Archive for March, 2008

Man page for id

Monday, March 24th, 2008

ID Section: User Commands (1)Updated: May 2006Index Return to Main Contents   NAME id - print user identity   SYNOPSIS id [OPTION]... [USERNAME]   DESCRIPTION Print information for USERNAME, or the current user. -a ignore, for compatibility with other versions -Z, --context print only the security context -g, --group print only the effective group ID -G, --groups print all group IDs -n, --name print a name instead of a number, for -ugG -r, ...

Linux: How do I find files in Linux (using locate or find)? [CentOS, RHEL, Redhat, Fedora]

Monday, March 24th, 2008

There are few ways to find files in Linux. Each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Some are distribution specific and some are not installed by default. Let us start with fastest way to find files using locate and secondly we will talk about using find: a ...