How To Navigate Directories Faster In Linux
Today we are going to learn some command line productivity hacks. As you already know, we use “cd” command to move between a stack of directories in Unix-like operating systems. In this guide I am...
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How To SSH Into A Particular Directory On Linux
Have you ever been in a situation where you want to SSH to a remote server and immediately cd into a directory and continue work interactively? You’re on the right track! This brief tutorial describes...
How To Run Particular Commands Without Sudo Password In Linux
I had a script on my Ubuntu system deployed on AWS. The primary purpose of this script is to check if a specific service is running at regular interval (every one minute to be precise)...
How To Display Thumbnail Images In Terminal
A while ago, we discussed about Fim, a lightweight, CLI image viewer application used to display various type of images, such as bmp, gif, jpeg, and png etc., from command line. Today, I stumbled upon...
Display Animated Christmas Tree In Terminal
It is almost Christmas. Just one more day to go. On behalf of OSTechNix, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance! I’m really excited to share an interesting...
How To Find Out Public IP Address From Command Line On Linux
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....
McFly – A Replacement To ‘Ctrl+R’ Bash History Search Feature
If you spend a lot of time on CLI mode, you should definitely used or heard about reverse search function in BASH. The keyboard shortcut to do reverse search in Bash is Ctrl+r. Using bash...
How To Customize Bash Prompt In Linux
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...
How To Find The Execution Time Of A Command Or Process In Linux
You probably know the start time of a command/process and how long a process is running in Unix-like systems. But, how do you when did it end and/or what is the total time taken by...
Prettyping – Make The Output Of Ping Command Prettier And Easier To Read
As we all know, the ping command is used to check if a target host is reachable or not. Using Ping command, we can send ICMP Echo request to our target host, and verify whether...
Bootiso Lets You Safely Create Bootable USB Drive
There are many tools and applications available to create bootable disks in Linux. Some of you may often use dd command to do various things, like creating a USB drive or cloning disk partitions. Please...
Simple SH – A BASH Script To Install Essential Applications In Ubuntu
Today, we are going to discuss about Simple SH, a simple BASH script to install essential applications in Ubuntu and its variants like Linux Mint. Using Simple SH, anyone can choose and install their favorite...
