Linux HowTo

How To Create or Display Hidden Files / Folders in Linux

How To Create or Display Hidden Files / Folders in Linux

Here we will discuss how to create and display hidden files and folders in linux/Unix Operating Systems. Mostly our favorite ‘ls’ command doesn’t display hidden files or folders in linux. If any file’s name starts from ‘.’ prefix (for ex: .test) then that will call as hidden file and ‘ls’ or ‘ll’ command will not [...]

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How To Change Time Zone In MYSQL

How To Change Time Zone In MYSQL

This article is all about changing time zone in MySql. If mysql time zone is not correct, if different from your time zone, you can change it by following steps. Check current mysql time zone You should check the current time as below Login to mysql with root user, run below command #mysql or #mysql [...]

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Ubuntu HowTo

How To Install Multiple OS Using VirtualBox In Ubuntu

How To Install Multiple OS Using VirtualBox In Ubuntu

VirtualBox is the biggest cross platform, free virtualization solution available today. It can run multiple operating systems in virtual machines. Using VirtualBox, you can create a virtual machine that has its own BIOS, boot order priority, and you can install any Operating system in it. The virtual machine can be assigned CPU (in case of [...]

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Features And Installation Of Dictionary In Ubuntu

Features And Installation Of Dictionary In Ubuntu

Ubuntu has built-in dictionary software that you can use to look words up. But you must be connected to internet in order to use this dictionary. But if you are online, then there are a lot of online dictionaries available on the internet. So sometimes, working offline, you might need to look up some words. [...]

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Linux Commands

Linux df command – Disk Space Usage For Filesystems

Linux df command – Disk Space Usage For Filesystems

The df command reports the disk space usage for the filesystems. It displays various information such as total number of blocks in the filesystem, how many of these have been used and the number of available ones. This article explains various options of this command with examples. df command options Without any switch, df displays [...]

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Chattr Command or Change Attributes of File

Chattr Command or Change Attributes of File

Attributes of file or extend attributes of file are simple and easy to use.  Chattr command uses to change file attributes on a Linux in ext2 or ext3 file system.  After changing attributes no one can modify or delete a file even they have full access. Chattr keep safe from accidentally deleting files or directories. [...]

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Shell Scripts

Shell Script To Delete Duplicate Files

Shell Script To Delete Duplicate Files

Shell Script is looking for duplicated names in files withing sub-directories, and after check md5sum. If md5sum of the files same then we conclude its duplicated. This helps system administrator to delete unnecessary copy to reduce used space. Script also ask user to enter directory where to search, and check if input is empty. Shell [...]

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Shell Script To Find Directories Which Consume Highest Space

Shell Script To Find Directories Which Consume Highest Space

Shell script to show X number of directories that consume space in a path. This script useful if user need quickly to clean up space, so first user need to check what directory take most of space and the delete according to your wish. Commands used are du with different keys , then sort and [...]

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Filesystem

How To Create or Display Hidden Files / Folders in Linux

How To Create or Display Hidden Files / Folders in Linux

Here we will discuss how to create and display hidden files and folders in linux/Unix Operating Systems. Mostly our favorite ‘ls’ command doesn’t display hidden files or folders in linux. If any file’s name starts from ‘.’ prefix (for ex: .test) then that will call as hidden file and ‘ls’ or ‘ll’ command will not [...]

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Chattr Command or Change Attributes of File

Chattr Command or Change Attributes of File

Attributes of file or extend attributes of file are simple and easy to use.  Chattr command uses to change file attributes on a Linux in ext2 or ext3 file system.  After changing attributes no one can modify or delete a file even they have full access. Chattr keep safe from accidentally deleting files or directories. [...]

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