Most applications normally display a feedback using asterisks (*******) when a user is typing a password, but on the Linux terminal, when a normal user runs the sudo command to gain super user privileges, he/she…
Are you looking through an extremely lengthy configuration file, one with hundreds of lines of comments, but only want to filter the important settings from it. In this article, we will show you different ways…
How can I send a messages to logged on users in a Linux server? If you are asking this question, then this guide will help you learn how to do that. We will demonstrate how…
The bash history keeps a record of all commands executed by a user on the Linux command line. This allows you to easily run previously executed commands by using the “up arrow” or “down arrow” keys…
ZIP is a very popular compression and file packaging utility for Unix-like operating systems as well as Windows. While perusing through the zip man page, I discovered some useful options for protecting zip archives. Read…
In Unix-like operating systems, a man page (in full manual page) is a documentation for a terminal-based program/tool/utility (commonly known as a command). It contains the name of the command, syntax for using it, a…
Do you want to find all files that contain a particular word or string of text on your entire Linux system or a given directory. This article will guide you on how to do that,…
Tar (Tape Archive) is a popular file archiving format in Linux. It can be used together with gzip (tar.gz) or bzip2 (tar.bz2) for compression. It is the most widely used command line utility to create…
A website response time can have a great impact on user experience, and if you are a web developer, or simply a server administrator who is particularly responsible for organizing the pieces together, then you…
In computer networking, an IP (Internet Protocol) address is a numerical identifier assigned permanently or temporarily to every device connected to a network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. Its two major functions are…
Content marketing has become one of the latest marketing effort to build a business or personal brand. With WordPress, BlogSpot and Tumblr providing a platform for the user to share their stories, opinions, and expertise…
YUM plug-ins are small programs that extend and improve the overall performance of the package manager. A few of them are installed by default, while many are not. Yum always notify you which plug-ins, if…
You got an idea to build on the web and after making some effort to research, you get to know WordPress would be the platform that suits your need. With WordPress powered more than 28%…
On Unix-like operating systems including Linux, root is the account or user name that by default can modify all directories and files on a system. In this article, we’ll show how to make directories or…
You’ve set up your blog and you’re growing your readership — and you’re starting to see the potential of your hobby to bring in some pocket money (or more!). You’re ready to monetize! We’ve gathered…
In May of 2016, the ruling body of the Internet announced a new domain extension: .blog. After 17 years of making these kinds of announcements, including .XXX, .me, and some whacky suggestions like .cool and…
In Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, “everything is a file” and a file is fundamentally a link to an inode (a data structure that stores everything about a file apart from its name and…
Have you ever had a moment where you thought, “I should write a blog about that”? If so, you’re not alone. As the blogging community continues to grow, there are more opportunities than ever for…