09 Apr 2009
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FB4 Use /Proc/Version to Identify Your Linux ReleaseUse /Proc/Version to Identify Your Linux Release
Hi everyone, I’m finally back from my holidays, and simply cannot wait to share some more Unix tips with all of …
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13 Feb 2009
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FB4 How to Monitor Linux Memory Usage With Watch CommandHow to Monitor Linux Memory Usage With Watch Command
Hi all, today I’m going to teach you not one, but two really cool things in one post! First, I’ll introduce …
08 Jan 2009
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FB4 How to Check if Any Users Were Added or Deleted on Your Linux SystemHow to Check if Any Users Were Added or Deleted on Your Linux System
Yesterday in my post on numeric userids instead of usernames, I touched briefly the problem of recovering the username …
18 Jun 2008
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FB4 How to Determine Physical Memory Size in LinuxHow 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, …
29 May 2008
1 minutes read
FB4 Get Username From UID in UnixGet Username From UID in Unix
Finding out the username by user id (uid) in Unix is not as common a task as determining the uid by a username, but if …
12 May 2008
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FB4 What UUIDs Are and How to Use Them in UbuntuWhat UUIDs Are and How to Use Them in Ubuntu
If you tried installing or upgrading Ubuntu recently, you probably noticed that all the storage devices are now using …
26 Mar 2008
2 minutes read
FB4 How to Find What Symlink Points ToHow to Find What Symlink Points To
To some this may seem like a trivial task, but I see great interest from Unix/Linux beginners arriving to this blog: how …
24 Mar 2008
4 minutes read
FB4 How to Find the Largest Files in Your Unix SystemHow 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 …
18 Mar 2008
2 minutes read
FB4 Find Out Linux Version Using Linux Standard Base (LSB) FilesFind Out Linux Version Using Linux Standard Base (LSB) Files
You probably know that modern Linux distributions have many things in common. Well, one of the reasons for this is LSB – …
19 Dec 2007
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FB4 How to Find Out RedHat Version and MoreHow 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 …
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