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You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | echo | # echo
> Print given arguments. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo.
* Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional:
`echo "{{Hello World}}"`
* Print a message with environment variables:
`echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"`
* Print a message without the trailing newline:
`echo -n "{{Hello... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | nice | # nice
> Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness
> values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice.
* Launch a program with altered priority:
`nice -n {{niceness_value}} {{command}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | date | # date
> Set or display the system date. More information:
> https://ss64.com/osx/date.html.
* Display the current date using the default locale's format:
`date +%c`
* Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format:
`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`
* Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since t... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chfn | # chfn
> Update `finger` info for a user. More information: https://manned.org/chfn.
* Update a user's "Name" field in the output of `finger`:
`chfn -f {{new_display_name}} {{username}}`
* Update a user's "Office Room Number" field for the output of `finger`:
`chfn -o {{new_office_room_number}} {{username}}`
* Up... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | vdir | # vdir
> List directory contents. Drop-in replacement for `ls -l`. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/vdir.
* List files and directories in the current directory, one per line, with details:
`vdir`
* List with sizes displayed in human-readable units (KB, MB, GB):
`vdir -h`
* List including... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | uniq | # uniq
> Output the unique lines from the given input or file. Since it does not
> detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent, we need to sort them first.
> More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq.
* Display each line once:
`sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq`
* Display only unique lines:
`sort ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | dpkg | # dpkg
> Debian package manager. Some subcommands such as `dpkg deb` have their own
> usage documentation. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information:
> https://manpages.debian.org/latest/dpkg/dpkg.html.
* Install a package:
`dpkg -i {{pa... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | gcov | # gcov
> Code coverage analysis and profiling tool that discovers untested parts of a
> program. Also displays a copy of source code annotated with execution
> frequencies of code segments. More information:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Invoking-Gcov.html.
* Generate a coverage report named `file.cpp.gcov`:
`... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | expr | # expr
> Evaluate expressions and manipulate strings. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/expr.
* Get the length of a specific string:
`expr length "{{string}}"`
* Get the substring of a string with a specific length:
`expr substr "{{string}}" {{from}} {{length}}`
* Match a specific substri... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | mesg | # mesg
> Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users,
> usually from the write command. See also `write`. More information:
> https://manned.org/mesg.
* Check terminal's openness to write messages:
`mesg`
* Disable receiving messages from the write command:
`mesg n`
* Enable receiving m... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | diff | # diff
> Compare files and directories. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-
> pages/man1/diff.1.html.
* Compare files (lists changes to turn `old_file` into `new_file`):
`diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
* Compare files, ignoring white spaces:
`diff --ignore-all-space {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
* Compare... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | stty | # stty
> Set options for a terminal device interface. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stty.
* Display all settings for the current terminal:
`stty --all`
* Set the number of rows or columns:
`stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}`
* Get the actual transfer speed of a device:
`stty --file {{path/... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | make | # make
> Task runner for targets described in Makefile. Mostly used to control the
> compilation of an executable from source code. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html.
* Call the first target specified in the Makefile (usually named "all"):
`make`
* Call a specific target:
`make ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | gawk | # gawk
> This command is an alias of GNU `awk`.
* View documentation for the original command:
`tldr -p linux awk` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | trap | # trap
> Automatically execute commands after receiving signals by processes or the
> operating system. Can be used to perform cleanups for interruptions by the
> user or other actions. More information: https://manned.org/trap.
* List available signals to set traps for:
`trap -l`
* List active traps for the curren... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | arch | # arch
> Display the name of the system architecture, or run a command under a
> different architecture. See also `uname`. More information:
> https://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/arch/.
* Display the system's architecture:
`arch`
* Run a command using x86_64:
`arch -x86_64 "{{command}}"`
* Run a command using arm... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | kill | # kill
> Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All
> signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to
> perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill.
* Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
`kill {{process_id}}`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | find | # find
> Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively. More
> information: https://manned.org/find.
* Find files by extension:
`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'`
* Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:
`find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}}' -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | head | # head
> Output the first part of files. More information:
> https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html.
* Output the first few lines of a file:
`head --lines {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Output the first few bytes of a file:
`head --bytes {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Output everything but the last few lines o... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | fold | # fold
> Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to
> `stdout`. More information: https://manned.org/fold.1p.
* Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):
`fold {{path/to/file}}`
* Wrap each line to width "30":
`fold -w30 {{path/to/file}}`
* Wrap each line to width "5" and brea... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | sort | # sort
> Sort lines of text files. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort.
* Sort a file in ascending order:
`sort {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a file in descending order:
`sort --reverse {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a file in case-insensitive way:
`sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | wget | # wget
> Download files from the Web. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget.
* Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "foo" in this case):
`wget {{https://example.com/foo}}`
* Download the contents of a URL to a file (named "bar" in this case):
`wget --output-... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | kill | # kill
> Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All
> signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to
> perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill.
* Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
`kill {{process_id}}`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | date | # date
> Set or display the system date. More information:
> https://ss64.com/osx/date.html.
* Display the current date using the default locale's format:
`date +%c`
* Display the current date in UTC and ISO 8601 format:
`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`
* Display the current date as a Unix timestamp (seconds since t... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | kill | # kill
> Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All
> signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to
> perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill.
* Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
`kill {{process_id}}`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | stat | # stat
> Display file status. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/stat.html.
* Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others:
`stat {{path/to/file}}`
* Same as above but verbose (more similar to Linux's `stat`):
`stat -x {{path/to/file}}`
* Show only octal file permissi... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | jobs | # jobs
> Display status of jobs in the current session. More information:
> https://manned.org/jobs.
* Show status of all jobs:
`jobs`
* Show status of a particular job:
`jobs %{{job_id}}`
* Show status and process IDs of all jobs:
`jobs -l`
* Show process IDs of all jobs:
`jobs -p` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | echo | # echo
> Print given arguments. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo.
* Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional:
`echo "{{Hello World}}"`
* Print a message with environment variables:
`echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"`
* Print a message without the trailing newline:
`echo -n "{{Hello... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | fold | # fold
> Wrap each line in an input file to fit a specified width and print it to
> `stdout`. More information: https://manned.org/fold.1p.
* Wrap each line to default width (80 characters):
`fold {{path/to/file}}`
* Wrap each line to width "30":
`fold -w30 {{path/to/file}}`
* Wrap each line to width "5" and brea... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | exit | # exit
> Exit the shell. More information: https://manned.org/exit.
* Exit the shell with the exit code of the last command executed:
`exit`
* Exit the shell with the specified exit code:
`exit {{exit_code}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | bash | # bash
> Bourne-Again SHell, an `sh`-compatible command-line interpreter. See also:
> `zsh`, `histexpand` (history expansion). More information:
> https://gnu.org/software/bash/.
* Start an interactive shell session:
`bash`
* Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs:
`bash --norc`
* Exec... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | find | # find
> Find files or directories under the given directory tree, recursively. More
> information: https://manned.org/find.
* Find files by extension:
`find {{root_path}} -name '{{*.ext}}'`
* Find files matching multiple path/name patterns:
`find {{root_path}} -path '{{**/path/**/*.ext}}' -or -name '{{*pattern*}}'... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | wall | # wall
> Write a message on the terminals of users currently logged in. More
> information: https://manned.org/wall.
* Send a message:
`wall {{message}}`
* Send a message to users that belong to a specific group:
`wall --group {{group_name}} {{message}}`
* Send a message from a file:
`wall {{file}}`
* Send a me... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | sort | # sort
> Sort lines of text files. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sort.
* Sort a file in ascending order:
`sort {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a file in descending order:
`sort --reverse {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a file in case-insensitive way:
`sort --ignore-case {{path/to/file}}`
* Sort a... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | shuf | # shuf
> Generate random permutations. More information: https://www.unix.com/man-
> page/linux/1/shuf/.
* Randomize the order of lines in a file and output the result:
`shuf {{filename}}`
* Only output the first 5 entries of the result:
`shuf --head-count={{5}} {{filename}}`
* Write output to another file:
`shuf... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | ipcs | # ipcs
> Display information about resources used in IPC (Inter-process
> Communication). More information: https://manned.org/ipcs.
* Specific information about the Message Queue which has the ID 32768:
`ipcs -qi 32768`
* General information about all the IPC:
`ipcs -a` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chsh | # chsh
> Change user's login shell. More information: https://manned.org/chsh.
* Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively:
`chsh`
* Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:
`chsh -s {{path/to/shell}}`
* Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:
`chsh -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | tail | # tail
> Display the last part of a file. See also: `head`. More information:
> https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1.
* Show last 'count' lines in file:
`tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Print a file from a specific line number:
`tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Print a specific count of bytes from the e... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | sftp | # sftp
> Secure File Transfer Program. Interactive program to copy files between
> hosts over SSH. For non-interactive file transfers, see `scp` or `rsync`.
> More information: https://manned.org/sftp.
* Connect to a remote server and enter an interactive command mode:
`sftp {{remote_user}}@{{remote_host}}`
* Conne... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | free | # free
> Display amount of free and used memory in the system. More information:
> https://manned.org/free.
* Display system memory:
`free`
* Display memory in Bytes/KB/MB/GB:
`free -{{b|k|m|g}}`
* Display memory in human-readable units:
`free -h`
* Refresh the output every 2 seconds:
`free -s {{2}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | join | # join
> Join lines of two sorted files on a common field. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join.
* Join two files on the first (default) field:
`join {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* Join two files using a comma (instead of a space) as the field separator:
`join -t {{','}} {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | nice | # nice
> Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness
> values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice.
* Launch a program with altered priority:
`nice -n {{niceness_value}} {{command}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | head | # head
> Output the first part of files. More information:
> https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/head.1.html.
* Output the first few lines of a file:
`head --lines {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Output the first few bytes of a file:
`head --bytes {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Output everything but the last few lines o... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | more | # more
> Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More
> information: https://manned.org/more.
* Open a file:
`more {{path/to/file}}`
* Open a file displaying from a specific line:
`more +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Display help:
`more --help`
* Go to the next page:
`<Space>`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | comm | # comm
> Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/comm.
* Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file and common lines:
`comm {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* Print only lines common to both f... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chfn | # chfn
> Update `finger` info for a user. More information: https://manned.org/chfn.
* Update a user's "Name" field in the output of `finger`:
`chfn -f {{new_display_name}} {{username}}`
* Update a user's "Office Room Number" field for the output of `finger`:
`chfn -o {{new_office_room_number}} {{username}}`
* Up... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | sync | # sync
> Flushes all pending write operations to the appropriate disks. More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sync.
* Flush all pending write operations on all disks:
`sync`
* Flush all pending write operations on a single file to disk:
`sync {{path/to/file}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | link | # link
> Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the `ln`
> command. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/link.
* Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file:
`link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | file | # file
> Determine file type. More information: https://manned.org/file.
* Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension:
`file {{path/to/file}}`
* Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside:
`file -z {{foo.zip}}`
* Allow file to work with s... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chsh | # chsh
> Change user's login shell. More information: https://manned.org/chsh.
* Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively:
`chsh`
* Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:
`chsh -s {{path/to/shell}}`
* Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:
`chsh -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | less | # less
> Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More
> information: https://greenwoodsoftware.com/less/.
* Open a file:
`less {{source_file}}`
* Page down/up:
`<Space> (down), b (up)`
* Go to end/start of file:
`G (end), g (start)`
* Forward search for a string (press `n`/`N` to go ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | file | # file
> Determine file type. More information: https://manned.org/file.
* Give a description of the type of the specified file. Works fine for files with no file extension:
`file {{path/to/file}}`
* Look inside a zipped file and determine the file type(s) inside:
`file -z {{foo.zip}}`
* Allow file to work with s... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | uniq | # uniq
> Output the unique lines from the given input or file. Since it does not
> detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent, we need to sort them first.
> More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uniq.
* Display each line once:
`sort {{path/to/file}} | uniq`
* Display only unique lines:
`sort ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | true | # true
> Returns a successful exit status code of 0. Use this with the || operator to
> make a command always exit with 0. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/true.
* Return a successful exit code:
`true` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | wait | # wait
> Wait for a process to complete before proceeding. More information:
> https://manned.org/wait.
* Wait for a process to finish given its process ID (PID) and return its exit status:
`wait {{pid}}`
* Wait for all processes known to the invoking shell to finish:
`wait` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | curl | # curl
> Transfers data from or to a server. Supports most protocols, including HTTP,
> FTP, and POP3. More information: https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html.
* Download the contents of a URL to a file:
`curl {{http://example.com}} --output {{path/to/file}}`
* Download a file, saving the output under the filename indi... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | more | # more
> Open a file for interactive reading, allowing scrolling and search. More
> information: https://manned.org/more.
* Open a file:
`more {{path/to/file}}`
* Open a file displaying from a specific line:
`more +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Display help:
`more --help`
* Go to the next page:
`<Space>`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | look | # look
> Look for lines in sorted file. More information: https://manned.org/look.
* Look for lines which begins with the given prefix:
`look {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Look for lines ignoring case:
`look --ignore-case {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | join | # join
> Join lines of two sorted files on a common field. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join.
* Join two files on the first (default) field:
`join {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* Join two files using a comma (instead of a space) as the field separator:
`join -t {{','}} {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | mesg | # mesg
> Check or set a terminal's ability to receive messages from other users,
> usually from the write command. See also `write`. More information:
> https://manned.org/mesg.
* Check terminal's openness to write messages:
`mesg`
* Disable receiving messages from the write command:
`mesg n`
* Enable receiving m... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | diff | # diff
> Compare files and directories. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-
> pages/man1/diff.1.html.
* Compare files (lists changes to turn `old_file` into `new_file`):
`diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
* Compare files, ignoring white spaces:
`diff --ignore-all-space {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
* Compare... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | make | # make
> Task runner for targets described in Makefile. Mostly used to control the
> compilation of an executable from source code. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html.
* Call the first target specified in the Makefile (usually named "all"):
`make`
* Call a specific target:
`make ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | time | # time
> Measure how long a command took to run. Note: `time` can either exist as a
> shell builtin, a standalone program or both. More information:
> https://manned.org/time.
* Run the `command` and print the time measurements to `stdout`:
`time {{command}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | dash | # dash
> Debian Almquist Shell, a modern, POSIX-compliant implementation of `sh` (not
> Bash-compatible). More information: https://manned.org/dash.
* Start an interactive shell session:
`dash`
* Execute specific [c]ommands:
`dash -c "{{echo 'dash is executed'}}"`
* Execute a specific script:
`dash {{path/to/scri... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | htop | # htop
> Display dynamic real-time information about running processes. An enhanced
> version of `top`. More information: https://htop.dev/.
* Start `htop`:
`htop`
* Start `htop` displaying processes owned by a specific user:
`htop --user {{username}}`
* Sort processes by a specified `sort_item` (use `htop --sort... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | pmap | # pmap
> Report memory map of a process or processes. More information:
> https://manned.org/pmap.
* Print memory map for a specific process id (PID):
`pmap {{pid}}`
* Show the extended format:
`pmap --extended {{pid}}`
* Show the device format:
`pmap --device {{pid}}`
* Limit results to a memory address range ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | test | # test
> Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to
> true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test.
* Test if a given variable is equal to a given string:
`test "{{$MY_VAR}}" == "{{/bin/zsh}}"`
* Test if a given variable is empty... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | yacc | # yacc
> Generate an LALR parser (in C) with a given formal grammar specification
> file. See also: `bison`. More information: https://manned.org/man/yacc.1p.
* Create a file `y.tab.c` containing the C parser code and compile the grammar file with all necessary constant declarations for values. (Constant declarations... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | grep | # grep
> Find patterns in files using regular expressions. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html.
* Search for a pattern within a file:
`grep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
* Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions):
`grep --fixed-strings "{{exact_string}}" ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | kill | # kill
> Sends a signal to a process, usually related to stopping the process. All
> signals except for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP can be intercepted by the process to
> perform a clean exit. More information: https://manned.org/kill.
* Terminate a program using the default SIGTERM (terminate) signal:
`kill {{process_id}}`
... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | test | # test
> Check file types and compare values. Returns 0 if the condition evaluates to
> true, 1 if it evaluates to false. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/test.
* Test if a given variable is equal to a given string:
`test "{{$MY_VAR}}" == "{{/bin/zsh}}"`
* Test if a given variable is empty... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | tput | # tput
> View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information:
> https://manned.org/tput.
* Move the cursor to a screen location:
`tput cup {{row}} {{column}}`
* Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color:
`tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}`
* Show number of columns, lines, or colors:
`tp... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | last | # last
> View the last logged in users. More information: https://manned.org/last.
* View last logins, their duration and other information as read from `/var/log/wtmp`:
`last`
* Specify how many of the last logins to show:
`last -n {{login_count}}`
* Print the full date and time for entries and then display the ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | tail | # tail
> Display the last part of a file. See also: `head`. More information:
> https://manned.org/man/freebsd-13.0/tail.1.
* Show last 'count' lines in file:
`tail -n {{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Print a file from a specific line number:
`tail -n +{{8}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Print a specific count of bytes from the e... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | type | # type
> Display the type of command the shell will execute. More information:
> https://manned.org/type.
* Display the type of a command:
`type {{command}}`
* Display all locations containing the specified executable:
`type -a {{command}}`
* Display the name of the disk file that would be executed:
`type -p {{co... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | size | # size
> Displays the sizes of sections inside binary files. More information:
> https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/binutils/size.html.
* Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file:
`size {{path/to/file}}`
* Display the size of sections in a given object or executable file in [o]ctal:
`size... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | link | # link
> Create a hard link to an existing file. For more options, see the `ln`
> command. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/link.
* Create a hard link from a new file to an existing file:
`link {{path/to/existing_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chrt | # chrt
> Manipulate the real-time attributes of a process. More information:
> https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/chrt.1.html.
* Display attributes of a process:
`chrt --pid {{PID}}`
* Display attributes of all threads of a process:
`chrt --all-tasks --pid {{PID}}`
* Display the min/max priority values that ca... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | perf | # perf
> Framework for Linux performance counter measurements. More information:
> https://perf.wiki.kernel.org.
* Display basic performance counter stats for a command:
`perf stat {{gcc hello.c}}`
* Display system-wide real-time performance counter profile:
`sudo perf top`
* Run a command and record its profile ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | tput | # tput
> View and modify terminal settings and capabilities. More information:
> https://manned.org/tput.
* Move the cursor to a screen location:
`tput cup {{row}} {{column}}`
* Set foreground (af) or background (ab) color:
`tput {{setaf|setab}} {{ansi_color_code}}`
* Show number of columns, lines, or colors:
`tp... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | grep | # grep
> Find patterns in files using regular expressions. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html.
* Search for a pattern within a file:
`grep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
* Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions):
`grep --fixed-strings "{{exact_string}}" ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | stty | # stty
> Set options for a terminal device interface. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stty.
* Display all settings for the current terminal:
`stty --all`
* Set the number of rows or columns:
`stty {{rows|cols}} {{count}}`
* Get the actual transfer speed of a device:
`stty --file {{path/... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | gitk | # gitk
> A graphical Git repository browser. More information: https://git-
> scm.com/docs/gitk.
* Show the repository browser for the current Git repository:
`gitk`
* Show repository browser for a specific file or directory:
`gitk {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
* Show commits made since 1 week ago:
`gitk --since... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | time | # time
> Measure how long a command took to run. Note: `time` can either exist as a
> shell builtin, a standalone program or both. More information:
> https://manned.org/time.
* Run the `command` and print the time measurements to `stdout`:
`time {{command}}` |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | comm | # comm
> Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More
> information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/comm.
* Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file and common lines:
`comm {{file1}} {{file2}}`
* Print only lines common to both f... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | quota | # quota
> Display users' disk space usage and allocated limits. More information:
> https://manned.org/quota.
* Show disk quotas in human-readable units for the current user:
`quota -s`
* Verbose output (also display quotas on filesystems where no storage is allocated):
`quota -v`
* Quiet output (only display quo... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | write | # write
> Write a message on the terminal of a specified logged in user (ctrl-C to
> stop writing messages). Use the `who` command to find out all terminal_ids
> of all active users active on the system. See also `mesg`. More information:
> https://manned.org/write.
* Send a message to a given user on a given termina... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | mailx | # mailx
> Send and receive mail. More information: https://manned.org/mailx.
* Send mail (the content should be typed after the command, and ended with `Ctrl+D`):
`mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}`
* Send mail with content passed from another command:
`echo "{{content}}" | mailx -s "{{subject}}" {{to_addr}}`
* ... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | clear | # clear
> Clears the screen of the terminal. More information:
> https://manned.org/clear.
* Clear the screen (equivalent to pressing Control-L in Bash shell):
`clear`
* Clear the screen but keep the terminal's scrollback buffer:
`clear -x`
* Indicate the type of terminal to clean (defaults to the value of the en... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | tsort | # tsort
> Perform a topological sort. A common use is to show the dependency order of
> nodes in a directed acyclic graph. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/tsort.
* Perform a topological sort consistent with a partial sort per line of input separated by blanks:
`tsort {{path/to/file}}`
* P... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | sshfs | # sshfs
> Filesystem client based on SSH. More information:
> https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs.
* Mount remote directory:
`sshfs {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} {{mountpoint}}`
* Unmount remote directory:
`umount {{mountpoint}}`
* Mount remote directory from server with specific port:
`sshfs {{u... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | quilt | # quilt
> Tool to manage a series of patches. More information:
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt.
* Import an existing patch from a file:
`quilt import {{path/to/filename.patch}}`
* Create a new patch:
`quilt new {{filename.patch}}`
* Add a file to the current patch:
`quilt add {{path/to/file}}`
* A... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | diff3 | # diff3
> Compare three files line by line. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Invoking-diff3.html.
* Compare files:
`diff3 {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}`
* Show all changes, outlining conflicts:
`diff3 --show-all {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | rmdir | # rmdir
> Remove directories without files. See also: `rm`. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir.
* Remove specific directories:
`rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
* Remove specific nested directories recursively:
`rmdir -p {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | xargs | # xargs
> Execute a command with piped arguments coming from another command, a file,
> etc. The input is treated as a single block of text and split into separate
> pieces on spaces, tabs, newlines and end-of-file. More information:
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html.
* Run a com... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chmod | # chmod
> Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chmod.
* Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it:
`chmod u+x {{path/to/file}}`
* Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory:
`chmod u+rw {{path/to/file_o... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | egrep | # egrep
> Find patterns in files using extended regular expression (supports `?`, `+`,
> `{}`, `()` and `|`). More information: https://manned.org/egrep.
* Search for a pattern within a file:
`egrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
* Search for a pattern within multiple files:
`egrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{pa... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | chown | # chown
> Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown.
* Change the owner user of a file/directory:
`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
* Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:
`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | paste | # paste
> Merge lines of files. More information:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/paste.
* Join all the lines into a single line, using TAB as delimiter:
`paste -s {{path/to/file}}`
* Join all the lines into a single line, using the specified delimiter:
`paste -s -d {{delimiter}} {{path/to/file}}`
* Merg... |
You are a linux expert. You understand what every Linux terminal command does and you reply with the explanation when asked. | ipcrm | # ipcrm
> Delete IPC (Inter-process Communication) resources. More information:
> https://manned.org/ipcrm.
* Delete a shared memory segment by ID:
`ipcrm --shmem-id {{shmem_id}}`
* Delete a shared memory segment by key:
`ipcrm --shmem-key {{shmem_key}}`
* Delete an IPC queue by ID:
`ipcrm --queue-id {{ipc_queue_... |
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