Linux Scanner

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Linux Scanner can be used for performing 3 types of pre-configured tasks (Inventory Scan, Patch Scan, Patch Deploy), viewing task results, and running complex administrative tasks via customized commands.

A Linux command is a utility that runs on the command-line interface, a console that interacts with the system via texts and processes. Tasks that require multiple steps on the GUI can be done in a matter of seconds by entering commands into the console. These may be either basic tasks such as creating a file, deleting a file, moving a file, and more, or advanced tasks such as package installation, user management, networking tasks, security tasks, and many more.

Important Information

'Download Relay' option allows extracting the results of the latest completed task or command.

This option is only available for Linux and Mac operating systems.

Prerequisites

An online device

An account that has the 'Endpoint Management' permissions

Discovery: Linux Scanner Actions

Inventory	Gets a complete description of the system from different hardware and software aspects.
Patch Scan	Scans the device for potentially required updates.
Patch Deploy	Scans for the specified patch and deploys it.
Custom Command	Allows running any command available on your system. Linux commands are executed on Terminal by pressing . You can run commands to perform various tasks, from package installation to user management and file manipulation. Commands in Linux are case-sensitive. Custom commands work in a non-intaractive mode. In case of user interaction neccessity for command execution, special parameters should be added to avoid errors or execution fail. See the examples below. Examples of the most commonly used commands: Create a file touch data.txt Create a file (if does not exist) and write to it echo 'This is a test' > data.txt Create a file (if does not exist) and append to it echo 'yet another line' >> data.txt View file content cat data.txt more data.txt less data.txt Remove file rm -f foo.bar The use of -f parameter here is important to avoid interaction, as then command execution will fail or hang. Move file mv -f data.txt ~ The use of -f parameter here is important to avoid interaction, as then command execution will fail or hang. But be careful, as you can overwrite files that have the same name in the destination directory. The use of -n parameter is more recommended in such case. Copy file cp -f data.txt ~ The use of -f parameter here is important to avoid interaction, as then command execution will fail or hang. But be careful, as you can overwrite files that have the same name in the destination directory. The use of -n parameter is more recommended in such case. List files in the current directory ls List files in the specific directory ls /path/to/directory

Last Update: Mar 12, 2024