Time is an important aspect in Linux systems especially in critical services such as cron jobs. Having the correct time on the server ensures that the server operates in a healthy environment that consists of distributed systems and maintains accuracy [...]
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How to Use Linux gunzip Command with Examples
Have you come across files bearing a .gz extension? These are files which have been compressed using the gzip command. Gunzip is a Linux command that is used to decompress such files earing the .gz extension and in this tutorial, we will [...]
Methods to Use Uniq Command in Linux with Examples
If you are a Linux user and your work involves with working with and manipulating text files and strings, then you should be already familiar with the uniq command, as it is most commonly used in that area. For those [...]
How to Sort Files by Date Using LS command in Linux
The ls command is used to list directory contents and the results can be sorted upon several criteria such as by date, alphabetical order of filenames, modification time, access time, version and file size. In this article, I will show [...]
How to Transfer Files on Remote Servers Using SFTP Commands in Linux
SFTP is a protocol that offers a secure and private channel for transfer of files between systems using encryption. A misconception exists about the acronym SFTP, with some thinking it stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol. It stands for SSH [...]
How to Delete (Remove) a User on Ubuntu
How do I delete a user from your Ubuntu Linux system? Such instances include when users leave the company or when their accounts become dormant for so long. In this tutorial, I will show you how to delete a user and [...]
7 Ways to Create a File in Linux Terminal
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a file from a Linux terminal. There are many text editors like (vim, nano, vi) and many commands like (cat, echo, printf, touch) to create a file in the Linux [...]
8 LDD Command Examples in Linux
Ldd is a Linux command line utility that is used in case a user wants to know the shared library dependencies of an executable or even that of a shared library. You might have noticed many files starting with lib* [...]
Linux List Group Members in Linux Terminal
In this tutorial, we'll look at different ways of how you can list members of a group in Linux. The /etc/group text file stores group information. There's one entry per line containing the following information: Group name Password Group ID [...]
RPM Commands in Linux with Examples
RPM(Redhat Package Manager) is a command line package management utility used for installing, uninstalling, updating, querying and verifying software packages. This tutorial I will explain some of the most common Linux rpm commands for a system admin. Some of the [...]
Linux Commands - Complete Guide
If you are a beginner in Linux you might have started using the command line. Once familiarized it is fairly easy to work from the terminal and that why most Linux sysadmins prefer over the GUI. This tutorial we did [...]
8 Linux Tee Command with Examples
Linux tee command is used for chaining and redirection of tasks, you can redirect the output and/or errors to a file and it will not be shown on the terminal. Similarly, using chaining, the output of one command can be [...]
How to Get List of all Owners of Files in a Linux Directory
This tutorial is intended to help you get a list of owners of all files in a directory on Linux. The commands shown here are universal and are expected to work on any Linux Distribution. My Lab though is based [...]
6 Commands to Clear Linux Terminal
Sometimes, as you go about running commands on a Linux terminal, you may feel that the terminal is somewhat 'filled up' with commands and outputs of those commands. Therefore, you may want to clear the terminal to declutter it and [...]