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21 Aug 2008 1 minutes read
FB4 System Resources Usage When Running Unix Commands
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System Resources Usage When Running Unix Commands

In my system administration job, I come across this particular requirement quite often: run a command, then confirm how …

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14 Jul 2008 1 minutes read
FB4 List Groups a User Belongs to in Unix
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List Groups a User Belongs to in Unix

Still seeing this request quite frequently in my website logs, I thought I’d expand the topic a bit more, given …

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18 Jun 2008 2 minutes read
FB4 How to Determine Physical Memory Size in Linux
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How to Determine Physical Memory Size in Linux

If you’re logged in at some remote Linux system and need to quickly confirm the amount of available memory, …

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13 Jun 2008 2 minutes read
FB4 Find Files Which Belong to a User or Unix Group
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Find Files Which Belong to a User or Unix Group

If you need to find all the files owned by a certain Unix user or group in a given directory, it’s actually very …

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07 May 2008 3 minutes read
FB4 Using Variables in Unix Shell Scripts
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Using Variables in Unix Shell Scripts

Any Unix shell script longer than a line will most likely involve using variables. Variables are used to store temporary …

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28 Mar 2008 2 minutes read
FB4 How to Find Your UID From Bash
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How to Find Your UID From Bash

I see this question a lot in search engines requests which point to this blog. And if you’re so interested how …

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24 Mar 2008 4 minutes read
FB4 How to Find the Largest Files in Your Unix System
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How to Find the Largest Files in Your Unix System

I see that my Finding Large Files and Directories post is quite popular, yet there are a few more ways to simplify your …

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20 Mar 2008 1 minutes read
FB4 How to Find the Owner of a File in Unix
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How to Find the Owner of a File in Unix

Surprisingly, I see quite a few questions around file ownership asked all the time. And one of the first questions asked …

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30 Jan 2008 1 minutes read
FB4 How to Find Out Which Group a Unix User Belongs To
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How to Find Out Which Group a Unix User Belongs To

If you know the name of a particular user on your Unix system and just want to confirm the primary Unix group (gid) of …

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21 Jan 2008 2 minutes read
FB4 Bash: Find Out the Version of Your Unix Shell
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Bash: Find Out the Version of Your Unix Shell

bash (Bourne Again SHell) comes with pretty much every Unix-like OS these days. If you ever wonder what exact version of …

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