crontab – table used with the cron command to edit, read and remove the files
read by the cron daemon. Each '*' asterisk stands for a portion of either
the time or date with the corresponding column in each row.
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cron – service to execute scheduled commands or
scripts every
minute, hour, day of the month, month of the year, day of the week. Each '*'
asterisk stands for a portion of either the time or date with the corresponding
column in each row. Cron needs to be utilized with a crontab file.
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cpio – copies files to and from an archive.
-o parameter which creates the archive.
-v parameter prints the names of the files as they are added to the archive.
Example: ls | cpio -ov > archive_of_files.cpiocontinue – resume the next iteration of a loop
in the current iteration of a for, while, or until loop.
Example:
if(( $a==5 ))
then
continue
fi
-f parameter to force operation.
Example: compress hello.txt
command line – aspect provided directly on the screen where one types specific commands.
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comm – compares two sorted files line by line showing unique lines and then the common lines.
Example: comm hello.txt hello2.txt
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cmp – compares two files and only reports if the files are different.
Example: cmp hello.txt hello2.txt
