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Bookmark or Share- How to access a usb flash drive from the terminal?When I want to use a usb drive in terminal I do this: Create a folder in /media with: mkdir /media/mountDrive. This folder will be used for the mount point. Use this command: sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /media/mountDrive. sdd1 is the first partition of my USB. Then you can navigate to folder you already mounted with.
- How to find the Process ID (PID) of a running terminal program?pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints those id's on the standard output. pidof program_name. To kill a program by pid use pkill. Example: pkill pid. pkill -f process_name. pkill -o process_name. pkill -n process_name.
- How do I check which terminal I am using? - Ask Ubuntu23. If you want to know the terminal program you are using, use this: ps -o 'cmd=' -p $(ps -o 'ppid=' -p $$) Run this just after opening the terminal (shell) without forking any further shell instance. When you open up the terminal program, it basically spawns a child program, a shell.
- How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the ...There is a useful option to du called the --apparent-size. It can be used to find the actual size of a file or directory (as opposed to its footprint on the disk) eg, a text file with just 4 characters will occupy about 6 bytes, but will still show up as taking up ~4K in a regular du -sh output.
- apt - How to install updates via command line? - Ask Ubuntu1133. Use this: sudo apt update # Fetches the list of available updates. sudo apt upgrade # Installs some updates; does not remove packages. sudo apt full-upgrade # Installs updates; may also remove some packages, if needed. sudo apt autoremove # Removes any old packages that are no longer needed.
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