Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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Linux

Commands

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-t Mark unreadable clusters as bad.

-u file

Attempt to undelete the named file.

-v Verbose mode.

-w Write changes to disk immediately.

-y When queried, answer “yes.”

-A Filesystem is an Atari version of MS-DOS.

-V Repeat test to verify all errors have been corrected.

du

du [options] [directories]

Print disk usage (as the number of 1 KB blocks used by each named

directory and its subdirectories; default is the current directory).

Options

-a, --all

Print disk usage for all files, not just subdirectories.

-b, --bytes

Print sizes in bytes.

-c, --total

In addition to normal output, print grand total of all

arguments.

-D, --dereference-args

Follow symbolic links, but only if they are command-line

arguments.

-h, --human-readable

Print sizes in human-readable format.

-H, --si

Like -h, but show as power of 1000 rather than 1024.

-k, --kilobytes

Print sizes in kilobytes (this is the default).

-l, --count-links

Count the size of all files, whether or not they have already

appeared (i.e., via a hard link).

-L, --dereference

Follow symbolic links.

--exclude=pattern

Exclude files that match pattern.

--max-depth=num

Report sizes for directories only down to num levels below the

starting point (which is level 0).

-m, --megabytes

Print sizes in megabytes.

-s, --summarize

Print only the grand total for each ...