This short tutorial expands on a previous guide about using the find command in Linux, this time we use it to locate “empty” (zero byte) files. …
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This guide will explain how to set up “slow query” logging in MySQL so that you can determine which queries are causing slowdowns. …
This guide will show you how to use the “history” command to review all of the commands that you’ve run on your Linux computer. …
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This brief but detailed guide will explain how to use ncftp in Linux to recursively copy files from an FTP site. …
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Sometimes when you are trying to uninstall or upgrade some software on a Linux machine you run into dependency related issues. Just about everyone I know who works with RPM based distributions has experienced what is known as “rpm hell” or “dependency hell” at one time or another. Here’s something to help you a bit if you are stuck in one of those situations. …
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This guide will show you how to view a file as it gets updates in real time by way of the “tail” command in Linux. …
This short guide will explain how you can password protect files in Linux so that they’re secure from any prying eyes. …
This guide will show you how to enable the “root” user in Ubuntu, and how to allow the root user to use Gnome. …
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This short guide will explain how to configure Ubuntu so that you don’t need to type your password each time you use the sudo command. …
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This guide will explain how to split a large file into multi-part .tar files, and how to put them back together again. …
This guide will give you a couple of options/suggestions on how to view a config file in Linux without the comments. …
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This guide will take you step by step through the process of installing, setting up and using YUM on your Fedora Linux based computer. …
This guide explains what a symlink is, why you might want to use them, and how to use them – in Linux. …
This guide will explain how to use RPM (the Redhat Package Manager) to install and manage software in Linux. …
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The other day I needed to migrate a directory containing a lot of files from one location on my Linux server to another. There are a number of ways I could do this. Using a simple cp command could have done the trick. However, as the data I was copying was a database and I wanted to make sure that the copying was done perfectly, I looked on the Internet and found a brilliant one line bash solution for this. …
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