Tag: Linux

From time to time Ubuntu updates the GRUB menu lists a lot of previous Linux kernels and eats a lot of hard-disk space. In this article, we will discuss how we can remove old and …

We can find files containing specific text on Linux in the following ways. The content of the article grep command ask command find command RipGrep command Video grep command # grep -rnw '/path/to/look/inside' -e 'text' …

Service in the Unix family operating systems is a program that runs in the background and has no windows or other means of communication with the user. In this article we will not consider the …

Today was the release of Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. This release is an LTS release, meaning it will have extended support for 5 years, until April 2025. Among the main innovations compared to Ubuntu 19.10 …

In this article, we will see how to get CentOS version, see the level of updates, and also find out the kernel version that is currently in use. The instruction is written for CentOS 7, …

Gnome 3.4, the third stable release in the 3.x series, is here. We couldn’t wait to try it out, since the last year has revealed Gnome 3 to be a desktop with a lot of …

Command arch arch — Print architecture Syntax arch Description arch displays machine architecture type. See also

Command ar ar — Create, modify, and extract from archives Syntax ar dmpqrtx archive files ... Description The GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file …

Command appres appres — List X application resource database Syntax appres ] Description The appres program prints the resources seen by an application (or subhierarchy of an application) with the specified class and …

Command anytopnm anytopnm — Attempt to convert an unknown type of image file to a portable anymap Syntax anytopnm file Description anytopnm uses the file program, possibly augmented by the magic numbers file included with …