HP-UX Command Help Guide

Command Guide :

Navigating options :

• Esc + k - view previously used commands, press k to view more history commands.

• press Esc twice - For auto completetion you should press Esc key two times after typed first few characters.

Note : This option will not work on csh, This is good on POSIX shell "/usr/bin/sh" or its subset ksh "/usr/bin/ksh"

• LAST LINE MODE
  
  /PATTERN search forward
  ?PATTERN search backwards
  / or ? or n repeat last search
  N reverse last search
  :w write buffer to disk
  :w NEWFILE write buffer to NEWFILE
  :w >> FILE append buffer to FILE
  :w! FILE force a write to FILE
  :wq write then quit
  :q quit
  :q! quit without writing
  :f show file name and line #
  :cd DIRECTORY change DIRECTORY
  :r read file into buffer
  :r FILE read named FILE
  :e edit
  :e! discard buffer and edit
  :e FILE edit a FILE
  :e # pop between files
  :s/OLD/NEW/ current line sub. 1st
  :s/OLD/NEW/g current line sub. all
  :1,7s/OLD/NEW lines 1-7 sub. all
  :%s/OLD/NEW all lines sub. 1st
  :%s/OLD/NEW/g all lines sub. all
  :%s/^/PATTERN /g insert PATTERN at beginning of line all lines
  :%s/$/ PATTERN/g insert PATTERN at end of all lines
  :set nu show line numbers
  :set nonu hide line numbers
  :set sm enable matching ()s
  :set nosm disable matching ()s
  
  $ end of line
  ^ beginning of line
  / search
  :%s/.$// remove last character on every line
  
  INSERT MODE
  
  a append after cursor
  A append at end of line
  i insert before cursor
  I insert at start of line
  open a line below cursor
  open a line above cursor
  cw change word at cursor
  c#w change # of words
  C change text to end of line
  r replace a character
  R replace text unti
  #a add # copies of text
  #a add # copies of text at line end
  #i insert # copies of text
  #I insert # copies of text at line start
  ^w erase last word
  go to command mode
  
  COMMAND MODE
  
  h move cursor left
  l move cursor right
  j move cursor down one line
  k move cursor up one line
  G go to end of file
  #G go to line #
  H go to top of screen
  M go to middle of screen
  L go to bottom of screen
  w move cursor forward one word
  b move cursor back one word
  #w move cursor forward # words
  #b move cursor back # words
  F scroll forward one page
  B scroll back one page
  x delete character
  dd delete line
  #dd delete # lines
  dw delete word
  #dw delete # words
  d$ delete to end of line
  P paste before cursor
  p paste after cursor
  "vp paste buffer v after cursor
  xp transpose two characters
  Y yank a line
  #Y yank # lines
  "v#Y yank # lines to buffer v
  . repeat last command
  G show which line on
  u undo
  
  CHANGE A VALUE THROUGHT A FILE
  :g/$oldpattern/s//$newpattern/g
  
  this was for changing DNS values in the db.* files
  
  :g/SOA/s/$oldpattern/$newpattern/g
  
  The 'g' at the beginning and end of the command indicate that the changes are to occur horizontally and vertically

Command to view Service Gard related process :

#cmviewcl -v

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• location of syslog file and pk log file :

#tail -n 16 /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

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Normally Pkg log will be in the location :

/etc/cmcluster/pkgname/

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Check Disk Utilization :

bdf

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Check large file of a given directory :

find /(name of the directory, without brackets) -type f -size +30000 -exec ls -l {} \; more

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To check if the process is running :

ps -ef grep -i (name of the process)

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Formula to calculate the nfile parameter :

((16*(Nproc+16+MaxUsers)/10)+32+2*(Npty+Nstrpty)

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• Restarting syslogd process :

Login as root user :

ps -ef grep syslogd

cp -p syslog.log syslog.log.xxx

cd /var/adm/syslog

ls -lrt

/sbin/init.d/syslogd start

# gzip syslog.log.xxx ( Zip the copied file to save the file )

ps -ef grep syslogd

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Check if DSS tape is loaded or not :

mt -f status

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To enable package switching and start the package :

# cmmodpkg -e ov-server and #cmrunpkg -n nodename ov-server

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To be continued....