Saturday, 29 April 2017

Learning Linux - Mastering the Command Line: Comparisons in Bash

Learning Linux - Mastering the Command Line: Comparisons in Bash

At some point in your Linux journey you'll start creating shell scripts, and at some point in that process you'll find it necessary to perform logical comparisons. Is this bigger than that? Is that the same as this? And so on. Here's a tutorial to get you started.

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http://www.linuxtechi.com/compare-numbers-strings-files-in-bash-script/

Linux Tips & Tricks - Monitoring disk space from the command line with ncdu

Linux Tips & Tricks - Monitoring disk space from the command line with ncdu

ncdu is a great tool for Linux users in general, but especially for sysadmins that administer machines remotely via ssh.
It's a way to view your systems disk usage in a semi-graphical way from a simple ncurses based command line tool.

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https://www.ostechnix.com/check-disk-space-usage-linux-using-ncdu/

Sunday, 23 April 2017

Linux tips & tricks - Waking your Linux system from hibernation or deep sleep mode

Linux tips & tricks - Waking your Linux system from hibernation or deep sleep mode

This is a great trick to let your Linux system almost shut down and therefore save a lot of power and be secure, but still wake up and do what you want it to do at the appropriate time.
https://www.ostechnix.com/automatically-wake-linux-system-sleep-hibernation-mode/

Sunday, 16 April 2017

Learning Linux - Command line tips & tricks

Learning Linux - Command line tips & tricks

This article is worth reading just to learn pv. It's a great tool I've used for years to get some info on what's going on with long rsh/scp transfers, especially over slow remote connections.
https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/4/more-unknown-linux-commands

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Linux command line - Having a little fun

Linux command line - Having a little fun

The command line isn't all work, there's fun stuff too.

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http://www.linuxtechi.com/12-interesting-linux-commands-make-you-laugh/