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24 Dec 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 Show Next Few Lines With Grep
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Show Next Few Lines With Grep

**Showing next few lines with grep** Now and then I have to find some information in text files – logs, config files, …

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11 Dec 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 How to Confirm Symlink Destination
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How to Confirm Symlink Destination

**Showing symlink destination** Back to basics day: a very simple tip on working with one of the most useful things …

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07 Aug 2019 5 minutes read
FB4 Advice: Safely Removing a File or Directory in Unix
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Advice: Safely Removing a File or Directory in Unix

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Removing files and directories is a very common task, so in some environments support engineers or …

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28 May 2019 3 minutes read
FB4 Projects: Automatic Keyboard Backlight for Dell XPS in Linux
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Projects: Automatic Keyboard Backlight for Dell XPS in Linux

Last night I finished a fun mini project as part of Unix Tutorials Projects. I have writted a basic enough script that …

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26 May 2019 1 minutes read
FB4 Controlling Dell Laptop Keyboard Backlight From Command Line
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Controlling Dell Laptop Keyboard Backlight From Command Line

Keyboard Trigger for Keyboard Backlight I didn’t take me long to start wondering if there was a way to control …

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16 Mar 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 Check for Available Updates With YUM
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Check for Available Updates With YUM

If you’re using CentOS, Fedora or Red Hat Linux, you are probably familiar with the yum package manager. One of …

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16 Aug 2018 4 minutes read
FB4 Review Latest Logs With Tail and Awk
  • Linux Scripts

Review Latest Logs With Tail and Awk

Part of managing any Unix system is keeping an eye on the vital log files. Today I was discussing one of such scenarios …

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18 Jun 2009 3 minutes read
FB4 Fixed Calculations in Unix Scripts
  • Basic stuff Scripts Unix

Fixed Calculations in Unix Scripts

Although I’ve already shown you how to sum numbers up in bash, I only covered the bash way of doing it. I really …

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25 Feb 2009 2 minutes read
FB4 Unix Scripts: How to Sum Numbers Up
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Unix Scripts: How to Sum Numbers Up

If you’re ever thought of summing up more than two numbers in shell script, perhaps this basic post will be a good …

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19 Sep 2008 3 minutes read
FB4 Easy Date Calculations in Unix Scripts With GNU Date
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Easy Date Calculations in Unix Scripts With GNU Date

When I was writing a post about using date command to confirm date and time in your Unix scripts, I made a note in my …

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