Where to find SHELL commands

[JonnyAlpha]

Hi;

I have been advised in a couple of posts to use the shell or ssh to check the status of pools drives and carry out admin tasks such as replace drives etc. Question is where can i find details of shell and or ssh commands for use in FreeNAS 8.0.3.

I just saw this post which uses the shell to run smart tests? http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?11048-FAILED-SMART-self-check-BACK-UP-DATA-NOW!-HELP!!!

Thanks

 

[JaimieV]

FreeNAS is a lightweight UNIX system. Any UNIX primer will get you going.

 

[JonnyAlpha]

FreeNAS is a lightweight UNIX system. Any UNIX primer will get you going.

Many Thanks

 

[JaimieV]

Any UNIX *command line* primer, I mean. The GUI stuff in FreeNAS is bespoke to FreeNAS, but the command line is much the same as UNIX has used for decades (although with simpler editing!) - it's the 'bash' shell.
There aren't many commands available in FreeNAS because it's a dedicated purpose installation - you can see them in /bin and /usr/bin. Worst for an aspiring command line user, there are no manual pages on the system. You can look the commands up on the FreeBSD manual site (choose "FreeBSD 8.3-Stable" as the version).
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi