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Date:      Sun, 26 Feb 2017 04:41:37 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r314288 - head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <201702260441.v1Q4fbJq015897@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: alfred
Date: Sun Feb 26 04:41:37 2017
New Revision: 314288
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314288

Log:
  More FreeBSD tips for fortune(6)
  
  Submitted by: lme
  PR: 192373

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips

Modified: head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Sun Feb 26 01:05:27 2017	(r314287)
+++ head/usr.bin/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips	Sun Feb 26 04:41:37 2017	(r314288)
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ a root login. You can add a user to the 
 %
 By pressing "Scroll Lock" you can use the arrow keys to scroll backward
 through the console output.  Press "Scroll Lock" again to turn it off.
+Don't have a "Scroll Lock" key? The "Pause / Break" key acts alike.
 %
 Can't remember if you've installed a certain port or not? Try "pkg info
 -x port_name".
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ Having trouble using fetch through a fir
 variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to yes, and see fetch(3) for more details.
 %
 If other operating systems have damaged your Master Boot Record, you can
-reinstall it with boot0cfg(8). See
-"man boot0cfg" for details.
+reinstall it with gpart(8). See
+"man gpart" for details.
 %
 If you accidentally end up inside vi, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon
 (:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return.
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ In order to support national characters 
 less without creating other nationalisation aspects, set the environment
 variable LC_ALL to 'en_US.ISO8859-1'.
 %
-"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
+"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall using ipfw(8).
 		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
 %
 "man hier" will explain the way FreeBSD filesystems are normally laid out.
@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ FreeBSD system.
 		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
 %
 Need to do a search in a manpage or in a file you've sent to a pager? Use
-"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next.
+"/search_word". To repeat the same search, type "n" for next or "p" for
+previous.
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ flag is your gateway.
 Nice bash prompt: PS1='(\[$(tput md)\]\t <\w>\[$(tput me)\]) $(echo $?) \$ '
 		-- Mathieu <mathieu@hal.interactionvirtuelle.com>
 %
-Over quota?  "du -s * | sort -n " will give you a sorted list of your
+Over quota?  "du -sh * | sort -h " will give you a sorted list of your
 directory sizes.
 		-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
 %
@@ -191,7 +193,8 @@ nc(1) (or netcat) is useful not only for
 TCP or UDP connections, but also for proxying them with inetd(8).
 %
 sh (the default Bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing.  Just
-``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it.
+``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it. Use "<TAB>" key to complete
+paths.
 %
 Simple tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%# '
 %
@@ -215,6 +218,8 @@ the scroll lock key and use your page up
 press the scroll lock key again to get your prompt back.
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
+You can press Ctrl-L while in the shell to clear the screen.
+%
 To determine whether a file is a text file, executable, or some other type
 of file, use
 
@@ -231,10 +236,10 @@ is running FreeBSD at the time) to quick
 To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl-U".
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
-To find the hostname associated with an IP address, use
+To find out the hostname associated with an IP address, use
 
 	drill -x IP_address
-		-- Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>
+		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To obtain a neat PostScript rendering of a manual page, use ``-t'' switch
 of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''.  For example:
@@ -247,7 +252,8 @@ To quickly create an empty file, use "to
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To read a compressed file without having to first uncompress it, use
-"zcat" or "zless" to view it.
+"zcat" or "zless" to view it. There is also "bzcat", "bzless", "xzcat"
+and "xzless".
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
@@ -283,7 +289,7 @@ To see how much disk space is left on yo
 %
 To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use
 
-	du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head
+	du -h /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rh | head
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To see the IP addresses currently set on your active interfaces, type
@@ -291,7 +297,8 @@ To see the IP addresses currently set on
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To see the last 10 lines of a long file, use "tail filename". To see the
-first 10 lines, use "head filename".
+first 10 lines, use "head filename". To see new lines as they're appended
+to a file, use "tail -f filename".
 		-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
 %
 To see the last time that you logged in, use lastlogin(8).
@@ -343,6 +350,9 @@ write
 
 This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory
 and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link.
+
+If you have sudo(8) installed and permissions to use it, type 
+``<ESC>w ! sudo tee %'' to force a write.
 %
 You can adjust the volume of various parts of the sound system in your
 computer by typing 'mixer <type> <volume>'.  To get a list of what you can
@@ -393,7 +403,7 @@ You can make a log of your terminal sess
 You can often get answers to your questions about FreeBSD by searching in the
 FreeBSD mailing list archives at
 
-	http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html
+	http://freebsd.markmail.org
 %
 You can open up a new split-screen window in (n)vi with :N or :E and then
 use ^w to switch between the two.
@@ -408,8 +418,6 @@ You can press Ctrl-D to quickly exit fro
 login shell.
 		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
 %
-You can press Ctrl-L while in the shell to clear the screen.
-%
 You can press up-arrow or down-arrow to walk through a list of
 previous commands in tcsh.
 %
@@ -439,7 +447,9 @@ aliases, you can usually type just 'alia
 %
 You can use /etc/make.conf to control the options used to compile software
 on this system.  Example entries are in
-/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf.
+/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf and in make.conf(5).
+For options that are set for building FreeBSD's kernel and its world, see
+src.conf(5).
 %
 You can use "pkg info" to see a list of packages you have installed.
 %
@@ -457,8 +467,102 @@ Try "whereis firefox" and "whereis where
 		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>
 %
 Want to run the same command again?
-In tcsh you can type "!!"
+In tcsh you can type "!!".
 %
 Want to go the directory you were just in?
 Type "cd -"
 %
+Can't delete /usr/obj? Enter "chflags -R noschg /usr/obj" to remove the
+system immutable flag for all files in /usr/obj.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Want to list all files of an installed package? Enter
+"pkg info -l packagename".
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Are you looking for a package? Search for it with
+"pkg search part_of_package_name"
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+If you want to recursively copy a directory preserving file and directory
+attributes use
+"cp -a source target"
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Do you wonder what a terminal program is doing at the moment? dd(1) does not
+show any troughput? Hit "^T" (Control + t) to send SIGINFO to the process
+and see what it is doing.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Do you want to know which version of FreeBSD you are running? Enter
+"freebsd-version -ku" to display kernel and userland version.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+If you want to end one or more processes at a time using a regular expression
+enter "pkill regex".
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Do you want to run a program directly after some other process has ended? Use
+"pwait pid && new_program"
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+When you want your users to be able to reboot or shutdown FreeBSD, add them
+to the group "operator" and they are allowed to use shutdown(8) and poweroff(8).
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+If you need to create a FAT32 formatted USB thumb drive, find out its devicename
+running dmesg(8) after inserting it. Then create an MBR schema, a single slice and
+format it:
+
+# gpart create -s MBR ${devicename}
+# gpart add -t fat32 ${devicename}
+# newfs_msdos -F 32 -L thumbdrive ${devicename}s1
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+If you want to get a sorted list of all services that are started when FreeBSD boots,
+enter "service -e".
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+To easily configure your installed FreeBSD use bsdconfig(8).
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+After you compiled and installed a new version of FreeBSD, use etcupdate(8) to merge
+configuration updates.
+Run "etcupdate extract" once when your sources match your running system, then run
+"etcupdate" after every upgrade and "etcupdate resolve" to resolve any conflicts.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Do you want to do a binary upgrade of your running FreeBSD installation? Use freebsd-update(8).
+
+To install updates and patches for the running branch use
+# freebsd-update fetch install
+
+To upgrade to a newer release use
+# freebsd-update upgrade -r ${name_of_release}
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+To run rc scripts in /etc/rc.d and /usr/local/etc/rc.d use service(8).
+Run "service ${name_of_rc_script} start" to start a daemon and
+"service ${name_of_rc_script} stop" to stop it.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%
+If you don't want to edit /etc/rc.conf directly, use sysrc(8) to add and remove entries.
+Use "sysrc name=value" to add an entry and "sysrc -x name" to delete an entry.
+
+		-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
+%



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