OpenVMS Commands with unix equivalents

Ok, Lets start w/ VMS here's a useful list of VMS / Unix equivalency commands

APPEND

cat concatenates files. If contents of file1 need to be placed at the end of file2 issue the following unix command.cat file1 >> file2

x=,x:=

= (Bourne and Korn) , set (C shell)

x==,x:==

same as = followed by export

ASSIGN,DEFINE

if file,directory alias definition: ln , ln -s hard and soft links

DEFINE

variable definitions (no real equivalent!)

DIRECTORY

ls

ATTACH

fg

BACKUP

tar or pax : back up files into a tar file.

/INIT

tar -c or pax : Restore files.

/LIST

tar -t : List contents.

/LOG

tar -v : Report progress.

/NOREWIND

tar -r : Write at end of existing backup (tar) files.

/RECORD

tar -m : Update file's modification date upon restore.

COPY

cp : Copy a file

COPY

ftp : Copy to/from a nontrusted remote host.

COPY

rcp : Copy to/from a trusted remote host.

COPY/CONFIRM

cp -i : Confirm before copying.

CREATE

touch : Create or update a file.

CREATE/DIRECTORY

mkdir : Create a subdirectory.

CREATE filename

cat <

CREATE filename

cat

DEBUG

dbx : Debug a program.

DELETE

rm : Delete a file.

/CONFIRM

rm -i : Confirm deletion.

/ENTRY

lprm : Remove queued line printer job.

/QUEUE

lprm -P : Remove all jobs from the queue.

/LOG

rm -e : Delete files and list them as they are deleted.

/SYMBOL

unset : Get rid of an environment variable.

DELETE

rmdir : Delete an empty subdirectory.

DIFFERENCES

diff : Display all differences in files or directories.

DIFF/MAXIMUM_DIFF=1

cmp : Display first difference in two files (typically used with binary files).

DIFF/NUMBER NL:

cat -n : Display a file with line numbers.

DIFF/SLP

diff - e : Generate editing changes for the ed editor.

DIRECTORY [...]

ls -R : Do a recursive directory/list of files.

DIRECTORY [...]

find : Find a file

DIRECTORY *.DIR

ls -d : List directory name(s) only ls -Rd

DIRECTORY

ls : List files.

/BY_OWNER

ls -l dir | grep owner : List only those files owned by a specifed user.

/COLUMN

ls -1 : List one file per line.

/DATE

ls -c : List by creation/last modification.

/FULL

ls -l : Long listing.

/TOTAL

du : Summarize disk usage.

/MODIFIED/SINCE [...]

find -mtime +n : Modified more than n days ago.

/MODIFIED /BEFORE [...]

find -mtime +n : Modified more than n days ago.

/OWNER

ls -g : Include group (used with |).

/SIZE

ls -s : Include size.

DISMOUNT/UNLOAD

mt rewofmt offline : Rewind and unload the tape.

DUMP

od : Dump a file in various formats.

/HEXADECIMAL

od -h : Hexadecimal dump.

/OCTAL

od -o : Octal dump.

EDIT/EDT,EDIT/EVE,EVE

vi : Screen editor session.

EDIT/RECOVER

vi -r : Recover a screen editing session.

EXCHANGE

dd : Back up, restore, and convert nonstandard files.

EXIT

exit : Terminate a script.

HELP

man : Display online reference pages.

HELP HINTS

man -k topic : Display a list of commands that correspond to the specified topic.

INQUIRE/NOPUNCTUATION

read choice? : Prompt for a responce and put the response into an environment variable.

INITIALIZE device:

fddisk -fmt device : Format a diskette.

LIBRARY

ar : Library maintainer.

/CREATE

ar -cr : Create library.

/EXTRACT

ar -x : Extract modules.

/INSERT

ar -q : Insert modules.

/LIST

ar -t : List modules.

/REPLACE

ar -r : Replace modules.

LINK

ld : Link compiled source code into an executable image.

login procedure

.login .cshrc .profile .kshrc
Set of commands automatically executed at login time.
On OpenVMS, LOGIN/CLI specifies an alternate command language interpreter.

LOGOUT

logout C shell exit Bourne and Korn shell Terminate a terminal session.

MAIL

mail : Invoke the mail utility.

MERGE

sort -m : Merge sorted files.

MOUNT

mount : Mount a tape.

ON COUNTROL_C THEN

trap 2 : Enable handler for Stop signal.

ON CONTROL_Y

onintr : On interrupt.

PHONE

talk tty name : Communicate interactively with another user.

PRINT

lpr : Print a file on the default line printer.

/COPIES=n

lpr -#n : Print n copies.

/DELETE

lpr -r : Remove file after printing

/FORM

lpr -ln : Make page n lines (default = 66)

/FORM

lpr -n : Print n column output.

/FORM

lpr -wn : Set line width to n

/HEADER

pr -h string | lpr : Print a header on each page.

/NAME=jobname

lpr -Jjobname : Include job name on the first page of the job.

/NOFLAG

lpr -h : Print with no header page.

/NOTIFY

lpr -m : Send mail upon completion.

/PAGES=(n,?)

lpr +n : Begin printing on page n.

/QUEUE

lpr -Pqueue : Print a file on the specified queue.

READ

read : Read input (korn shell)

RECALL/ALL

history : Recall command lines

REPLY/USER

write : Send a brief message to a logged-in user

RENAME

mv : move/rename a file(s)

RENAME/CONFIRM

mv -i : confirm the move/rename of a file(s)

SEARCH

grep : Search files for strings.

/MATCH=NOR

grep -v : List only lines that do not match

/NOEXACT

grep -i : Ignore case distinctions.

/NUMBERS

grep -n : Precede each match with line number.

/STATISTICS

grep -c : List only a file name that contains match

/WINDOW=0

grep -l : Return only file name(s) that contains match

file pattern/WINDOW=5

more -5 +/pattern file : Display search line plus two lines before and after. (Terminate with q).

file pattern/WIND=(5,0)

cat file | more -5+pattern : Display search line plus next five lines.

You can find more equivalency lists at :

http://wwwvms.mppmu.mpg.de/vmsdoc/VMS-UNIX_CMD-EQUIVALENTS.HTML

http://w3.pppl.gov/~bdavis/swdoc/VMS_Unix_cmds.txt

YouTube on FrontRow

To get YouTube on FrontRow:

Download Plugin from http://code.google.com/p/understudy/issues/detail?id=54

Add videos as RSS feed

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/videos?q=&client=ytapi-youtube-search&v=2

Check youtube RSS info

Encrypt files w/ OpenSSL

To encrypt a file

openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e -in archivo.rtf -out encriptado.rtf.ssl -pass pass:DorAemoN

To decryp

openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in encriptado.rtf.ssl -out archivo.rtf -pass pass:DorAemoN

Change hostname on Linux

1- whats current hostname ?

#hostname

2- change it

#hostname

3- reboot

#init 6 or #reboot

4- check if done

#hostname

Create user in solaris

useradd -d /export/home/God -s /usr/bin/ksh -c "God, aka jesus" -m god

How to check Memory size on Unix

2 check memory Size on Solaris:

#dmesg |grep mem #/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag |grep Memory # prtconf -v |grep Mem HP-UX # dmesg |grep Physical # print_manifest |grep –i memory AIX #bootinfo -r #lsattr -El sys0 -a realmem #getconf REAL_MEMORY Linux #dmesg |grep -i memory #cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i memtotal # free # free -m

Veritas cluster status

To get the veritas cluster status do the following:

As root :

hastatus -sum (Sumary)

hares -display (Complete status)

Solaris friendly shutdown

/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i6 -g0

Veritas cluster Server

Manual at Symantec

Emulator also at Symantec

Have lots of Fun!!

OpenSuse ICS

Setup ICS

yast - > network devices - > network card module, a good static IP for your internal NIC would be 192.168.0.254

Dont Forget The Gateway on the internet enabled NIC

IP Forwarding

You will not be able to perform this step if you are using Network Manager and not Ifup.

Open YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Settings -> Routing and check the box marked Enable IP Forwarding

Click Finish

Select the External and Internal interfaces

Open YaST - > Security & Users - > Firewall

In the Interfaces section:

Select the network card that you connect to the internet through, click change and set it to External Zone

Select the network card that is connected to the other machine(s) on your internal network that you want to share the internet to and set it to Internal Zone

Enable Masquerading

Still in the Firewall YaST Module locate the Masquerading section.

Check the box labeled Masquerade Networks

Click Next and Finish

DHCP

YaST - > Network Services - > DHCP server

• Set the active interface to your internal network card

• Choose an internal domain name

• Fill in the name server IPs with the values you can find by running cat /etc/resolv.conf

• Set the Default Gateway to the IP address of your SUSE box on the internal network

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