The geek’s alphabet: a, b, c

  • ls –a

  • gpsd –b -N -D2 /dev/ttyUSB0

  • ping –c 10

  • psql –d test

  • ps –e

  • ps –f

  • ssh len@niobe –g -L 5432:localhost:5432

  • psql –h localhost test

  • tcpdump –i eth0

  • iptables -A LOG_DROP –j DROP

  • cvs add –kb *.odt

  • ls –l

  • cvs ci –m ‘test’

  • netstat -an

  • gpsbabel -t -w -i garmin -f usb:0 –o gpx -F 20090912.gpx

  • ssh –p 5567 len@prophet

  • grep -riq digest *

  • rm –rf *~

  • ping –s 60000 10.10.0.6

  • unzip –t test.zip

  • psql –U len

  • python –v

  • wc –w article.txt

  • tcpdump -i eth0 –x

  • mplayer -zoom -xy 2 holiday.avi

  • tar tvfz test.tgz