This tutorial focuses on how to find files on Linux using the find and the locate command. As a system administrator, it is a very common task to look for…

Whether you are a Linux system administrator or a DevOps engineer, you spend a lot of time tracking performance metrics on your servers. You may sometimes have instances that are…

This tutorial focuses on finding text in files using the grep command and regular expressions. When working on a Linux system, finding text in files is a very common task…

When working with Git, you may want to include some specific changes into your current branch. You may want for example to introduce a specific commit located on another branch…

When working with Git, you may want to add some new lines to your gitignore files. However, when listing the files to be committed in your staging area, you realize…

As a system administrator, knowing how to install, update or delete Linux packages is crucial in order to maintain your Linux hosts and servers. You may have to update your…

The RAM, for Random Access Memory, is a critical component of a Linux system that needs to be monitored closely. In some cases, you might run out of memory, leaving…

On Git, tags are often used in order to tag specific commits that may be more important than others. Tags may be used in order to bookmark certain events :…

As a system administrator, you may have downloaded some archives that you need to extract in order to reveal their files. You may be also backing up an entire database…

The root account is a special user account on Linux that has access to all files, all commands and that can pretty much do anything on a Linux server. Most…