Very quick tip for you today, I just see that many of visitors of this block are curious how they can find a directory in Unix - and so here's a command to help you do just that. Finding directories in Unix There's nothing better than to employ the … [Continue reading] about How To Find a Location of a Directory in Unix
How To Find the Default Block Size in Unix
The questions about default block sizes used in your Unix system are always popular. Today I'd like to show you a few ways to answer them. Default block size in Linux If you ever want to confirm the block size of any filesystem of Ubuntu or any other … [Continue reading] about How To Find the Default Block Size in Unix
How To Install 32-bit Debian Packages on 64-bit System
Many software products, especially the commercial ones, are distributed as 32-bit packages. This means that they won't be installed on your 64-bit system unless you clearly specify that you want to override the architecture dependency. If you're … [Continue reading] about How To Install 32-bit Debian Packages on 64-bit System
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 this is done, I'm happy to explain. … [Continue reading] about How To Find Your UID From Bash
How 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 exactly does one confirm what a symlink points to? First of all, if you haven't already done so - read my Unix Symlink Example … [Continue reading] about How To Find What Symlink Points To
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 search for the largest disk space consumers in your Unix system. Make find command show file sizes If you remember, the default … [Continue reading] about How To Find the Largest Files in your Unix system
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 concerns the Unix user who owns a particular file. It's very easy to confirm who the owner of a file is, and you can do it using … [Continue reading] about How to Find the Owner of a File in Unix
Find 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 - Linux Standard Base. LSB is a joint project by a number of Linux vendors to standardize the OS environment. From Linux … [Continue reading] about Find Out Linux Version using Linux Standard Base (LSB) files
How To Find Large Files and Directories in Unix
When you're trying to clean up your filesystems and reclaim some space, one of the first things you'll want to do is to confirm the largest directories and individual files you have. This can be easily done using two Unix commands: find command and … [Continue reading] about How To Find Large Files and Directories in Unix
Unix filesystem basics: symlink example
I can see some of you have arrived to my Unix file types post looking for an example of using symlinks in Unix. Today I would like to give you a quick introduction into Unix symlinks. What is symlink? Symlink is a short name for symbolic link … [Continue reading] about Unix filesystem basics: symlink example
