We talked about the while, for, and until loops in shell scripts in the past few tutorials now. Let’s learn the select loop in shell scripts, a very interesting and unique loop in bash. Why is it interesting or unique?…
The uname and whoami commands help you understand details like kernel version, name, hostname, etc of the Linux system you are using and what user is currently logged in. Simple yet useful, both the commands are very commonly used by…
The hosts’ file is an extremely useful albeit small text file that stores host names with associated IP addresses. It is basically a mapping from hostnames to IP addresses. Any network protocol uses this mapping to convert hostnames to numeric…
The Linux wget command is a command-line utility to download files from the internet over HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. The wget command is usually available on most Linux distros by default, but if you do not have it installed…
The mkdir command in Linux is used to make directories, hence the command is named mkdir. With traditional GUI systems, if you want multiple directories, you have to create one directory at a time. The mkdir is a very flexible…
Let’s have a look at a really simple to use firewall, the UFW firewall. As a system administrator, it is our duty to make sure that the systems we work on are secured from attackers. There are multiple methods to…
The root user enjoys the privilege of being able to access just about anything in the Linux system. While disabling root login is an authentication strategy that might boost security, people still debate whether it’s truly effective or not. Don’t…
The “utterly rock-solid” construction of the space Cube, and also the superb range of connections it manages to suit into such a tiny low frame, together with jumpers that alter overclocking, is just commendable. The space Cube relies on associate…
Smartphones portrayed twenty-three percent of all French telephone sales to U.S. shoppers within the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to only twelve percent within the previous quarter, per the NPD cluster. Led by the discharge of Apple’s iPhone 3G at…
Marvell a worldwide leader in integrated Si solutions, now declared the provision of open-source Easy Plug Computer Installer (EPI) to alter Plug Computing software package deployments. EPI is the 1st ever wizard-based installation tool for Marvell’s Plug laptop, providing over…