Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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Linux mktemp Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Apr 30, 2020Creating temporary files or directories is a common task that many Linux command line users do. But there's a dedicated command line tool - dubbed mktemp - that lets you do this.
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Linux readlink and realpath Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Apr 23, 2020In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of realpath and readlink commands that are similar (if not same) in the sense that they display resolved symbolic links in output.
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How to install the web-based Guacamole Remote Desktop Client on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 13 • Updated: Apr 22, 2020Apache Guacamole is a free, open-source and web-based remote desktop application that allows you to access your desktop machines through a web browser. In this tutorial, we will show how to install Apache Guacamole remote desktop gateway on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server.
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Linux tcpdump Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Apr 21, 2020Everytime you open a webpage on your computer, data packets are sent and received on your network interface. Sometimes, analyzing these packets becomes important for many reasons. Thankfully, Linux offers a command line utility that dumps information related to these data packets in output.
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Linux shred Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Apr 20, 2020This tutorial shows how to delete data safely on Linux by using the shred command. All examples in this article have been tested on an Ubuntu and Debian, but they should work on any other Linux distribution as well.
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Linux vdir Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Apr 16, 2020Listing contents of a directory is one of the most basic tasks that users (both pro and noobs) find themselves involved in. The ls command is hands down the most popular tool used for this purpose. There are some alternatives. For example, there's a utility called vdir, basics of which we'll be discussing here.
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Linux whatis Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Apr 14, 2020Man pages are one of the most useful resources when it comes to understanding command line utilities. A man page, however, contains a lot of details about the command. IIf you are looking for a short help text, the command whatis becomes handy.
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Linux chattr Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Apr 13, 2020Many a time, a Linux machine is used by different users. So there are chances that these users access a common set of files. This opens up door to problems like accidental deletion or editing of important files, something which you - as an administrator - would definitely not want to happen. Thankfully, there exists a command - dubbed chattr - that's developed to help you in specifically these kinds of scenarios.
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Linux pkill Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Apr 09, 2020In Linux, if you need to kill a process (for whatever reason) through the command line, you can use the kill command, which requires you to pass as input the ID of the process you're trying to terminate. But did you know that there also exists a way to kill processes without specifying their PIDs?
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Linux strace Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Updated: Apr 08, 2020The Linux command line offers many tools that are helpful for software developers. One among them is strace. The strace command in Linux lets you trace system calls and signals.
