SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA, Linux CheatSheet

In this document I’ll share some Linux commands that can be useful during the installation of SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA.

General Linux Commands:

ls – directory listing

ls -al – formatted listing with hidden files

cd dir – change directory to dir

cd – change to home

pwd – show current directory

mkdir dir – create a directory dir

rm file – delete file

rm -r dir – delete directory dir

rm -f file – force remove file

rm –rf dir – force remove directory dir *

cp file1 file2 – copy file1 to file2

cp -r dir1 dir2 – copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn’t exist

mv file1 file2 – rename or move file1 to file2 if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 intodirectory file2

ps -ef – display all active processes (use |grep <string>) to list only the processes containing <string>

top – display all running processes

kill pid – kill process id pid;, use kill -9 to force the kill

killall proc – kill all processes named proc *

chmod octal file – change the permissions of file to octal, which can be found separately for user, group, and world by adding:

• 4 – read (r)
• 2 – write (w)
• 1 – execute (x)

Examples:

chmod 777 – read, write, execute for all

chmod 755 – rwx for owner, rx for group and world

date – show the current date and time

cal – show this month’s calendar

uptime – show current uptime

w – display who is online

whoami – who you are logged in as

cat /proc/cpuinfo – cpu information

cat /proc/meminfo – memory information

man command – show the manual for command

df -h – show disk usage (-h for ‘human readable)

du -h – show directory space usage

free – show memory and swap usage, use -m or -g for Megabytes or Gigabytes to make it readable

SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA related commands:

cat /etc/SuSE-release – returns OS version

./install – start installation (always use ./)

su – <sid>adm – change to user <sid>adm in home directory

./HDB <start/stop/restart> – Start/stop/restart HANA instance from console

cd /etc/init.d – directory to start/stop/restart B1 services

./sapb1servertools <start/stop/restart> – Start/stop/restart B1 servertools

./b1s <start/stop/restart> – Start/stop/restart Service Layer

ps –ef | grep java – display current active processes from B1 Servertools

ps –ef | grep hdb – display current active processes from SAP HANA

rpm –q – a | grep B1 – lists installed B1 components

rpm –q –a | grep B1 | xargs rpm –e – removes B1 components (only use after uninstall failed)