If you have a docker container and would like to add users to run some processes, this short tutorial is for you. The trick here is to rely on USERADD rather than on the interactive wrapper (more…)
You will find below how to solve the Docker error : no space left on device . There are two similar solutions. The first is the long winded whereas the second is the fastest. (more…)
For those who spend most of their time on the terminal, it may help to change the look and feel of the console in a way that makes them feel at ease. Among the many customizations, users have (more…)
In order to clean a log file, some users simply delete the old file and create a new log file. There are however many ways to remove the content of the log file without having to open it. Make sure (more…)
In this short tutorial, you will see how to replace a string in one or multiple files on Linux/Ubuntu and similar distros. We will consider simple cases only in this article. (more…)
In this short tutorial, we cover see some simple commands that will help users learn how to open a file in linux or view its contents on the command line. (more…)
You may have encountered some commands which take a while to complete processing. There are some tricks that could help gain control once you launch the command so that you can do (more…)
To switch users in one terminal session, you could use the su command : (more…)
In this short article, we will see how to empty buffers and cache on a Linux/Ubuntu system. (more…)
Sometimes on Linux Ubuntu/Debian, we want to know in advance what version would we obtain before actually installing a specific package. Using simple tools like aptitude and apt-get makes this very easy to achieve. (more…)
