TIPS

Description

This tool helps you retrieve the most useful linux commands. This script performs a search through tags in a database.

Install

1. Check Python 2.7 (python -V) or install it
2. Copy tips.py and tips.sqlite in same directory
3. [OPTIONAL] Open tips.py to configure it
4. [OPTIONAL - RECOMMEND] Use "$ ln -s /path/to/tips/tips.py /usr/bin/tips" (as root) for comfortable execution (/bla/bla/bla/tips.py -> tips) !! WARNING: if you symlink tips.py, configure the -tipsdb- setting !!

Usage

From terminal: ./tips.py [TAG]

Search commands by keyword [TAG]

If [TAG] is 'all', you can retrieve all database commands.

Arguments

--help      Get Help!
--check     Check for program and database updates from GitHub (internet connection required)

Help

If you want add a command in database, send me a message on GitHub!!! NOW!

Currently the database covers the following executables (for a complete list: ./tips.py -all ) tar , zip, unzip, df, free, mount, umount, ps, grep, kill, w, top, whoami, logname, useradd, userdel, usermod, passwd, su, uname, watch, crontab, find, locate, whereis, traceroute, acl, rpm, netstat, setfacl, ssh, ssh-copy-id

Some examples (the most complex!): tar -zxvf file.tar.gz >> Untar tar.gz files tar -C /myfolder -zxvf file.tar.gz >> Untar tar.gz file in a specified directory du -h --max-depth=1 >> Disk usage (only subdir in current dir) du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -n >> Disk usage by size (only subdir in current dir) free -m >> Memory statistics (-m in Mega) free -m -s N >> Disk Free (-s continuously ad update every N seconds) usermod -a -G GROUP USER >> Add USER to GROUP passwd USER >> Change password of USER su - -c "COMMAND" >> Execute COMMAND by superuser uname -a >> Show current Kernel stats watch -n [S] COMMAND >> Execute COMMAND every S seconds crontab -u USER -e >> Show USER's crontab setfacl -R -m user:USERNAME:rwx DIRECTORY >> ACL: add USERNAME rwx permission to ACL list for DIRECTORY netstat -ant | grep PORT >> Get connections on PORT