Want to run a program, command, or script when you start or log into your Linux OS? This article will show you how. Running Scripts on Startup with Crontab The best way to run a command whenever your system starts is using crontab. cron is the job… Read More »How to Run a Script/Command on Startup on Linux/Ubuntu
This article will show you how to set up a command to run automatically each time you (or any user) log in on the Linux operating system. Several tasks may be useful to run on login – perhaps you want to connect to a network… Read More »How to Run a Program or Command On Login in Linux
This article will cover some options for office productivity software for Linux. Microsoft Office dominates the office productivity space – it’s the industry standard. If you’re in business, other businesses probably expect to be able to send you an Excel or Word file and for… Read More »Office Software for Linux/Ubuntu – What are the Options?
This article will show you several ways to send an email from the Linux command line/shell – as well as from Bash/Shell scripts. Why would you want to send an email from the command line? Probably not to communicate – most people use an email… Read More »Bash/Shell Script to Send Email In Linux – Howto, Example
This article will show you how to format a USB stick or external USB hard drive from the Linux command line/shell for FAT, NTFS, and EXT file systems. Plug In the Drive The first step – plug in your USB stick or external hard drive… Read More »How to Format a USB Drive From the Linux Shell
This tutorial will show you how to mount and access a USB stick or external USB hard drive on Linux. Most desktop Linux distributions will automatically mount USB drives show them in their file explorer, but lightweight and server distributions may not include this functionality… Read More »Mount a USB Stick/Drive in Linux [HowTo, Tutorial]
Here’s how to display the CPU info for your computer on Linux from the Linux command line. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) in your computer does all of the number crunching and processing and logic that your computer needs to do to, well, compute. It’s… Read More »How to Get CPU Information on Linux, With Examples
This article will show you how to list running processes in Linux using several tools. This will allow you to see what is running and how your system resources are being consumed. It’s helpful to see what resources are in use by what process to… Read More »List Running Processes in Linux with ps, top, or htop
This article will show you how to delete files older than a given number of days (or hours/minutes) manually or automatically via a Bash script. Examples included. Removing files older than a certain number of days (or minutes, or hours) makes use of two Linux… Read More »Delete Files Older Than X Days/Hours in Bash [Examples]
Running out of disk space? Here’s how to find large files in Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) without any fuss using the du and ncdu commands. The du Command The du (Disk Usage) command does what it says it does – tells you about the disk usage of files in a given directory. du Command… Read More »Find Large Files in Ubuntu/Linux (du/ncdu), With Examples
