How to Use sed and awk to Modify Config Files in Linux
Linux configuration files are often plain text, which makes them easily editable using command-line tools. Among the most powerful of
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Sudoers is the default sudo security policy plugin in Linux; however, experienced system administrators can specify a custom security policy
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When starting out with Linux, you may encounter the terms “services” and “daemons” quite frequently, which refer to background processes
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Thanks again for the amazing response to Parts 1, 2, and 3 of our Linux Interview Questions series here on
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OCR stands for optical character recognition, and software of this type is designed to convert images, pictures, or scanned documents
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After four highly appreciated and successful articles in our series on Lesser-Known Linux Commands, we’re excited to bring you the
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Welcome back to our Linux Interview Questions series on Tecmint! We’re truly grateful for the encouraging feedback on the first
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atop is a full-screen performance monitoring tool that provides detailed reports about all system processes, including those that have already
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Backups are like insurance; you don’t need them every day, but when disaster strikes, such as accidental file deletion, a
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Today, I’m going to show you a simple but effective way to automatically block suspicious IPs using a small script
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If you’ve spent any time managing Linux systems, you already know how repetitive and time-consuming some tasks can be. Whether
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As a Linux SysAdmin working in a production environment, your daily routine is all about keeping systems stable, secure, and
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Managing Linux servers daily can be fun and stressful, especially when you’re dealing with unexpected downtimes or service failures. One
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If you’ve ever plugged in a USB stick on a Linux machine and found that you can’t copy, delete, or
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When you build a server according to your plan and requirements, you want it to run quickly and efficiently, right?
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FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is one of the most widely used and standard protocols over the Internet,
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Imagine you’re happily working on your Linux system, maybe compiling a package, running updates, or just browsing and suddenly, your
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Welcome back to our ongoing journey through the world of powerful but often overlooked Linux commands. If you’ve been following
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Keylogging, short for “keystroke logging” is the process of recording the keys struck on a keyboard, usually without the user’s
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Welcome back to our Linux Interview Questions series on Tecmint! After laying a strong foundation in the first article, we’re
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