Saturday, 7 July 2018

Linux from the command line -- Learning VIM by playing games

Linux from the command line -- Learning VIM by playing games

You're not a real sysadmin until you've mastered Vim of course ;')
But it doesn't have to be painful. Learn by playing a game.
https://www.tecmint.com/learn-vi-commands-with-pacvim-game/#

Learning Linux -- Using dd to copy drives and partitions without destroying your data

Learning Linux -- Using dd to copy drives and partitions without destroying your data
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/how-use-dd-linux

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Linux from the command line | Linux for sysadmins -- Automating with SSH

Linux from the command line | Linux for sysadmins -- Automating with SSH

It's more than just a remote terminal tool, ssh has a lot of other powerful features for Linux users and sysadmins.

Once you get things in this article worked out, look up and play with ssh -Y

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/easy-ssh-automation

Linux from the command line -- Checking disk space

Linux from the command line -- Checking disk space

One note here, with df you'll probably want to use "df -h" and not "df -H" as the latter will use the stupid damned si units nonsense where 1k=1000 bytes instead of a proper 1024.
Other than that, carry on.
https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2018/6how-check-disk-space-linux-command-line

Friday, 22 June 2018

Linux for sysadmins -- Removing Docker images, containers, and volumes

Linux for sysadmins -- Removing Docker images, containers, and volumes

So you're done with that Docker container. It served you well, but you don't need it any more. Now what?
https://www.tecmint.com/remove-docker-images-containers-and-volumes/#

Linux from the command line -- using the netstat command

Linux from the command line -- using the netstat command

What's going on with your Linux box's network?
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-netstat-command/