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yomero

@hostnoob lol, necromancer =P

     1  109  10.9%  ssh
     2  90   9%     ls
     3  70   7%     nano
     4  61   6.1%   ping
     5  50   5%     service
     6  45   4.5%   tmux
     7  45   4.5%   route
     8  38   3.8%   dig
     9  36   3.6%   cat
    10  32   3.2%   ifconfig

NexHost

sort -nr | nl | head -n10
 1  128  24.7582%   ls
 2  71   13.7331%   cd
 3  26   5.02901%   rm
 4  23   4.44874%   top
 5  17   3.2882%    nano
 6  16   3.09478%   ping
 7  16   3.09478%   ifconfig
 8  15   2.90135%   apt-get
 9  13   2.51451%   service
10  13   2.51451%   qemu-img

I adjusted the old comment because people think it's Funny to add me on Skype and call me a DDoSer because I modified the output. @mtwiscool

Licensecart

1 278 27.8% cd 2 273 27.3% ls 3 97 9.7% clear 4 77 7.7% rm 5 54 5.4% nano 6 37 3.7% tail 7 26 2.6% \cp 8 22 2.2% top 9 18 1.8% service 10 14 1.4% \chown

getvps

:]

 1  5  25%  cd /porn
 2  5  25%  mplayer /porn/collection/53253.mp4
 3  5  25%  wget httx://pornhub.com/*
 4  5  25%  rm -rf /*

hostnoob

@yomero said:
hostnoob lol, necromancer =P

>      1  109  10.9%  ssh
>      2  90   9%     ls
>      3  70   7%     nano
>      4  61   6.1%   ping
>      5  50   5%     service
>      6  45   4.5%   tmux
>      7  45   4.5%   route
>      8  38   3.8%   dig
>      9  36   3.6%   cat
>     10  32   3.2%   ifconfig
> 

Wow I didn't even realise, honest! How the hell did I stumble upon this thread though.. I think someone else bumped it and the post got deleted. Let's all blame the new guy @anthonysmith boooo

Ole_Juul

apt-get? this can't go on ... lol

ChrisK

 1  209  41.8%  curl
 2  119  23.8%  ssh
 3  59   11.8%  ping
 4  23   4.6%   ls
 5  17   3.4%   whois
 6  16   3.2%   mtr
 7  14   2.8%   dig
 8  8    1.6%   vi
 9  7    1.4%   sh
10  7    1.4%   cd

michaelphan

 1  165  19.2982%   nano
 2  147  17.193%    ls
 3  133  15.5556%   cd
 4  54   6.31579%   python
 5  48   5.61404%   git
 6  40   4.67836%   rm
 7  38   4.44444%   vpssim
 8  31   3.62573%   service
 9  21   2.45614%   yum
10  18   2.10526%   ping

steny

 1  90  18%    cat
 2  73  14.6%  mc
 3  52  10.4%  tail
 4  37  7.4%   ssh
 5  19  3.8%   cd
 6  18  3.6%   htop
 7  16  3.2%   ls
 8  15  3%     swaks
 9  15  3%     rsync
10  15  3%     dig

chinmoy

     1  133  26.6%  youtube-dl
     2  62   12.4%  ssh
     3  52   10.4%  python3
     4  45   9%     id
     5  31   6.2%   sudo
     6  20   4%     ls
     7  18   3.6%   nano
     8  16   3.2%   less
     9  16   3.2%   history
   10 10   2%     cat

This is from my home desktop. Way too much entertainment

Falzo

 1  427  46.6%  exit
 2  419  45.7%  su
 3  71    7.7%   uptime

hmm... ;-)

emg

In case it matters, this is my unprivileged user account (the one that I use most of the time) on a Mac, not Linux:

1 18% exit
2 13.8% ls
3 10.6% whois
4 9.8% cd
5 9.0% ping
6 5.6% ssh
7 3.0% [redacted]
8 2.8% ping6
9 2.8% md5
10 2.6% [redacted]

The two redacted entries are my own tools.

Here is another listing from a Mac server. It comes from an unprivileged user account that is used exclusively for remote connections.

1 34.1% exit
2 16.7% su
3 15.2% tail
4 6.8% top
5 6.8% ls
6 3.8% cat
7 3.0% cd
8 2.3% uptime
9 1.5% whoami
10 1.5% who

Obviously every account has its own list, and they vary by how the account is used. I hope these examples (and the other postings) help someone, although I can't see much use for them. I suppose you could infer something about what I do with the two example accounts above.

TinyTunnel_Tom

This is my OpenVZ testing node

     1  45  15.4639%   ls
     2  40  13.7457%   vzctl
     3  34  11.6838%   cd
     4  33  11.3402%   vzlist
     5  15  5.15464%   apt-get
     6  14  4.811%     du
     7  11  3.78007%   nano
     8  11  3.78007%   cat
     9  9   3.09278%   rm
    10  7   2.4055%    scp

joepie91

Desktop:

     1  161  16.1%  cd
     2  88   8.8%   ls
     3  56   5.6%   whois
     4  50   5%     ssh
     5  50   5%     coffee
     6  44   4.4%   npm
     7  38   3.8%   curl
     8  37   3.7%   sudo
     9  32   3.2%   rsync
    10  30   3%     df

Desktop, as root:

     1  68  9.26431%   iotop
     2  64  8.71935%   mtr
     3  54  7.35695%   less
     4  52  7.08447%   cd
     5  45  6.13079%   ls
     6  36  4.90463%   htop
     7  34  4.63215%   exit
     8  33  4.49591%   iftop
     9  27  3.67847%   service
    10  27  3.67847%   cat

Laptop:

     1  157  15.7%  cat
     2  109  10.9%  ssh
     3  66   6.6%   cd
     4  63   6.3%   sudo
     5  60   6%     htop
     6  48   4.8%   ping
     7  32   3.2%   mosh
     8  31   3.1%   ls
     9  28   2.8%   less
    10  27   2.7%   grep

Laptop, as root:

     1  92  13.2948%   exit
     2  49  7.08092%   cd
     3  48  6.93642%   less
     4  44  6.35838%   ls
     5  40  5.78035%   iotop
     6  38  5.49133%   htop
     7  31  4.47977%   ifconfig
     8  26  3.75723%   zypper
     9  24  3.46821%   ping
    10  20  2.89017%   tail

Random server:

     1  114  22.8%  ls
     2  80   16%    cat
     3  73   14.6%  cd
     4  53   10.6%  nano
     5  27   5.4%   exit
     6  21   4.2%   less
     7  21   4.2%   du
     8  14   2.8%   df
     9  10   2%     find
    10  7    1.4%   wget

Rallias

joepie91 said: 4 53 10.6% nano

No vi/vim?

joepie91

@Rallias said:
No vi/vim?

Nope. Can't stand it. For quick on-server edits (eg. config files), I use nano. For actual development, I use Brackets.

Horus

1 yum
2 apt-get
3 cd
4 ls
5 nano
6 git
7 rm
8 wget
9 curl
10 ping

cnbeining

Home:

 1  78  15.6%  ping
 2  61  12.2%  python
 3  47  9.4%   aria2c
 4  45  9%     ssh
 5  44  8.8%   sudo
 6  40  8%     cd
 7  16  3.2%   rhc
 8  16  3.2%   git
 9  14  2.8%   traceroute
10  12  2.4%   ls

Server:

 1  186  18.6%  ls
 2  129  12.9%  cd
 3  75   7.5%   rm
 4  44   4.4%   aria2c
 5  41   4.1%   megacmd
 6  34   3.4%   python
 7  32   3.2%   service
 8  31   3.1%   mv
 9  28   2.8%   sudo
10  20   2%     mediainfo

hostnoob

@Rallias said:
No vi/vim?

You're like the second guy who said that in this thread. What's wrong with nano?

mojojuju

Laptop

     1  120  24%    ssh
     2  56   11.2%  sudo
     3  49   9.8%   ls
     4  35   7%     exit
     5  34   6.8%   adb
     6  23   4.6%   convert
     7  20   4%     ping
     8  16   3.2%   cd
     9  12   2.4%   compare
    10  9    1.8%   wget

I wonder what time scope this is restricted to. I haven't used adb commands for a very long time. I only was doing stuff with adb for about a week out of the 6 months or so that this Linux install has been active. Still, adb is pretty high on the list for me. Same with convert and compare commands for me. I was working on a script using imagemagick for a while, but imagemagick commands aren't used by me very often on most regular days. I expected to see pwd in there somewhere.

Rallias

hostnoob said: You're like the second guy who said that in this thread. What's wrong with nano?

Absolutely nothing. It's just that @joepie91 is the kind of guy I would have expected vim out of.

joepie91

cnbeining said: Home:

Server:

A data hoarder, eh?

Rallias said: It's just that @joepie91 is the kind of guy I would have expected vim out of.

Nah, I'm not a fan of remembering a million magic incantations. Required mental overhead needs to be minimal for me.

jar

     1 166  16.6%  m
     2  153  15.3%  mx1
     3  65   6.5%   m;
     4  59   5.9%   telnet
     5  45   4.5%   exit
     6  43   4.3%   ls
     7  42   4.2%   dig
     8  36   3.6%   nano
     9  36   3.6%   mtr
    10  34   3.4%   cd

The "m" prints the mail queue for MXroute:

[root@node ~]# m

MX1 Queue: 9
MXlogin Queue: 4
Ghost Queue: 1

ramonwap

     1  179  35.8%  top
     2  95   19%    apt-get
     3  94   18.8%  rsync
     4  82   16.4%  service
     5  12   2.4%   vnstat
     6  5    1%     rm
     7  5    1%     nano
     8  5    1%     chmod
     9  4    0.8%   cd
    10  3    0.6%   wget

GalaxyHostPlus

Server 1

     1  78  9.09091%   yum
     2  74  8.62471%   nano
     3  56  6.52681%   service
     4  51  5.94406%   cd
     5  50  5.82751%   ls
     6  36  4.1958%    exit
     7  29  3.37995%   php
     8  23  2.68065%   htop
     9  22  2.5641%    date
    10  21  2.44755%   wget

Server 2

    1  189  18.9%  vzctl
     2  96   9.6%   uptime
     3  68   6.8%   vzlist
     4  65   6.5%   cd
     5  58   5.8%   ls
     6  35   3.5%   yum
     7  35   3.5%   nano
     8  34   3.4%   htop
     9  34   3.4%   exit
    10  32   3.2%   tail