COMMANDS TRACKER

This file is to help me keep track of useful utility commands as I journey into Linux Land.

Think of it as a breadcrumb trail if you will.

Table of content

• 1. ntfsfix

• 2. mount

• 3. umount

• 4. rsync

• 5. df

• 6. du

ntfsfix

sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1

I have somehow managed to crash the file-system of my HDD and now it refuses to mount on /dev/sda1 , this nifty command comes to the rescue.

exact error text 👉🏽

Error mounting /dev/sda1/ at /run/media : wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

mount

All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command serves to attach the file-system found on some external device, like a hard drive to the big file tree so its content can be accessible.

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -t auto

The above command will mount the device sda1 on your /mnt folde- ..I mean directory.

umount

sudo umount /dev/sda1

Will unmount the file-system at /dev/sda1/

rsync

rsync is a file transfer program capable of efficient local or remote transfer operations via a fast differencing algorithm.

rsync -av /mnt/Downloads /home/rtrvl/Downloads/

This would copy all files from /mnt/Downloads into /home/rtrvl/Downloads/

df

df -h

Will list all mounted file systems.

Sample Output 👇🏽

du

du is the disk usage command

du -sh /path/to/folder

• -s: Summarizes the disk usage of the specified directory, rather than listing sizes of individual subdirectories and files within it.

• -h: Displays sizes in human-readable format.