dmesg > mesg.txt ; dmesg | head ; dmesg | tail ; less /etc/passwd ; less /etc/passwd | sort ; grep Lennox macbeth.txt; grep backup /etc/group ; grep Mac | wc -w macbeth.txt ; ls -a /etc | wc ; ls | wc -l /var/log/syslog

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ dmesg | head
[    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.35-25-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) ) #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:48 UTC 2011 (Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10)
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001fff0000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ dmesg | tail
[   26.323048] type=1400 audit(1298411595.843:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince" pid=587 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   26.379360] type=1400 audit(1298411595.899:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-previewer" pid=587 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   26.412631] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 55861 usecs (7367 samples)
[   26.412686] intel8x0: measured clock 131880 rejected
[   26.412720] intel8x0: clocking to 48000
[   26.463658] type=1400 audit(1298411595.983:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer" pid=587 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   32.668582] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   36.920167] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[   38.052721] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 1123.749676] hrtimer: interrupt took 8568713 ns

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ less /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
syslog:x:101:103::/home/syslog:/bin/false
messagebus:x:102:105::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:103:108:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
avahi:x:104:109:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
/etc/passwd

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ less /etc/passwd | sort
avahi-autoipd:x:103:108:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
avahi:x:104:109:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
couchdb:x:105:113:CouchDB Administrator,,,:/var/lib/couchdb:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
gdm:x:113:120:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
hplip:x:112:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
kernoops:x:108:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
messagebus:x:102:105::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
nick:x:1000:1000:Nick,,,:/home/nick:/bin/bash
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
pulse:x:109:114:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
rtkit:x:110:117:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/bin/false
saned:x:111:118::/home/saned:/bin/false
speech-dispatcher:x:107:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
syslog:x:101:103::/home/syslog:/bin/false
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
usbmux:x:106:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/home/usbmux:/bin/false
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ grep back /etc/group
backup:x:34

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ grep Lennox macbeth.txt
[Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox,
[Flourish. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, and
[Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross,
[Enter Macduff and Lennox.]
[Exeunt Macbeth and Lennox.]
[Re-enter Macbeth and Lennox, with Ross.]
as Queen; Lennox, Ross, Lords, Ladies, and Attendants.]
[Enter Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Ross, Lennox, Lords, and
[Enter Lennox and another Lord.]
[Enter Lennox.]
Lennox, and Soldiers.]
Macduff, Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, Ross, and Soldiers,
Siward, Ross, Lennox, Angus, Caithness, Menteith, and Soldiers.


nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ grep Mac | wc -w macbeth.txt
20055 macbeth.txt

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ ls -a /etc | wc
    226     227    2201

nick@nick-VirtualBox:~$ ls | wc -l /var/log/syslog
6 /var/log/syslog