Useful Commands
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Welcome to the Useful Commands
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Contents
Introduction
There are a lot of useful commands for GhostBSD. Most of them are written for FreeBSD and you can find them easy. They work also for GhostBSD. But some are hidden in the deep web. You get them from hints in different forums or on Telegram. The first we will connect to this page and the last we will collect on this page.
Common Commands
For People New to Both Ghost/FreeBSD and UNIX
Short Comparison Linux and BSD
FreeBSD Command Reference
AfNOG If this list is up to date we have to check.
Useful Overview
FreeBSD Display Information About The System Hardware
FREEBSD Man Pages
This page gives a overview about all commands and there man pages (12,652 Total Pages): The UNIX and Linux Forums
Selected helpful Commands
| Command | Abstract | Addition or Link |
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| dmesg | The dmesg utility displays the contents of the system message buffer. That means: Infos about your system and your hardware | 
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| scanimage -L | Shows if the scanner is connected and seen | BSD forums.de |
| gpart | The gpart utility is used to partition GEOM providers, normally disks |
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| mount -t msdosfs /dev/da5s1 /mnt | mount USB stick, the numbers 5 and 1 are exables, you have to get them with gpart for your system |
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| ntfs-3g /dev/daxsy /mnt | mount NTFS device | |
| pciconf -lv | Output to identify your video card | Fred Finster 10.01.2020 on Telegram, see also
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