Freebsd equivalents for linux commands

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This is not an exhaustive list, nor are these pairs identicle in every way, but it is quick way to get the same function(s) if you are coming from a linux background. In any case reading the man page for the equivalent would be a Real Good Idea (tm).

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Linux command

Freebsd BASE

Freebsd Ports

See free memory

free

systat -vmstat, sysctl vm.stats.vm

seq

jot

Listing PCI devices

lspci

pciconf

Mounting a file

losetup

mdconfig

Listing sockets used by a process

netstat -pantu

sockstat

lsof

lsof

fstat

lsof

Find the number of CPUs

cat /proc/cpuinfo

sysctl hw.ncpu

Get and set HD parameters

hdparm

atacontrol (ATA) camcontrol (SCSI)

Set network media options

miitool

ifconfig

Add and alter aspects of logins/groups/passwords/etc

usermod

pw, adduser, passwd

Upgrade a RO mount to RW

mount /foo -o rw,remount

mount -u -o rw /foo

There is a very complete searchable table of command equivalents at http://bhami.com/rosetta.html

The pnotify project is creating an inotify like interface for FreeBSD.

Gongo 18:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

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