Useful commands for Raspberry Pi

Today I give you a few useful commands for an Raspberry Pi with Raspbian. I'll update this list in the future

Default login and password
login: pi    password: raspberry



Launch the GUI:
startx

Sht down the Raspberry Pi :
sudo halt

restart the Raspberry Pi :
sudo reboot

Know its IP address:
ifconfig eth0

Renew the IP address when in DHCP:
sudo dhclient eth0

Read a text file:
cat pathname

Edit a text file:
sudo nano or sudo nano pathname

Check the temperature of the Raspberry Pi:
sudo /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp

Raspberry Pi setup page:
sudo  raspi-config

From this page you can:

• expand the partition
• change the overscan (margins) of the screen
• select keyboard layout
• change the password of the user "pi",
• change the local preference
• change the time zone
• manage shared memory,
• enable the SSH
• start on the GUI

System update

sudo apt-get update