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If you could pick five commands/tools to have with you to admin a system, what would they be?

asked Jun 1 at 20:58

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Mez

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What is the difference between this question and "name your favourite ..." (except you name only 5 of them here) ? – ldigas Jun 1 at 22:54

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They do not have electricity on desert islands. – d03boy Jun 2 at 1:37

@d03boy - actually, they may have electricity - they just don't have people. – ldigas Jun 2 at 9:25

ldigas · Answer 1 · 2009-06-02 21:25:33Z

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vim
perl
knife
swimming shorts / hawaiian shirt
Claudia Schiffer

edited Jun 2 at 21:25

answered Jun 1 at 22:57

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+1 - Good call on the shorts / shirt. I also would have accepted "satellite internet terminal" or "Summer Glau" – Matt Simmons Jun 1 at 23:21

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+1 for Summer Glau :-) – Maciej Delmanowski Jun 2 at 0:39

I'll diff manually. – ldigas Jun 2 at 21:29

Mez · Answer 2 · 2009-06-01 20:59:41Z

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vim
patch
diff
sponge
sed

answered Jun 1 at 20:59

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Matt Simmons · Answer 3 · 2009-06-01 21:01:46Z

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bash
cat

Everything else is just window dressing ;-)

answered Jun 1 at 21:01

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jasonrm · Answer 4 · 2009-06-01 21:19:26Z

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debug.com - If you can't do everything with debug, well, I guess you're probably getting real work done.

answered Jun 1 at 21:19

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chaos · Answer 5 · 2009-06-01 21:22:14Z

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perl
apt-get
du
vim
top

answered Jun 1 at 21:22

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Jeff Tang · Answer 6 · 2009-06-01 21:22:34Z

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perl
lsof
find
grep
telnet

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Reed · Answer 7 · 2009-06-01 21:25:21Z

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For a windows box:

powershell
process explorer
telnet
notepad
mmc

answered Jun 1 at 21:25

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ericslaw · Answer 8 · 2009-06-04 19:36:13Z

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In a *nix world, I'd have to pick:

vim
curl
perl
bash
apache

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squillman · Answer 9 · 2009-06-01 21:15:54Z

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In the Windows world:

Sysinternals Process Explorer
grep (yes, on Windows)
WinRAR
Console2
My coffee maker

answered Jun 1 at 21:15

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Dentrasi · Answer 10 · 2009-06-01 21:21:00Z

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Depends hugely on the system, but for a general Windows one.

Firefox
Wireshark
Process Explorer
Netcat
Cain

answered Jun 1 at 21:21

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ZaphodB · Answer 11 · 2009-06-01 21:31:44Z

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lsof
ps
ls
vi
ip

answered Jun 1 at 21:31

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Maciej Delmanowski · Answer 12 · 2009-06-01 22:26:07Z

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Debian netinst CD
network connection

That's how I setup all my servers anyway...

answered Jun 1 at 22:26

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JamesHannah · Answer 13 · 2009-06-01 22:30:16Z

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aptitude
autotools
vim
gcc
curl

answered Jun 1 at 22:30

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djatlantic · Answer 14 · 2009-06-02 20:24:29Z

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rsync lsof vim find ssh

answered Jun 2 at 20:24

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Tom · Answer 15 · 2009-06-04 20:41:07Z

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sh
vim
ssh
git
awk

Interaction, editing, communication, control, automation... what else could you need?

answered Jun 4 at 20:41

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Tom

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