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How to Execute PHP, Python and Perl Scripts Using Cron Job

February 11, 2014April 11, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - 2 Comments.

As a Linux administrator you may already know about crontab, as this is one of the regular activity for you. You have done a lot of work using crontab for …

Linux / Linux Commands

Understanding the Color Code of Linux files

February 4, 2014July 9, 2021 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

Everything in Linux is considered a file (including a hard disk, graphics card, USB, etc,.). Hence, Linux has specific color codes for different file types to distinguish them from each …

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Five Commands To Check Linux System Shutdown/Reboot Date and Time

January 28, 2014March 25, 2019 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

We can easily check how long our Linux system has been up and running without downtime. There are many commands are available to check this and we had written an …

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How to Copy files and folders in Linux

January 24, 2014April 19, 2021 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

Being a Linux user, copying files and directories is one of the most common tasks. Linux users don’t spend a day without using the cp (copy) command according to my …

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How to Disable or Change the crontab eMail Alert on Linux

January 10, 2014February 8, 2020 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

Job scheduling is a feature that allows the user to perform specific tasks at a specific time interval. This reduces the Linux admin job and allows scheduled jobs to run …

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How to Change Bulk File Permissions Recursively from “abc” to “xyz” in Linux

January 8, 2014August 22, 2019 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

As Linux administrator, we always use chmod command to change file permissions in Linux. It may happens many times in a day, it depends on your environment size and team …

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How To Set/Change Time, Date And Timezone In Linux?

January 7, 2014April 5, 2019 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - 3 Comments.

If you missed to set the proper timezone, date and time while installing the OS. Don’t worry it can be changed at any point of time. If we bought the …

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How To Delete/Remove A User Account In Linux?

January 3, 2014April 19, 2019 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

User account deletion is one of the basic task for Linux administrator. Whenever a new employee joins in your organization, we need to create the user account for them and …

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How to Check Internet Speed (Download/Upload) Right from Your Linux Terminal?

January 2, 2014July 29, 2019 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

If you would like to troubleshoot an issue with slow Internet access on your Linux system, it would be a good idea to measure the current Internet speed. Most of …

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How to check running process in Linux

December 26, 2013November 29, 2021 - by Magesh Maruthamuthu - Leave a Comment

Many Linux commands can be used to view processes running on a Linux system. ‘ps’ and ‘top’ command are widely used by many Linux administrators to view running processes and …