Most of the times with reddit, I pretty much just want the text. In fact, like many of you, I work at the command line for many hours of the day, so having a reddit client that would work on the command-line, and could also format the text in a completely readable way sounds pretty slick. Fortunately there’s three (almost identical) reddit
Category: SysAdmin
How I got my job in Linux: from Newbie to Pro
In this commentary article I go into the journey I took from 2001 when I started out using Linux properly and the present day. If you think that you too…
2>&1 and understanding other shell script’s idioms
If you are a system administrator, or someone that just writes shell scripts then every now and again, you’ll want to do output redirection. The ability to redirect the standard…
16 Useful Bandwidth Monitoring Tools to Analyze Network Usage in Linux
Are you having problems monitoring your Linux network bandwidth usage? Do you need help? It’s important that you are able to visualise what is happening in your network in order…
How to Fix the ‘No Space Left on Device’ Error on Linux – Make Tech Easier
There is an annoying error on Linux systems that tells you you have no space when there’s plenty on your filesystem. Explore these potential fixes. Visit this link to read…
Googler – Run google searches from the command line
Need a quick google from the terminal? Yep, along with other crazy things found along the way to almost truly negate the need for a graphical desktop, Googler is the…
Howto MySQL: Create a user and grant permission to a database
Here is something that as a system or database admin, you’ll do lots of – create a database, create a database user, and then assign the permission for that user…
How To List All Installed Packages In Linux
Quick howto: List all installed packages in Linux In today’s quick ‘just the examples’ howto, we show you how to find out what packages are installed on your Linux system…
Linux Lab: SysAdmin 101
So you wanna be a Linux Systems Administrator? Every now and again, I am asked to provide a bit of training for budding systems admins or people on the career…
Using sed to find and replace text files in Linux
nixCraft have a good tutorial for the new Linux user/admin. In this example, the tutorial is to answer the question “how do I find the text called ‘foo’ and replaced…