Linux is fun! Huh. OK, so you don’t believe me. Mind me at the end of this article you will have to believe that Linux is actually a fun box. 20 Linux Funny Commands 1. Command: sl (Steam Locomotive) You might be aware of command ‘ls‘ the list command, which is used frequently to view
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6 Interesting Funny Commands of Linux (Fun in Terminal)
In our past following articles, we’ve shown some useful articles on some funny commands of Linux, which shows that Linux is not as complex as it seems and can be fun if we know how to use it. Linux command line can perform any complex task very easily and with perfection and can be interesting
Fast – Test Your Internet Download Speed from Linux Terminal
If your internet download speed seems poor, you most likely go to Speedtest.net and check, yes?. This is the easiest way to test the speeds that we’re getting from our internet service provider, and it’s been a most liked choice for years. But Netflix’s own speed testing service – Fast.com, a free, fast, and simple
LFCA: Learn Basic Network Troubleshooting Tips – Part 12
When systems encounter issues, as they sometimes will, you need to know your way around the problem and restore them back to a normal and functioning state. In this section, we focus on fundamental network troubleshooting skills that any Linux systems administrator should have. Fundamental Understanding of Network Troubleshooting In most cases, there is a
Gdu – A Pretty Fast Disk Usage Analyzer for Linux
In this article, we will take a look at gdu an open-source disk usage analyzer written in go. Gdu is inspired by godu, dua, ncdu, and df. The gdu tool is created for SSD drives where parallel processing can be utilized. This tool can also work with HDD with less performance compared to SSD drives.
Different Ways to Use Column Command in Linux
Have you ever been in a situation to work with CSV files and produce output in structured tabular format? Recently I was working with data cleansing on a file that is not in a proper structure. It has so many whitespaces between each column and I have to convert it to CSV format to push
How to Use Heredoc in Shell Scripting
Here document (Heredoc) is an input or file stream literal that is treated as a special block of code. This block of code will be passed to a command for processing. Heredoc originates in UNIX shells and can be found in popular Linux shells like sh, tcsh, ksh, bash, zsh, csh. Notably, other programming languages
How to Convert PDF to Image in Linux Command Line
pdftoppm converts PDF document pages to image formats like PNG, and others. It is a command-line tool that can convert an entire PDF document into separate image files. With pdftoppm, you can specify the preferred image resolution, scale, and crop your images. Related Read: 8 Best PDF Document Viewers for Linux Systems To use the
How to Work with Date and Time in Bash Using date Command
Date command is an external bash program that allows to set or display system date and time. It also provides several formatting options. Date command is installed in all Linux distros by default. $ which date $ type -a date Find Date Command Location Type date command in terminal which will display current date and
How to Switch (su) to Another User Account without Password
In this guide, we will show how to switch to another or a specific user account without requiring a password. For example, we have a user account called postgres (the default PostgreSQL superuser system account), we want every user (typically our PostgreSQL database and system administrators) in the group called postgres to switch to the