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11 Dec 2019
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03 Dec 2019
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29 Oct 2019
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08 Oct 2019
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FB4 Chown Example: Recursive UpdateChown Example: Recursive Update
chown is a basic Unix command, super useful and very powerful. I have provided a chown example earlier, but would like …
22 Aug 2019
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You may have seen the ip command page on this website, and even used ip addr show version of it.
21 Aug 2019
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FB4 Assign Keyboard Shortcut to Screenshot in UbuntuAssign Keyboard Shortcut to Screenshot in Ubuntu
I’m finding myself working on Linux laptop with Ubuntu 19.04 more often than I expected – sometimes I spend most …
13 Aug 2019
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FB4 How to Tell What Group Unix User Is InHow to Tell What Group Unix User Is In
Have been getting this question asked a lot in the search engine queries for Unix Tutorial lately, and realised in all …
07 Aug 2019
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FB4 Advice: Safely Removing a File or Directory in UnixAdvice: Safely Removing a File or Directory in Unix
Removing files and directories is a very common task, so in some environments support engineers or automation scripts …
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