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Find Disk Usage of Files in Linux

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

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The Linux “du” (Disk Usage) is a standard Unix/Linux command, used to check the information of disk usage of files and directories on a machine. The du command has many parameter options that can

Clear RAM Cache and Swap in Linux

How to Clear RAM Memory Cache, Buffer and Swap Space on Linux

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Like any other operating system, GNU/Linux has implemented memory management efficiently and even more than that. But if any process is eating away your memory and you want to clear it, Linux provides a

Change Linux Date and Time

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

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Date command is an external bash program that allows to set or display system date and time. It also provides several formatting options. Date command is installed in all Linux distros by default. $

Linux host Command Examples

Useful ‘host’ Command Examples for Querying DNS Lookups

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Host command is a minimal and easy-to-use CLI utility for performing DNS lookups which translate domain names to IP addresses and vice versa. It can also be used to list and verify various types

Linux Locate Command Examples

10 Useful ‘locate’ Command Practical Examples for Linux Newbies

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One of most obnoxious experiences that most new users of the Linux platform usually face is the inability to find the simplest and yet more effective means of looking up files on their system.

Find and Kill Running Processes in Linux

How to Find and Kill Running Processes in Linux

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Process management is one of the important aspects of System Administration in Linux, and it includes killing of processes using the kill command. In this how-to, we shall look at killing of less productive

dir Command Usage in Linux

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

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This article shows some examples of using the dir command to list the contents of a directory. The dir command is not a commonly used command in Linux. Though it works more less like

Autojump Command

Autojump – An Advanced ‘cd’ Command to Quickly Navigate Linux Filesystem

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Those Linux users who mainly work with Linux command Line via console/terminal feels the real power of Linux. However it may sometimes be painful to navigate inside Linux Hierarchical file system, specially for the

Kill Linux Processes and Unresponsive Apps Using xkill

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

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How do we kill a resource/process in Linux? Obviously we find the PID of the resource and then pass the PID to the kill command. Speaking more accurately, we can find PID of a

Password Protec Files in Linux

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

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Encryption is the process of encoding files in such a way that only those who are authorized can access it. Mankind is using encryption from ages even when computers were not in existence. During

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