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The Top 10 Lesser Known Linux Power Commands That You Won’t Be Able to Live Without
Intro As Linux system administrators, we continuously delve into the boundless ocean of Linux commands to manage and control systems with precision. Some commands are pretty standard and widely known.…
rclone: Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, box, DropBox and much more from the CLI
I used to use insync to access my Google Drive account from the command line because it was reliable, however insync ceased support for their CLI client, so I had…
Using Reddit from the console
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
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…
How to change the hostname of your Linux machine without needing to restart
hostnamectl method Since Ubuntu 16.04 (and most recent Linux distros) use Systemd you can simply use the hostnamectl command to change hostname. To see current setting, run your Terminal just…
Slack for the CLI – Sclack
At work, I’m always working at the Terminal. I have my email (mutt), a few bash terminals for looking after servers and cutting some code, my Facebook messenger (see messer)…
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…
Is there a OneDrive client for Linux?
Simple enough question, easy answer? OneDrive for Linux. You’ve probably no doubt heard Microsoft whitter on about how much they love Linux and Open Source recently, but what about the…
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…