Linux commands

[resetor]

Hi!
I'm quite newbie in Linux, and I'd like to know the commands for the following. (if there are any?)
- A command to report me how much free space do I have on my hard drive.
- Dir /p ??
- How to "kill" a .. um.."one of those windows I can switch to with ALT + F1-7 ?"

Hope someone understood that =]

[Dave22]

Originally posted by resetor Hi! I'm quite newbie in Linux, and I'd like to know the commands for the following. (if there are any?) - A command to report me how much free space do I have on my hard drive. - Dir /p ?? - How to "kill" a .. um.."one of those windows I can switch to with ALT + F1-7 ?" Hope someone understood that =]

1. df -h

2. ls | more OR ls -l | more

3. Not sure about that one but I'll take a shot! The command to kill a process is: 'kill PROC_ID' or... 'kill -9 PROC_ID' (if it's stubborn). Example: kill 456

The "PROC_ID" is the process ID number of that particular process you want to kill. You'd find it by issuing the 'ps -ax' command and look for the program that the window corresponds to.

Here's a sample output of 'ps -ax':

614 ? SW 0:00 [kdm]
626 ? S 0:29 kwm
642 ? S 0:01 kbgndwm
643 ? SW 0:00 [startkde]
647 ? S 0:07 /usr/bin/autorun --interval=1000 --cdplayer=/usr/bin/
671 ? SW 0:00 [kaudioserver]
672 ? S 0:01 kwmsound
675 ? S 0:01 maudio -media 1536
678 ? S 0:10 kfm
679 ? S 0:00 krootwm
680 ? S 0:12 kpanel
686 ? S 0:03 konsole -restore konsolerc.1 -icon konsole.xpm -minii
687 pts/0 SW 0:00 [bash]
2744 ? S 0:00 [smbd]

The numbers in the first column on the left are the process IDs. The last column on the right is the process or program's name. So if I wanted to kill the window that had "bash" running in it, I'd type 'kill 687' (without the quotes of course)

[resetor]

Thanks

[Statica]

you should try reading the manpages. for example

'man ps' or 'man df'
etc etc are invaluable.

Cheers