Let’s find out how we can use the apt command to list installed packages on Ubuntu/Debian. Packages help in delivering or installing any application on a Linux running system. Essentially, packages are nothing but a compressed archive of the files and dependencies required to install a program or service. These packages are used when a […]
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How can you shutdown Linux from the command line? Let’s learn to use the shutdown command in Linux for the same purpose! A Linux system admin is in charge of keeping a system and running and maintaining updates on the machine. But for core kernel updates, your system needs to be shut down safely and
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Let’s learn how to install Ruby on Ubuntu today. Ruby is a high-level interpreted programming language much like Python. Being an open-source language, there are a lot of libraries available for use. What is Ruby? Ruby is the scripting language used for backend and frontend development. It is also used for Data analysis, prototyping, and
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Services are important background processes on a system. Generally, they are launched when you boot up your system. If you are just a regular desktop user, knowing how to start, stop and restart services is essential for various day to day tasks. On the other hand, managing services is a common job for a Linux
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Let’s venture into encryption today and understand the md5 and base64 commands in Linux. Encryption is a subject for every person tasked with keeping their data secure. Data breaches can cause loss of thousands, if not millions. A loss bigger than the money is the loss of credibility. Encryption encodes your data in an attempt
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In this article, we’ll learn how to install Apache web server on Ubuntu. Apache web server is an HTTP based server developed by The Apache Software Foundation which was launched to make powerful features of an HTML server available to everyone for free. It is open-source and has cross-platform support for all modern OS like
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In this tutorial, we’ll go over the du command in Linux. “du” stands for disk usage and is used to estimate the amount of disk space used by a given file or directory. In general, it is a handy utility if you want to print out the sizes of all of the files and folders
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The telnet command in Linux is a protocol that was used before SSH became mainstream. Telnet is easy to connect and use, insecure protocol since all the data is transferred in plaintext. But for some quick communication, telnet can still be used. SSH, on the other hand, is used when you need to connect to
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Windows has multiple GUI utilities for extracting and working with compressed files. In this tutorial, let’s understand the tar command in Linux which allows us to work with tar, gzip, and other archive files within Linux. What is the tar Command in Linux Used For? If you have used WinRAR or 7zip Utility in Windows
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When you are dealing with large amounts of data, accomplishing tasks using the data becomes a tedious task. Your work is decreased significantly if your data is properly sorted. That’s exactly the job for the sort command. The sort command in Linux, as the name suggests, is used to sort the contents of a text
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