Below are some useful command that I have used in the past and never wrote them down. Then when I need to use them again I have to look them up. If you see any that you think would be nice to have on this list let me know. Find a file in a directory
Find a word or string of word in a file and list the file path and the string
Find all files that have changed in the / in the last 24 hours and print them to a file
Find files older than 7 days an ammend them to a file
Find files older than 7 days and delete them
User tar to back up files contained in a list
RPM install with dependency check
Converting TXT files (removing the ^M at the carriage return)
sed -e \'s/$/\r/\' unix-format.txt > win-format.txt (Linux to DOS)
List the size of a directory
Burn ISO image to a CD
SSH copy a file from a local machine to remote machine
Example: text.txt bob@fsrv:/home/bob SSh copy a file from a remote machine to a local machine
SSH copy a directory recusively from a local machine to a remote machine
Erase the bootloader and the partition table
Erase the bootloader but leave the existing partition table.
Remove files from a list of files
Backup files using tar from a list of files
sync system time