While having a great Latin America coffee from Ecuador I came to realize that I did not remember how to check Linux OS version using the command line. Below are some examples for finding your Linux OS version. Open your command line: /etc/os-release file Type the following command using cat in Debian based distros: I …
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The other day one of my friends who is a Windows user asked me to basic Linux commands because he wanted to improve his IT skills. I helped him out and also decided to put together a brief list of basic Linux commands for newbies while having fantastic Latin America coffee at home. Basic Linux …
I usually work on Debian based Linux distros, but the other day while sorting some NYC street photos I took a friend contacted me asking me how to list installed packages in Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora. Using RPM Package Manager Using YUM Package Manager Using YUM-Utils Using RPM Package Manager The RPM package manager …
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To run Docker without sudo in Linux is quite simple. Using your terminal in Linux and a couple simple commands shown below. You don’t need to be an expert Linux guru software developer to go thru these steps. If you don’t want to preface the docker command with sudo, create a Linux group called docker and add users to it. …
In this tutorial we will cover the steps needed to copy files with rsync over SSH in Debian or Ubuntu platform. While having amazing Catuai coffee from Honduras I learned the following. Rsync is a great tool that allows you to transfer and synchronize data between servers. The command can be used over SSH which …
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The other day while having a great cup of Latin America coffee from El Salvador I found a way to mount my EXT Linux partition I have on an external backup WD drive. I didn’t know that MacOS could not mount it natively even when both Linux and MacOS come from the same mother UNIX. …
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grep command is your friend for searching mainly text. It searches a given file for lines containing a given string or words. The grep command should be one of the most used commands and you should get familiar with it. I’m doing the same. Below are some standard grep commands: Search for any instance of …
Many times I found myself typing history into the terminal and then copy/paste the command I was looking for. But, then I found the below tricks to help repeat that command faster and more efficiently. Use Control+R I found this to be the most beneficial for me. It will do a reverse search really fast! …
Sometimes if the connection to a device via Minicom is lost, the next time you start Minicom you could see an error: Device /dev/ttyS0 is locked. The name /dev/ttyS0 may be different, depending on your COM port. To avoid this issue you should always shut down Minicom using CTRL+A keys and then the Q key. …
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df is a Linux command for for reporting file system disk usage on a Linux system. While brewing coffee at home I found the following. How to view disk usage using df command? Simple! Simplest way is just to type df on the command line and you should get the below output: Filesystem …
