umount when the device is busy fuser -km /mnt/hda2

Linux command to show all USB Devices lsusb -tv

You can create a wav file of a written text using this command echo “It’s such a beautiful day! Why…

You can create a directory tree using just one command in Linux mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2

If you are a user of the dvorak layout, this command will let you use that layout in the console……

Show files and directory containing numbers ls *[0-9]*