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linux commands

Find Disk Usage of Files in Linux

10 Useful du (Disk Usage) Commands to Find Disk Usage of Files and Directories

The Linux ‘du‘ (Disk Usage) is a standard Unix/Linux command used to check the disk usage information of files and

dir Command Usage in Linux

How to Use ‘dir’ Command with Different Options and Arguments in Linux

This article shows some examples of using the dir command to list the contents of a directory. The dir command

Change Linux Date and Time

How to Work with Date and Time in Bash Using date Command

Date command is an external bash program that allows to set or display system date and time. It also provides

Linux host Command Examples

Useful ‘host’ Command Examples for Querying DNS Lookups

Host command is a minimal and easy-to-use CLI utility for performing DNS lookups which translate domain names to IP addresses

Linux Locate Command Examples

10 Useful ‘locate’ Command Practical Examples for Linux Newbies

One of most obnoxious experiences that most new users of the Linux platform usually face is the inability to find

Kill Linux Processes and Unresponsive Apps Using xkill

How to Kill Linux Processes/Unresponsive Applications Using ‘xkill’ Command

How do we kill a resource/process in Linux? Obviously we find the PID of the resource and then pass the

Password Protec Files in Linux

7 Tools to Encrypt/Decrypt and Password Protect Files in Linux

Encryption is the process of encoding files in such a way that only those who are authorized can access them.

ls command tricks

7 Quirky ‘ls’ Command Tricks Every Linux User Should Know

We have covered most of the things on ‘ls’ command in last two articles of our Interview series. This article

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Linux Commands and Tools

How to Identify Working Directories Using Shell Characters and Variables

How to Automatically Restart a Service After Failure on SysVinit and Upstart

15 Useful ‘Sockstat Command Examples’ to Find Open Ports in FreeBSD

How to Get Total Inodes of Root Partition

How to Get Domain and IP Address Information Using WHOIS Command

How to Reset USB Device Using Command Line in Linux

Linux Server Monitoring Tools

pyDash – A Web Based Linux Performance Monitoring Tool

Bandwhich – A Network Bandwidth Utilization Tool for Linux

How to Install htop on CentOS 8

How to Use ‘fsck’ to Repair Linux File System Errors

Nethogs – Monitor Linux Network Traffic Usage Per Process

24 Best Command Line Tools to Monitor Linux Performance

Learn Linux Tricks & Tips

How to Repair and Defragment Linux System Partitions and Directories

How to Find Linux Server Geographic Location in Terminal

Learn How to Set Your $PATH Variables Permanently in Linux

Linux Tricks: Play Game in Chrome, Text-to-Speech, Schedule a Job and Watch Commands in Linux

3 Ways to Extract and Copy Files from ISO Image in Linux

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Best Linux Tools

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