Some Common AIX/Unix Commands

Posted by Jimmy Selix in Korn shell The following list contains some common AIX commands. lsps a (list paging space) lsattr El mem0 (list current physical memory) extendlv hd6 16 (doubled paging space from 512MB to 1024MB) (only use with IBM direction) smit lsmksysb (list files on a tape from a mksysb) lsdev Cc disk (shows all disk drives) lscfg vl hdisk1 (shows info on individual disk drives, s/n, p/n, etc) lspv (shows disks installed on system) df k (shows file system size information) lp filename (prints file to network printer) lpstat (shows print jobs) cancel # (cancels print job by #, found with lpstat) enq U (restarts print que if status shows it is downmust be root) enq Q prtx -#xxx (redirects a print job to another print que) ps ef (shows current system processes) errpt a (shows system error report including power outages) errclear 0 (completely clears the system errlog viewed with errpt a) errclear N sysplanar0 0 (clears only select items specified by the resource name, ex: sysplanar0) diag (system diagnostics, use the advanced diagnostics section; This helps determine the exact cause of a problem like sysplana0, queries system errlog for info.) sort o list list (stores the sorted output of list back into list) sort u list (sorts and eliminates duplicate lines) grep vxf combinedlist masterlist (lists of #s in masterlist not found in combinedlist) ex: combinedlist=mulitple distribution lists containing SAs already downloaded to masterlist=list of all SA salons This grep will list out the salons in the master list to which nothing has been downloaded. tail f filename (shows last ten lines of a file and monitors for any updates) lsattr El sys0 | grep maxuproc (shows maximum number of processes allowed for any one users; This can be increased by going into smit system.)

 lsvg l rootvg (displays disk info including number of logical and physical partitions for each file system; PPs should be double that of LPs if disk is mirrored.) comm -12 file1 file2 (shows only what lines are in both file1 and file2; Sort both files before running the command. The -12 suppress columns 1 and 2 and what is only in file1 and only in file2,) wc filename (lists number of lines, number of words, number of characters in file; useful for distribution lists; can use c for characters, -w for words, or l for lines [e.g., wc l filename, etc] ) df Ik [shows filesystem disk space; total, used and free (no Inodes)] (in vi) :r filename (reads in the contents of a file) (in vi) :r !command (reads in the output of a command) (in vi) yy p (copy and paste) yy = yank, p = paste below line, P = paste above line. (in vi) dd p (cut and paste) dd = cut, p = paste below line, P = paste above line. Ksh n filename (checks for syntax errors in kornshell programs) cfgmgr (command to get system to recognize new hardware; can be run while system is running; A system boot runs it 3 times.) cfgmgr i /dev/cd0 [installs drivers from cd for new hardware (best method)] lscfg vp|grep CL (shows current firmware version) instfix i | grep i aix (shows maintenance level for AIX) oslevel r (shows operating system level with maintenance level) nslookup server name (shows the IP address of the server name as it is on the networks DNS server via the RS6000s /etc/resolv.conf file; If it cannot resolve the server name, either the name server is stopped on the RS6000 (no resolv.conf file present) or there is something wrong with the DNS.) /etc/netsvc.conf file containing hosts=local,bind4 [This will force the RS6000 to first use the /etc/hosts file and then the DNS if it cannot find it in /etc/hosts. Otherwise, it will check in the DNS only (if name server is started on the RS6000) and never the hosts file. ???] lssrc g nfs (use to check if nfs service is currently running) stopsrc g nfs [use to stop nfs service (change rcnfs from "wait" to off in /etc/inittab to prevent it from starting during boo)]