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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 …

• Basic stuff How-To Linux Ubuntu

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 …

• Basic stuff How-To

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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How to Compare Text Files Using Diff

If you need to compare two text files in Unix, you’re mostly likely to use the diff command.

Today I’ll talk …

• Basic stuff How-To

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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How to Find Out User ID in Unix

There’s quite a few ways to confirm a user ID (uid) in Unix.

id command

This is probably one of the easiest ways …

• How-To Linux Red Hat

How to Find Out RedHat Version and More

If you’re a really curious mind, you won’t be satisfied with simply knowing the current release of your …

• How-To Unix

How to Take a Screenshot in Unix (Xwd)

Quite often there’s a need for you to take a screenshot of your Unix desktop, and as always there’s a number …

• How-To Linux Solaris

How to Mount an ISO Image

Mounting an ISO image of a CD/DVD before burning it is one of the basic steps to verifying you’re going to get …

• how-to centos

How To: Use Apt-Get Behind Proxy

If you run your Ubuntu system behind a firewall and have to use proxy server for http and ftp access, then your apt-get …