Solaris 8.0 Common Command interpretation

Debugging

Truss Executable

/* Trace doing of given command (useful debugging) * *

Truss-f-P <pid of a shell>

/* Using Multiple windows, this can is used to trace setuid/setgid programs * *

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ARP, Ethernet trouble shooting

Arp-a.

/* Shows the Ethernet address ARP table * *

Arp-d Myhost

/* Delete a stale Ethernet entry for host Myhost * *

Disk Commands

Du-k.

/* Reports disk space used in kilobytes * *

Du-sk.

/* Reports only total disk spaces used in kilobytes * *

Du-ad/var | Sort-nr

/* tells you to The/var files are in reverse order * *

fdformat-d-U

/* Format Diskette * *

/usr/bin/iostat-e

/* Command to display drives statistics * *

/bin/mount-f Hsfs-o Ro/dev/sr0/cdrom

* Mount an ISO 9660 CDROM * *

Prtvtoc/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2

/* Disk Geometry and Partitioning info * *

Quot-af

/* How much of the space are used by the users in kilobytes * *

Driver Parameters

NDD/DEV/IP \?

/* shows IP variables in the kernel * *

NDD/DEV/IP ip_forwarding

/* tells you if forwarding are on (=1) */

NDD-SET/DEV/IP ip_forwarding 1

/* Enables IP forwarding between interfaces * *

File manipulation

Dos2unix | -ascii <filename>

/* Converts DOS file formats to Unix * *