Whenever there is need to share the code snippets online, the first one probably comes to our mind is Pastebin.com, the online text sharing site launched by Paul Dixon in 2002. Now, there are several...
Not all programs available in the official or third-party repositories, so you can’t install them using the regular package managers. Some times, you have to install the programs by manually compiling from source. As you...
How do you find out the public IP? Easy! There are numerous methods/apps available to do this in graphical user mode. Open your web browser and go to WhatIsMyIP.com website. There you can see your public IP....
A while ago, I have written a guide about the alternatives to ‘top’, the command line utility. Some of the users asked me which one among those tools is best and on what basis (like...
As you might already know, Runlevels are replaced with Systemd targets in many recent Linux distributions like RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. For more details about runlevels and systemd target, refer this guide. In...
Today, I was upgrading my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. Unfortunately, the power has gone in mid-way and the system powered off while updating Ubuntu OS. When the power is back, I boot the system again....
As a Linux administrator, you may need to need to know some basic details of your Linux system, such as the currently running processes, average system load, cpu and memory usage etc., at some point....
As you may already know, we use mv command to rename or move files and directories in Unix-like operating systems. But, the mv command won’t support renaming multiple files at once. It can rename only...
The method of configuring IP address on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is significantly different than the older methods. Unlike the previous versions, the Ubuntu 18.04 uses Netplan , a new command line network configuration utility, to...
As you know already, BASH (the Bourne-Again Shell) is the default shell for most modern Linux distributions. In this guide, we are going to customize BASH prompt and enhance its look by adding some colors...
