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 |<tt>'''man xxx'''</tt>||display the xxx command manual page.
 |-
-|<tt>'''mkisofs -o Windows7SP1.iso -J -r xxx'''</tt>||Put directory or file xxx into an iso image.
+|<tt>'''mkisofs -o xxx.iso -J -r xxx'''</tt>||Put directory or file xxx into an iso image.
 |-
 |<tt>'''more xxx'''</tt>||display file xxx with the possibility of moving up and down. '''less''' and '''most''' are similar commands.

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 |<tt>'''route'''</tt>||display the network routing table.
 |-
-|<tt>'''scp -p usr1@hst1:/str1  usr2@hst2:/str2'''</tt>||copy files between hosts.
+|<tt>'''scp -p usr1@hst1:/str1  usr2@hst2:/str2'''</tt>||copy files between hosts. -p to preserve attributes.
 |-
 |<tt>'''screen <i>-S<name></i>'''</tt>||screen offers a frame to run a shell, detach from it (<ctrl>-a d) and later reattach to it.

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 |<tt>'''man xxx'''</tt>||display the xxx command manual page.
 |-
-|<tt>'''mkisofs -o Windows7SP1.iso -J -r xxx'''</tt>||Put xxx in an iso image.
+|<tt>'''mkisofs -o Windows7SP1.iso -J -r xxx'''</tt>||Put directory or file xxx into an iso image.
 |-
 |<tt>'''more xxx'''</tt>||display file xxx with the possibility of moving up and down. '''less''' and '''most''' are similar commands.

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 |-
 |<tt>'''man xxx'''</tt>||display the xxx command manual page.
 |-
 |<tt>'''more xxx'''</tt>||display file xxx with the possibility of moving up and down. '''less''' and '''most''' are similar commands.

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 |<tt>'''umask'''</tt>||edit /etc/profile to change the default umask value of 022 and '''set it to 027''' (files not readable by other users), a good setting except when installing as root server software to be ran as a standard user account (permission issues).
 |-
-|<tt>'''useradd <group> <user>'''</tt>||add <user> as a member of group <group>.
+|<tt>'''useradd <<i>group</i>> <<i>user</i>>'''</tt>||add <<i>user</i>> as a member of group <<i>group</i>>.
 |-
 |<tt>'''vi'''</tt>||run the vi text editor. To get rid of the message "skipping N old session files", delete files elvis*.ses in /var/tmp.

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 |<tt>'''find xxx -name yyy -print'''</tt>||find file yyy in in subdirectories of xxx.
 |-
-|<tt>'''groupadd <group>'''</tt>||add group <group>.
+|<tt>'''groupadd <<i>group</i>>'''</tt>||add group <<i>group</i>>.
 |-
 |<tt>'''ifconfig -a'''</tt>||print the network interfaces configuration.

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 To get syntax highligting instead of '''vi''' use the '''vim'''(vi improved) replacement :
-# cd /usr/bin
+ # '''cd /usr/bin'''
-# rm vi
+ # '''rm vi'''
-# ln -s vim vi
+ # '''ln -s vim vi'''
 == Using SSH ==

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	For detailed information, check the [http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/help.html VIM Documentation]. To enter special characters check the page on [http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/digraph.html digraphs]. To get rid of the message "skipping N old session files", delete files elvis*.ses in /var/tmp.		For detailed information, check the [http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/help.html VIM Documentation]. To enter special characters check the page on [http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/digraph.html digraphs]. To get rid of the message "skipping N old session files", delete files elvis*.ses in /var/tmp.
		+
		+	To get syntax highligting instead of '''vi''' use the '''vim'''(vi improved) replacement :
		+
		+	# cd /usr/bin
		+	# rm vi
		+	# ln -s vim vi

	== Using SSH ==		== Using SSH ==