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Use either the 'man' command or the 'info' command to find an online description. This assumes that the system administrator has installed the 'man' and 'info' packages. That may not always be the case because it takes up disk space.
I've never heard of an ipconfigure command in any Unix or any Linux.I have heard of the ifconfig command however, perhaps you meant this. If so, re-post the question with the appropriate command.
For Unix, any command is run as a sub-process. You don't need an actual command to create the subprocess. You can also force the process to run in the background by appending a '&' symbol at the end of the command.
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Use the 'chmod' command to change permissions on any file. Note: you have to be the owner (or the superuser) to do this.
Limiting certain types of resource is done by the 'ulimit' command.
tail -10 anyfile | wc
There are various software packages that provide a Unix-like environment. They can be used for educational purposes, for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to Microsoft Windows systems. Some examples of these packages are: * MKS Toolkit * UnxUtils * Cygwin * Interix
You can log in via telnet or ssh protocol for a command line prompt environment to Unix, or you can use a graphical user interface such as KDE or Gnome, or the CDE environment via X-windows. In any of these protocols, you must supply a username and password to successfully log into the Unix system.
The ones that are listed as part of a standard (such as Posix) will work in all UNIX systems (but not all systems, such as Windows command prompt). A lot of UNIX vendors add commands that only work in their version of UNIX, so they aren't as portable across systems as others.
Use the following command: head -4 filename Note: this only works on line terminated (newline) text files. The 'filename' can be any file.
Utilities are programs that can run or execute. Commands are slightly different than utilities. Command refers to the name of the program and any arguments you specify to that program to change its behavior.