split – split a file into pieces . split [OPTION]… [INPUT [PREFIX]]

commandline session $ls sexample $cat sexample a b c d e f g h i j k l $split 3 sexample split: cannot open ‘3’ for reading: No such file or directory $split sexample 3 $ls 3aa sexample $ls -l total 8 -rw-r–r– 1 jeffrin jeffrin 24 Jul 31 21:52 3aa -rw-r–r– 1 jeffrin jeffrin …

mountpoint – see if a directory is a mountpoint

commandline session $mountpoint Usage: mountpoint [-q] [-d] [-x] path $mountpoint / / is a mountpoint $mountpoint /var /var is not a mountpoint $mountpoint /usr /usr is not a mountpoint $mountpoint -x /dev/sda1 8:1 $mountpoint -x /dev/sda2 8:2 $mountpoint -x proc mountpoint: proc: No such file or directory $mountpoint -x /proc/ mountpoint: /proc/: not a block …

dict is a client for the Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT)

commandline session $dict jeffrin No definitions found for “jeffrin” $dict -S Strategies available: exact Match headwords exactly prefix Match prefixes nprefix Match prefixes (skip, count) substring Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword suffix Match suffixes re POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions regexp Old (basic) regular expressions soundex Match using SOUNDEX algorithm lev Match headwords …

groups – print the groups a user is in

commandline session $groups jeffrin tty dialout audio www-data mysql wireshark $groups –version | grep David Written by David MacKenzie and James Youngman. $ $groups jeffrin jeffrin : jeffrin tty dialout audio www-data wireshark mysql $groups user groups: user: no such user $groups mysql mysql : mysql $groups wireshark groups: wireshark: no such user $groups www-data …

GET THE HANG . Update generated configuration files using autoreconf command

$autoreconf -v -i autoreconf: Entering directory `.’ autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: configure.ac: adding subdirectory c++-impl to autoreconf autoreconf: Entering directory `c++-impl’ autoreconf: running: aclocal autoreconf: configure.ac: adding subdirectory stl to autoreconf autoreconf: Entering directory `stl’ autoreconf: running: libtoolize –copy libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4′. …