Most answered questions in Linux Administration

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Error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process

First, find out the id of the process that ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Linux Administration by Sirajul
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Setting JAVA_HOME in linux

Hello fellow techies, Assuming you use bash shell ...READ MORE

Dec 10, 2020 in Linux Administration by Rajiv
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How to uninstall Apache2 on Ubuntu?

Hey @Laksha, execute the following commands: $ sudo ...READ MORE

May 14, 2019 in Linux Administration by Hemant
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Glusterfs fuse client consuming high memory - memory leak

'Stale File Handle error' occurs when the ...READ MORE

Oct 22, 2018 in Linux Administration by Kalgi
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Backing up specific files and renaming them via Bash

I needed to do a similar thing ...READ MORE

Apr 26, 2019 in Linux Administration by Gagan
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Job for httpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.

Hi guys I was facing same problem as ...READ MORE

Nov 21, 2020 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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activation of network connection failed in Linux.

नेटवर्क कनेक्शन चाहिए READ MORE

Aug 18, 2020 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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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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if the File system is full how to troubleshoot ?

Check filesystem usage. df -h If /var is showing ...READ MORE

Nov 18, 2019 in Linux Administration by Sirajul
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How do I find all files containing specific text and rename in unix/linux

Hi, @Kal You can use this command below to ...READ MORE

Jul 2, 2019 in Linux Administration by Gitika
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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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Name or service not known error

use ping google.com dont add www or https READ MORE

Nov 28, 2020 in Linux Administration by CISUR101
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how to loop through the content of a file using bash

#!/bin/bash for i in  `cat peptides.txt` do echo $i done READ MORE

Sep 5, 2020 in Linux Administration by Prakash K. Aithal
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What does file permission 755 mean?

Hi, File permission 755 means that the directory ...READ MORE

Dec 9, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Ubuntu installing problem

Hey Prince! This seems to be like a ...READ MORE

Oct 15, 2018 in Linux Administration by Omkar
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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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How do you copy and paste into Git Bash

Press Insert. Likewise, to duplicate from the window, ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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bash : Bad Substitution

The default shell (/bin/sh) under Ubuntu focuses ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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How to compile executable for Windows with GCC with Linux Subsystem?

Linux Subsystem fills in as a Linux-PC. ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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What does '-gt' operator mean in Bash programming?

It's a math test. assist with testing ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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Why do you need to put #!/bin/bash at the beginning of a script file?

It's a show so the *nix shell ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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Is there a better way to run a command N times in bash?

In the event that your reach has ...READ MORE

Jun 16, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Is there a better way to run a command N times in bash?

In the event that your reach has ...READ MORE

Jun 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Are there any man pages that summarize bash scripting?

Regardless of whether man pages are exceptionally ...READ MORE

Jun 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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df -h if freespace equals then | bash

Try this out: destination="$HOME/Desktop/sandbox" freespace="$(df -h / | tail ...READ MORE

Jun 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How to keep quotes in Bash arguments?

utilizing "$@" will substitute the contentions as ...READ MORE

Jun 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Compare $1 with another string in bash

The explanation $1 doesn't match is on ...READ MORE

Jun 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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What does -f mean in bash

Luckily, the Bash Reference Manual is accessible ...READ MORE

Jun 10, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Difference between single and double quotes in Bash

Single statements will not insert anything, yet ...READ MORE

Jun 10, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Difference between single and double quotes in Bash

Single statements will not add anything, however ...READ MORE

Jun 7, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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"sed" command in bash

sed is the Stream EDitor. It can ...READ MORE

Jun 7, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How do I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

To check if a directory exists in ...READ MORE

Jun 7, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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bash terminal on kubuntu

You are actually using a bash terminal. ...READ MORE

Jun 7, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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bash: telnet: command not found

Indeed you would have to introduce telnet ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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bashrc not found on MacOS Monterey version 12.0

Assuming that you believe your content should ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Persistant "bash: /home/XXX/.rvm/scripts/rvm: No such file or directory" in terminal

Introduce RVM: gpg - - keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net - ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Is there a limit on the number of words in bash command 'for file in words'?

Anyway, you need to print everything except ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Windows system, after heroku login from git bash, there is no command line show

You can login via Windows command prompt ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash?

You ought to recollect that shell prearranging ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How can I download git branch files to local system?

Clone the master branch. As you  said ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Adding Git-Bash to the new Windows Terminal

Open settings with Ctrl + , You'll want ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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bash: /home/XXX/.rvm/scripts/rvm: No such file or directory

Install RVM  gpg --keyserver hkp:// keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 ​Now ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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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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Chmod 777 to a folder and all contents

To help you with your doubt, if ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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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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How to create HTTP user using htpasswd command?

Hi@akhtar, Htpasswd command is available in the Linux ...READ MORE

Dec 2, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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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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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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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]

Hi@akhtar, There may be many reasons behind this error. ...READ MORE

Nov 19, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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