Freebsd equivalents for linux commands

From FBSD_tips

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).

Comment	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)