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unzip .gz file as a directory

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Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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What are file descriptors, explained in simple terms?

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Linux command to display date in unix format

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Aditya
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UNIX man command to find list of man sections

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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What exactly does the Unix `bash` command do when run without options?

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Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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Difference between ctrl-z and "&" in linux

My understanding is that when you are ...READ MORE

Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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How can I kill a process by name instead of PID, on Linux?

Sometimes when I try to start Firefox ...READ MORE

Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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Get program execution time in the shell

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Rename directory in linux system

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Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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C++ IDE for Linux?

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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Processing places.sqlite file with Linux

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Aditya
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How do I copy folder with files to another folder in Unix/Linux?

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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What is the difference between a symbolic link and a hard link?

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Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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Can't remove a linux directory using linux terminal

I've been trying to remove an unwanted ...READ MORE

Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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What is special about /dev/tty?

ls -la /dev/tty shows the output: crw-rw-rw- 1 ...READ MORE

Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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Amazon Linux: apt-get: command not found

Amazon Linux is CentOs-based which means that ...READ MORE

Feb 11, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
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E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/git-man_2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 43.255.166.254 80]

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Nov 19, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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why can't i go to dev directory

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Nov 12, 2021 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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Error saying "Failed to start httpd.service: Unit httpd.service not found."

Execute the following steps or make sure ...READ MORE

May 14, 2019 in Linux Administration by Kiara
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activation of network connection failed in Linux.

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Aug 18, 2020 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement ipykernel (from jupyter==1.0.0) (from versions: )

Hi@akhtar, You may get this error because of ...READ MORE

Apr 23, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How do I find all files containing specific text on Linux?

grep -rnw 'text to find recursively inside ...READ MORE

May 20, 2019 in Linux Administration by Ritesh Singh
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Failed to start Crash recovery kernel arming.

Hi@akhtar, To avoid this error you can follow ...READ MORE

May 11, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How do I use a shell script to SSH in to a remote machine to execute commands?

Sorry in advance for any formatting. Check out ...READ MORE

Feb 7, 2021 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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How to check permissions of a folder in the Linux system?

Hi@akhtar, You can use ls command to check ...READ MORE

Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Difference between root (/) and home directory (~) in terminal?

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Jun 20, 2019 in Linux Administration by Vicky
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Failed to start httpd.service: Unit httpd.service is masked.

Hi@akhtar, A masked service is used to prevent ...READ MORE

Apr 23, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to change IP address of an Ubuntu VM?

The easiest method is through network manager: 1- ...READ MORE

Aug 25, 2020 in Linux Administration by Pistle
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Capture and Save Packets in a File in Linux.

Hi@akhtar, You can use tcpdump command to save ...READ MORE

Oct 4, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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apt-get update takes no argument

The command  sudo apt-get update is used to update ...READ MORE

Jul 30, 2019 in Linux Administration by Vinci
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What is Htpasswd in Linux?

Hi@akhtar, htpasswd is used to create and update ...READ MORE

Dec 2, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Termux Android code for phishing the page

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Apr 27, 2020 in Linux Administration by Gitika
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How to create HTTP user using htpasswd command?

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Dec 2, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to run one command inside another command in Linux?

Hi@akhtar, You can run multiple commands in your ...READ MORE

Oct 15, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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I want to swap from AWS to linux.

Hi@Abdullah, Are you talking about swap partition in ...READ MORE

Dec 9, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Can we patch azure linux vm using ansible?

Hi@avinash, You can connect your Azure VM from ...READ MORE

Oct 29, 2020 in Linux Administration by akhtar
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How to create directory of current username in ruby on Linux server

Hi, The command whoami is used to know ...READ MORE

Nov 25, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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What is the linux command to find Memory and CPU usage in percent for last 30 days?

Try the following: Cat proc/meminfo top top -i less /proc/memin ...READ MORE

Oct 14, 2020 in Linux Administration by Kim
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How to create nested directories with a single command in linux?

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Oct 19, 2020 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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How to capture Packet from specific port?

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Oct 4, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Dynamic real-time view of the running system in Linux.

Hi@akhtar, The top command is used to show the ...READ MORE

Oct 12, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to delete an exported environment variable?

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Sep 22, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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"connect: Network is unreachable?" error on ping

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Jan 23, 2019 in Linux Administration by Tina
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How to stop automatic time update in Linux?

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Sep 24, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Copy files from one Linux system to another Linux system.

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Oct 21, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to find Resident Set Size of a process in Linux?

Hi@akhtar, RSS is a memory currently used by ...READ MORE

Oct 12, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Error lscpu: command not found.

Hi@akhtar, By default, this command should present in ...READ MORE

Oct 12, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to capture Packets from Specific Interface in Linux?

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Oct 3, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to find the first field from a file in Bash Shell?

Hi@akhtar, You can extract text from a file. ...READ MORE

Oct 20, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Select sections of text from each line of files in a Bash shell.

Hi@akhtar, There is no inbuild command available for ...READ MORE

Oct 20, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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