How to Install PuTTY on Linux
Description : PuTTY is a free and open-source cross-platform SSH and telnet client that even after being around for over 20 years remains one of the most popular SSH clients being used especially on the Windows platform. The quickest reasons that come to mind for such scenarios include: Familiarity: users are more comfortable using an SSH client they got familiar with […]
How to Add IP Address in Windows Firewall
Description According to your needs, you can configure Windows Firewall settings to add IP addresses in Windows with the Windows Firewall settings. You can follow the below steps to add IP address in Windows Firewall. Step 1: On the Start menu, Click ‘Windows Firewall with Advanced Security’. Step 2: Click the ‘Advanced settings’ option in […]
Run a Command with Time Limit (Timeout) In Linux
Description Timeout is a command-line utility that runs a specified command and terminates it if it is still running after a given period of time. In other words, timeout allows you to run a command with a time limit. You can set a time limit for any command you want. If the time expires, the […]
How to list all files ordered by size in Linux
Description The ls command is one of the basic commands that any Linux user should know. It is used to list information about files and directories within the file system. The ls utility is a part of the GNU core utilities package which is installed on all Linux distributions. In this article, we can see […]
How to unzip a ZIP File in Terminal Using SSH
Description : Restoring a backup from a ZIP file – like the ones generated by our downloadable backup feature – can sometimes be a lengthy process. If you unzip a ZIP file locally on your computer before uploading the backup with SFTP, you’ll likely run into a bottleneck because SFTP can only transfer a limited […]
How to Run a Command with Time Limit (Timeout) In Linux
Description : The goal of Linux is to help you be as fast and efficient as possible. One property of a Linux command is the time limit. You can set a time limit for any command you want. If the time expires, the command stops executing. In this short tutorial, you are going to learn […]
SS command examples to monitor network connections
Description ss command is a tool that is used for displaying network socket related information on a Linux system. The tool displays more detailed information that the netstat command which is used for displaying active socket connections. We see how the ss command can be used to display varied socket connection information in Linux. 1. Listing all Connections The basic ss […]
Tweak password expiry using Linux Chage command
Description The chage command, lets you tweak user password expiry information Following is its syntax: chage [options] LOGIN And here’s what the man page says about it: The chage command changes the number of days between password changes and the date of the last password change. This information is used by the system to determine […]
How to find out who is using a file in linux
Description : We can use the lsof command to know if someone is using a file, and if they are, who. It reads kernel memory in its search for open files and helps you list all open files. In this case, an open file may be a regular file, a directory, a block special file, a character […]
ttyload – Shows a Color-coded Graph of Linux Load Average in Terminal
Description ttyload is a lightweight utility which is intended to offer a color-coded graph of load averages over time on Linux and other Unix-like systems. It enables a graphical tracking of system load average in a terminal (“tty“). It is known to run on systems such as Linux, IRIX, Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X (Darwin) and Isilon […]