21 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Packt: Data Unlocked
Just realised there’s been something I wanted to mention in my Unix Tutorial digest, but it appears a time limited …
News
19 Sep 2019
3 minutes read
Upgrading to CentOS 7.7
CentOS 7.7 has just been released a few days ago and with any luck CentOS 8 will be released next week.
17 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Updates to Unix Reference Pages
You may have noticed: I’m finally getting really close to organising the first few technologies of Unix and Linux …
15 Sep 2019
1 minutes read
Show the Day of a Week in Linux
Today is my son’s birthday, and we had a great party with many friends. We’ve been lucky to have his …
09 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Generate Sequences With Seq Command
Sometimes you need to quickly generate a number of files or directories with different, but not random, numbers and …
07 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
Confirm if CPU Supports Virtualization With Lscpu
The RHEL 8 desktop PC I’m working on right now is going to be a testbed for all sorts of virtualization …
05 Sep 2019
1 minutes read
No Sshpass in Homebrew
I’m working on the next Unix Tutorial Project these days and need to configure new RHEL 8 based PC with Ansible.
03 Sep 2019
2 minutes read
How To: Overwrite Symlinks in Homebrew Packages
I’m developing Ansible playbooks for my new dedicated host and learning new Ansible features these days. One of …
30 Aug 2019
2 minutes read
How to Create a Unix Group With Ansible
I’m configuring a new dedicated server this weekend and think it will be great to capture small notes as I go.
29 Aug 2019
2 minutes read
How to Tag Docker Images
I’m migrating a few Docker containers between hosts and realised that one step that always needs to happen to any …
How to decrypt files with Ansible Vault
ansible-vault decrypt restores an encrypted file …
Just discovered the macOS footprint command
I’ve administered Linux systems for around 25 …
How to Fix Ubuntu Packages Held Back
When trying to run do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu …
How To Resize Filesystem with resize2fs
Quick note on filesystem resize on a typical …
macOS Tahoe
macOS Tahoe is the upcoming major release of macOS …
Centralized Bash history with timestamps
BASH is my Linux shell of choice (it’s zsh on …
Inspect filesystem operations with fs_usage in macOS
hey Unless you disable SIP, most of DTrace based …