Tag: Commands
How To Install speedtest-cli on Ubuntu / CentOS / Debian using Ansible
(: August 16, 2019) Introduction The proliferation of internet connectivity has come with numerous opportunities that were only far dreams more than two decades ago. As more people get into the web, speed of access to web resources whether videos, web content or e-books has become something of such importance that no one can afford…
How To use Linux chown command with examples
(: August 11, 2019) Introduction The man page of chown says that chown changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file. When only an owner (a user name or numeric user ID) is given, that user is made the owner of each given file, and the files’ group is not changed. If the…
How To kill a process in Linux with examples
(: August 7, 2019) Introduction Moments come when a process in your Linux system begins to behave weirdly and you as an Administrator needs to stop it for the good of the health of the whole system. The following utilities will help you find the process and stop it. Before we proceed, as we know,…
How to use rsync command on Linux/Unix with examples
(: July 26, 2019) Introduction From the man page of rsync, Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally, to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon. It offers a large number of options that control every aspect of its behavior and permit very…
How to use scp command to securely transfer files with examples
(: July 26, 2019) Introduction The scp command is used to copy files and directories between one computer to another. What is valuable about this utility is the fact that it used ssh to tunnel the copying. This means that the data is encrypted because it rides on ssh’s secure features. Before you begin using…
How to use cat and cp commands on Linux/Unix with examples
(: July 29, 2019) Introduction There is no way you will spend your time on a Linux shell without the frequent need to copy or view the contents of a file. The cat and cp commands do that with the beauty they were designed to do. The cat command According to its man pages, cat…
How To Check CPU Usage/Utilization in Linux system
(: July 29, 2019) Introduction Time to time, while you administer servers in your day to day roles, you would wish to check how the CPU of your system is faring especially if you suspect that something might be consuming more than it is supposed to. To be able to do that, there are many…
Top most frequently used Linux commands with examples
(: January 10, 2018) Are you coming from Windows environment to Linux and in need of basic Linux commands to start with?, here I present to you top most frequently used Linux commands with examples. Since most Linux users coming from Windows environment may find it hard and stressful to work on the terminal, my…
Basic Linux Terminal Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
(: March 2, 2018) Basic Linux Terminal Shortcuts Cheat Sheet is here, this is not a comprehensive list but what’s contained here will help you a lot on a daily basis when working on Linux command line interface. Having Terminal shortcut keyboard keys combination in your mind is a real time saver. There is a…