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+====== Quick FreeBSD Tricks ======
+In several places, I have simply inserted the code as a script to be downloaded. I tend to keep things like this around so I can just run a simple command instead of copying/pasting an entire line.
+===== Hardware Devices =====
+==== To locate all attached drives, scan dmesg.boot ====
+<code bash findDrives.sh>
+#! /bin/sh
+egrep '(ad|cd|da)[0-9]' /var/run/dmesg.boot | sort
+</code>
+Or, simply run
+<code bash>geom disk list</code>
+==== List USB devices ====
+<code bash>usbconfig</code>
+==== Format a Drive ====
+Following example will set up an empty drive (/dev/da23) with GPT as the schema and one slice (partition). The partition will have a label, //sneakernet//, then be formatted using ufs.
+When you label a slice, it can be found in /dev/gpt/ and mounted using that alias.
+<code bash>
+# create the GPT schema
+gpart create -s GPT da23
+# show what is there (nothing yet)
+gpart list /dev/da23
+# add a new slice of type UFS, and give it a label, sneakernet
+# use all of the available disk space for this (ie, only one slice)
+gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l sneakernet da23
+# show what is up
+gpart list /dev/da23
+# format the partition with UFS
+newfs /dev/da23p1
+# it should now show up as an alias in /dev/gpt
+ls /dev/gpt
+# make a place to mount it
+mkdir /mnt/sneakernet
+# mount it
+mount /dev/gpt/sneakernet /mnt/sneakernet
+# unmount it
+umount /mnt/sneakernet
+# clean up
+rmdir /mnt/sneakernet
+</code>
+===== Monitoring =====
+==== CPU Temperatures ====
+Following command will show you the temperature of each core of a processor
+<code bash>sysctl -a | grep temperature | grep cpu</code>
+==== iotop substitute ====
+iotop is a well known utility under Linux, but not available for FreeBSD. However, the following command will do the same thing (does not apparently work for iSCSI devices)
+<code>top -m io -o total</code>
+==== watch substitute ====
+Under Linux, watch repeats a command over and over, so it is useful for monitoring long running processes. The FreeBSD command //cmdwatch// does the same thing, with the same flags.
+<code bash>cmdwatch zpool iostat -v</code>
+===== Package Management =====
+==== setting pkg to not ask permission ====
+I was used to Debian's apt-get, and used the -y (answer "Yes" to all questions) parameter. Looking for something similar for pkg, I ran across [[http://dan.langille.org/2013/12/06/bootstrapping-installing-pkg-on-freebsd-unattended-and-without-answering-yes/]] which showed a possible answer; set an environmental variable as part of the call.
+<code>env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES pkg install p5-libwww</code>
+will install LWP (p5-libwww) without waiting for you to select "Yes"
+==== clean pkg cache ====
+After a while, your pkg cache will use more and more space on your disk, with copies of packages you have already installed. The following command cleans that cache.
+<code>pkg clean</code>
+===== User Administration =====
+==== Administrative Permission ====
+By default, a new user is **not** able to become root. To do this, you must add them to the //wheel// group. Use the following command
+<code>pw user  mod  username -G wheel</code>
+where //username// is the username of the user who has access
+==== Changing Shell ====
+I just like //bash// for my shell. While it is not the standard for BSD, it is much more powerful than the standard //sh//, so I like to use it for my personal account. Once bash is installed, set it as the default shell for a user.
+<code>chsh -s bash username</code>
+Warning: do not modify the root account's shell. You will break your system. If you want a bash script to run as root, be sure to include
+<code>#! /usr/bin/env bash</code>
+at the head of your scripts.
+===== zfs tricks =====
+  * zfs unshare -a
+  * zfs share -a
+  * showmount -e