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Ask HN: Whats the first command you run on a new server?

1 points by fragmede ↗ HN
When you get access to a new server via ssh, what's the first command you run? ls? nproc? lsb_release -a? uname -a?

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Grombobulous
sudo tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
jwstillwater
apt install man

I’m not kidding! That man.db is a light in the dark!

Aspos
sudo apt install mc
abotsis
Was going to say /bin/init but your question was too well scoped. So “apt install htop”.
wazzaps
apt install fish && chsh -s /usr/bin/fish && curl https://github.com/wazzaps.keys >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

If I'm manually running commands on a server it means I'll likely use it interactively a lot, might as well not suffer

[dead] LamGC
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karmakaze
Who, what, when, where, how, am I?

    whoami
    uname -a; cat /etc/issue
    date
    pwd; curl http://ipv4.icanhazip.com
    df -h; free -h; # htop