Tag Archives: Linux

The numerous faces of awk

If you happen to solely use awk when it is advisable choose particular fields from strains of textual content, you is likely to be lacking out on lots of different providers that the command can present. On this publish, we’ll take a look at this straightforward use together with many different issues that awk can do for you with… Read More »

What you could find out asking which, whereis and whatis in Linux

The which, whereis and whatis instructions on a Linux system present details about instructions. They supply associated however not an identical info. On this submit, we’ll try the variations and supply a script for getting info that’s out there from all three instructions. We’ll additionally discover some pattern instructions for taking a look at secondary… Read More »

Rescuing a Linux system from close to catastrophe

The extra you understand about how Linux works, the higher you will find a way do some good troubleshooting whenever you run into an issue. On this publish, we’ll dive into an issue {that a} contact of mine, Chris Husted, lately bumped into and what he did to find out what was taking place on… Read More »

Checking Linux system efficiency with sar

Sar is a system utility that offers us some ways to look at efficiency on a Linux system. It gives particulars on all points of system efficiency together with system load, CPU utilization, reminiscence use, paging, swapping, disk utilization, system load, community exercise, and many others. To test if sar is on the market in… Read More »

Peering into binary recordsdata on Linux

Any file on a Linux system that is not a textual content file is taken into account a binary file–from system instructions and libraries to picture recordsdata and compiled applications. However these recordsdata being binary does not imply that you could’t look into them. In actual fact, there are fairly a couple of instructions that… Read More »

Feds’ demand for software program requirements may enhance enterprise safety

Enterprises can search for extra transparency from software program distributors after the Biden Administration’s current mandate that software program payments of supplies be supplied by firms making an attempt to do enterprise with the federal authorities. Software program payments of supplies, ceaselessly abbreviated to SBOMs, aren’t a brand new idea. The concept comes from the… Read More »

Putting in fonts in your Linux system

Linux techniques usually begin out with numerous fonts out there, particularly as soon as you have put in LibreOffice. Even so, you may end up craving some extremely distinctive or uncommon fonts so as to add a particular tone to a few of your tasks. In that case, you are in luck. You are more… Read More »