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UNIX & Linux For Oracle Developers & DBAs
Version 11.1
 
General
Command Syntax command [option] [source file(s)] [target file]
Whatis whatis <command>
whatis grep
Manual man
man ls

man -k ls

man -k ls | grep list
 
Directory Structure
/ Root
/bin Commands that can be accessed by all users
/boot Static boot loader files
/dev Device files
/etc Host-specific configuration files
/home User home directories
/lib Shared libraries and kernel modules
/mnt Mount point for temporary file systems
/opt Add on application software
/root Home directory for root user
/sbin System binaries
/tmp Temporary files
/usr Shareable, read-only
/var Variable data files
 
User

Change User
su <user_name>
su root

su oracle

exit

exit
Become root su -
su -

exit 

Current user account
whoami
whoami

su -

whoami

exit

whoami 
 
Navigation
Change Directory ... 
down one level
cd <directory_name>
cd etc
Change Directory ... 
up one level
cd
cd ..
Change To Root Directory cd
cd /
 
File Handling
Make Directory mkdir <directory_name>
mkdir morgan
Remove Directory rmdir <directory_name>
rmdir morgan

Remove Directory & Subdirectories
rm -i <directory_name>
cd $HOME

ls -al

mkdir morgan

ls -al

cd morgan

mkdir subdir

ls -al

cd ..

rm -ir morgan
Create File touch <file_name>
touch psoug.ora
Remove A File rm <file_name>
rm psoug.ora
Copy cp <old_name> <new_name>
cp psoug.ora /
Copy with Confirmation cp -i <old_name> <new_name>
cp psoug.ora /
Recursive Copy cp -ir <old_name> <new_name>
cp -ir psoug.ora /
Secure CoPy scp <user_name>@<server_name>:<source_path_and_file_name> <target_path_and_file_name>
scp oracle@bigdog:/home/oracle/*.gz .
Delete rm <file_spec>
touch delfile

ls -l

rm delfile
List ls <switches> <file_spec>
ls

ls *ora

ls -l *ora

ls -larn

ls -larn *ora

ls -lt
Move mv <starting_file> <resulting_file>
touch myfile

ls -l

mv myfile /home/myfile

ls -l 
Rename mv <starting_file> <resulting_file>
touch file1.aaa

ls -l

mv file1.aaa file1.bbb

ls -l
Wildcards: Multiple Characters *
mv

cp

del
Wildcard: Single Character ?
mv

cp

del
Change Owner chown <owner_name> <directory_or_file_name>
touch chngdemo

ls -l

chown oracle chngdemo

ls -l
Change Group chgrp <group_name> <directory_or_file_name>
touch chngdemo

ls -l

chgrp dba chngdemo

ls -l
Change Mode Triplets

ROOT - GROUP - USER

drwxrwxrwx

Change Mode chmod <code> <file_name>
touch chngdemo

ls -l

chmod 755 chngdemo

ls -l
CHMOD and UMASK Codes and Results
Code UMASK Result
111 666 ---x--x--x
222 555 --w--w--w-
333 444 --wx-wx-wx
444 333 -r--r--r--
555 222 -r-xr-xr-x
666 111 -rw-rw-rw-
777 000 -rwxrwxrwx
124 653 ---x-w-r--
644 133 ---wr--r--
755 022 -rwxr-xr-x
 
Demo

Navigation Exercise
-- navigate to root directory
cd /

-- verify location
pwd

ls -l

-- navigate to home directory
cd home

-- make a some directories
mkdir  morgan

cd morgan

pwd

mkdir dest
mkdir src

ls -l

cd src

pwd

touch psoug

ls -l

mv psoug psoug.src

mv psoug
 
Environment Manipulation
rename host server Rename a Linux server's name
su

cd /etc/sysconfig

-- change the host name entry
uname List hardware/operating system environment
uname -a
env List environment variables for the current session
Same as set. See export demo
export Sets environment variables
set

export ORACLE_SID=orabase

set
set List environment variables for the current session
Same as env. See export demo
command history $HISTSIZE
$HISTSIZE

!10

!-4

$HISTSIZE=100

$HISTSIZE
command history $HOME
echo $HOME

cd $HOME

cd /

cd ~
 
File Backup & Restore
Tape Archive (tar) tar <switches> <file_spec> <tarball_name>
tar -cvf * beta1RAC.tar
Compressed TAR tar <switches> <file_spec> <tarball_name>
tar -cxvf * beta1RAC.tar.gz
UNTAR tar <switches> <file_spec> <tarball_name>
tar -xvf beta1RAC.tar
UNTAR Compressed tar <switches> <file_spec> <tarball_name>
tar -zxvf beta1RAC.tar.gz
UNJAR A Java File jar <switches> <file_spec> <jar_name>
jar -xf patch.jar
CPIO cpio -ivf <file_name>
cpio -idv < as_linux_x86_101300_disk1.cpio
 
Cron Commands
crontab cronfile Submits jobs to be scheduled
?
crontab -e Makes changes to an existing chron schedule
?
crontab cronfile Submits jobs to be scheduled
?
 
Applications
Concatenate (CAT)

An obscure word meaning "to connect in a series"
cat <file_name>
cat ?
Disk Free Space df <switches>
df -k
df -m
df -h (Linux only)
View environment variable's value echo <environment variable>
echo $ORACLE_SID
Find Files find . -name "<file_name>" -print
find . -name "grep" -print
Find archive logs older than 3 days and delete them find
find . -name *.arc -type f -ctime +3 -exec rm {} \;
Delete files over 14 days old find $WORKDIR -name "<filemask>" -mtime+<days> -exec rm {}\;
find $WORKDIR -name "*.dat.*" -mtime + 14 -exec rm {} \;
Find and delete trace files more than 7 days old find . -name "<file_name>" -print
find $ORACLE_BASE/admin/$ORACLE_SID -name "*.trc" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;
Global regular expression print (GREP). Prints all lines matching a certain pattern grep [-options] pattern [filename]
grep
Disk i/o Memory Statistics iostat
iostat
More more
cd /etc

more protocols
Processor related statistics mpstat
mpstat
Processes ps <switches> grep <filter>
ps -ef

ps -ef | grep ora
System Activity Statistics (Paging) sar
sar -B
Tee

Splits the output of another command, sending it to a file and to the terminal.
tee <file_name>
cd $HOME

ls -larn

ls -larn | tee zzyzx

ls -larn

more zzyzx
Top CPU processes top
top

q
Virtual Memory Statistics vmstat
vmstat
View the full path of shell commands which <shell command name>
which grep

which id

which which
 
System Management
Wireless Configuration iwconfig <switches>
iwconfig wifi0 power off
Shared Library Dependencies ldd <program_name>
ldd ?
Display Loaded Kernel Modules lsmod
lsmod
Display Open Files lsof
lsof
Display Formatted Process Tree pstree <switches>
pstree -ca
 
User Management
Change Password and Expiration Information chage
chage ?
Force Password Change At Next Logon chage
chage -d0
Create Group groupadd <group_name>
groupadd 
Display All Resource Limits for the Current User ulimit <switches>
ulimit -a
Display data about one or more users finger <switches> users
finger -l oracle
 
vi
create a new file or open a file for editing

vi

vi initSID.ora
quit without saving

:q!

:q!
save and quit

:wq

:wq
insert

Esc i

i
append

Esc A

A
open a new line

Esc o

o
replace a single character

Esc r

r
replace a multiple characters

Esc R

R
delete a single character

Esc x

x
delete line

Esc dd

dd
delete word

Esc dw

dw
undo

Esc u

u
 
SQL*Plus Shell Script Demo

bash demo
-- log onto Linux as the user oracle

-- verify the UNIX user
[oracle@gamma2 home]$ whoami
oracle

-- log into Oracle as scott/tiger
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ sqlplus scott/tiger@orcl

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Nov 20 17:18:37 2006

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, OLAP and Data Mining options

-- create a test table
SCOTT@orcl > create table test (
  2  testcol VARCHAR2(30));

Table created.

-- exit SQL*Plus
SCOTT@orcl >exit;

[oracle@gamma2 ~]$Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 Production With the Partitioning Option, Real Application Clusters, OLAP and Data Mining options


-- verify location is Oracle's home directory
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ pwd
/home/oracle

-- create a file named "morgan"
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ touch morgan

-- look at the file's permissions
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ ls -al morgan
-rw-r--r--  1 oracle oinstall 0 Nov 20 15:56 morgan

-- make it executable
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ chmod 755 morgan

-- verify it is executable
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ ls -al morgan
-rwxr-xr-x  1 oracle oinstall 0 Nov 20 15:56 morgan

-- open the file using vi
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ vi morgan
-- insert the following w/o quotes: "touch cline"

-- verify the file's contents
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ more morgan
touch cline

-- execute it
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ ./morgan

-- verify the cline file was created
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ ls -al cline
-rw-r--r--  1 oracle oinstall 0 Nov 20 16:04 cline

-- delete the "cline" file
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ rm cline

-- open morgan with vi, remove the TOUCH command
-- and put in what you see after "more morgan" below

[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ vi morgan

[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ more morgan
sqlplus scott/tiger@orcl <<EOF
INSERT INTO test (testcol) VALUES ('Cline');
COMMIT;
EXIT
EOF


-- execute it ... everything else is what scrolls on screen
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$ ./morgan

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Nov 20 17:20:16 2006

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, OLAP and Data Mining options

SCOTT@orcl >
1 row created.

SCOTT@orcl >
Commit complete.

SCOTT@orcl > exit;
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, OLAP and Data Mining options
[oracle@gamma2 ~]$
 
Rescue
In the event of failure boot from the Linux CD or DVD boot: linux rescue

# chroot /mnt/sysimage

# cd /boot/grub

use vi to edit/configure files
 
Example Configuration Files
Export Display export DISPLAY=localhost:0:0

echo $DISPLAY

 .bash_profile
alias ob='cd $ORACLE_BASE'
alias oh='cd $ORACLE_HOME'
alias cm='cd $ORACLE_HOME/oracm/log'
alias sql='sqlplus "/ as sysdba"'

 hosts.equiv
# Comment/Uncomment those entries for your cluster below.
alpha1 oracle
alpha2 oracle
#beta1 oracle
#beta2 oracle
#gamma1 oracle
#gamma2 oracle
delta1 oracle
delta2 oracle
alpha-node1 oracle
alpha-node2 oracle
#beta-node1 oracle
#beta-node2 oracle
#gamma-node1 oracle
#gamma-node2 oracle
#delta-node1 oracle
#delta-node2 oracle
# DO NOT Comment out this entry!
topdog oracle
 
 
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