I use the Linux command line extensively, both on my local machine or when I’m connected to a remote server. There are some keyboard shortcuts that I want to share with you which have made my life on BASH a lot easier. I have not come across too many books that have documented these shortcuts and I think they are quite important to improve your productivity while on the command line. …
This guide will explain how to use the command netstat to monitor your Internet and network connections in Linux. …
This guide will get you started using Vim, one of the most powerful and popular command line text editors around. …
This guide will show you how to determine your free disk space Linux using a series of commands that come with all Linux distributions. …
This guide will explain what the sudo command is, how to use it in Linux, and how to edit its configuration file. …
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This guide will show you how to find and replace words, strings or phrases in files and directories – while using Linux. …
This guide will show you how to use the date command to set the date of your Linux machine and how to set the date by syncing it across the Internet. …
This guide will show you how to use the command ‘nohup’ to run processes in the background, so that they keep running even if you log out or get disconnected. …
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This guide will show you how to get started using the “more helpful than you might have guessed” date command in Linux. …
This brief but detailed guide will help get you started using the “find” command in Linux and provide helpful real-world examples. …
This overview will explain how to ssh to a remote server and make the connection without having to enter a password. …
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This guide will explain what virtual hosts are and how to set them up using Apache on an Ubuntu Linux machine. …
This guide will explain how to create and/or open and extract the contents of .ZIP, .TAR and .TAR.GZ files in the Linux operating system. …
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This guide will teach you step by step how to download files from the command line in Linux, Windows or macOS using open source (free) software – wget. Wget is a very cool command-line downloader for Linux and UNIX environments that has also been ported to Windows and macOS. Don’t be fooled by the fact that it is a command line tool. It is very powerful and versatile and can match some of the best graphical downloaders around today. It has features such as resuming of downloads, bandwidth control, it can handle authentication, and much more. I’ll get you started with the basics of using wget and then I’ll show you how you can automate a complete backup of your website using wget and cron. …
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This detailed tutorial will get you started using iptables, the tried, trusted and true firewall, in Linux. …
