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#Unix admin for 30+ years, I write Unix as a Second Language blog & produce 2-Minute #Linux Tip videos for @NetworkWorld. I live in the mountains in Virginia.

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Don’t miss Insider Threat Awareness Month

September is designated National Insider Threat Awareness Month, according to a group of federal agencies and tech industry organizations.

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7 ways to compare text files on Linux

The diff, comm, cmp, and colordiff commands are among the many ways to compare text files on a Linux system.

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How to work with substrings on Linux

The awk, cut, grep, expr, sed and xargs commands provide many useful options for manipulating text.

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Key rules for Linux sysadmins

After 30 years managing Linux servers, I've found these practices helped me stay focused and effective.

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How to find and fix spelling errors on Linux

There are a number of spelling assistants you can use on Linux systems, including aspell, enchant-2, look, and grep. Some commands will need to be installed on your system.

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Gauging system activity on Linux with dstat

Want to do a quick performance check on your Linux system? You might want to take a look at the dstat command.

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Displaying dates and times on Linux

Linux has a lot of options for displaying dates and times, even for past and future dates. This post explains many of these options and provides examples of what you can expect to see.

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How to get rid of unneeded files on Linux

There are many ways to clean up or remove files, including using commands such as rm (remove), rmdir (remove directory), shred, and unlink.

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Linux operators: Using |, >, >>, &, &&, !, =, () and many more

Some of the most convenient ‘tricks’ on Linux depend on the use of a handful of special characters. This post looks at a number of command operators on Linux and shows how they work.

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Using the find command to find files on Linux

The Linux find command makes it easy to find files on your system – even if you don’t remember their names or exactly when you last updated them. Some of the options are a bit more challenging than...

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Red Hat levels up AI support for telecommunication service providers

Red Hat has released a number of exciting projects at Red Hat Summit 2024 including the introduction of RHEL AI, enhancements to Red Hat OpenShift AI and more that will provide telcos with powerful...

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Linux in your car: Red Hat’s milestone collaboration with exida

With contributions from Red Hat and critical collaborators, the safety and security of automotive vehicles has reached a new level of reliability.

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How to print from the Linux command line: double-sided, landscape and more

There's a lot more to printing from the Linux command line than the lp command. Check out some of the many available options.

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Pipe viewer: Using the pv command on Linux

The pv command is especially helpful when you are running tasks that take a long time to complete and you want some feedback that displays your progress.

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Backgrounding and foregrounding processes in the Linux terminal

Running processes in the background can be convenient when you want to use your terminal window for something else while you wait for the first task to complete.

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NSA, FBI warn of email spoofing threat

Email spoofing is acknowledged by experts as a very credible threat.

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The logic of && and || on Linux

These AND and OR equivalents are often used in scripts to make decisions about what happens next. In this post, we’ll take a look at how they work at a very basic level and some ways they are often...

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Using the apropos command on Linux

The apropos command on Linux identifies commands that relate to the particular terms that you are asking about – such as files, lists, disks, dates users, accounts, file systems, and a huge pile of...

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Shredding files on Linux with the shred command

The shred command is a good option for removing files from a Linux system in a way that makes them virtually impossible to recover.

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