Linux Howto’s for System Administrations
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While using the command line, you can directly pass the output of one program (for example a tool that generates some system information or statistics) as input for another program …
When making backups, and copying/moving large files on your Linux system, you may want to monitor the progress of an ongoing operation. Many terminal tools do not have the functionality …
Progress, formerly known as Coreutils Viewer, is a light C command that searches for coreutils basic commands such as cp, mv, tar, dd, gzip/gunzip, cat, grep, etc currently being executed …
Do you occasionally share your Linux desktop machine with family members, friends, or perhaps with colleagues at your workplace, then you have a reason to hide certain private files as …
Most Linux users are well familiar with the find command and the many cases it can be used. Today we are going to review an alternative to find command, called …
A port is a logical entity that represents an endpoint of communication and is associated with a given process or service in an operating system. In previous articles, we explained …
It is always a good practice to know the hardware components of your Linux system is running on, this helps you to deal with compatibility issues when it comes to …
As a Linux administrator, you must periodically check which files and folders are consuming more disk space. It is very necessary to find unnecessary junk and free up them from …
In this guide, we will show how to switch to another or a specific user account without requiring a password. For example, we have a user account called postgres (the …
The cp command (which stands for a copy) is one of the commonly used commands on Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, for copying files and directories. In this guide, …