Files are one of the most important objects of any operating system and Linux is not an exception. Files provide a reliable way of storing data in a persistent manner. Linux uses plain text files…
When it comes to managing and analyzing data, converting files from one format to another is a frequent need. If you are working with CSV (Comma-Separated Values) files in Linux and want to convert them…
As a systems administrator, you will occasionally be tasked with configuring or setting up the IP addresses of your servers to keep up with changing network requirements. As such, having fundamental skills in assigning IP…
For the past 10 years or so, this has been the year that IPv6 will become widespread. It hasn’t happened yet. Consequently, there is little widespread knowledge of what IPv6 is, how to use it,…
Are you planning to upgrade to the latest release of Debian 12 (codenamed “Bookworm”), from Debian 11? But did you know that instead of downloading the Debian 12 ISO file and installing it, you can…
The ‘!’ symbol or operator in Linux can be used as a Logical Negation operator as well as to fetch commands from history with tweaks or to run previously executed commands with modification. Most of…
IPTraf-ng is a console-based Linux network statistics monitoring program that shows information about IP traffic, which includes information such as: Current TCP connections UDP, ICMP, OSPF, and other types of IP packets Packet and byte…
The cat (short for “concatenate“) command is one of the most frequently used commands in Linux that comes pre-installed in most Linux distribution systems and is primarily used to display the content of existing files….
Exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, criminals have deployed web shells on vulnerable file transfer servers and gained access to a variety of high-profile organizations. More than a week since remediation instructions were published,…
In this article, we will share some interesting command-line tools to generate random passwords and also how to encrypt and decrypt passwords with or without the slat (a security measure used in password hashing) method….
While using the command line, you can directly pass the output of one program (for example a tool that generates some system information or statistics) as input for another program (such as text-filtering or pattern-searching…
In this guide, we shall bring to light a simple yet important concept in process handling in a Linux system, which is how to completely detach a process from its controlling terminal. When a Linux…
The post 10 Commands to Collect System and Hardware Info in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . It is always a good practice to know the hardware components of your…
The post 15 Useful Performance and Network Monitoring Tools for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . If you’re working as a Linux/Unix system administrator, sure you know that you must…
The post 16 Best Tools to Access Remote Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . Accessing a remote Linux desktop computer is made possible by the remote desktop protocol (RDP),…