How do I display or show a list of all hard disk drive partitions under Linux operating systems? Your PC or x86 Linux server hard disk drive can be divided into one or more logical disks called partitions. This division is described in the partition table found in sector 0 of the disk.
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Backup files with tar
TAR is the Unix Tape ARchive utility. It can be used to either store data on a streaming tape device like a DAT drive, or store files in what is commonly called a tarball file- somewhat like a pkzip file, only compression is optional.
Linux / UNIX: Determine File Type
How do I determine the file type under UNIX or Linux like operating systems? You need to use the file command to determine file type. File command tests each argument in an attempt to classify it. There are three sets of tests, performed in this order: filesystem tests, magic number tests, and language tests. The …
Linux Shell Date format
Task: Display date in mm-dd-yy format
Linux Screen
The same way tabbed browsing revolutionized the web experience, GNU Screen can do the same for your experience in the command line. GNU Screen allows you to manage several interactive shell instances within the same “window.” By using different keyboard shortcuts, you are able to shuffle through the shell instances, access any of them directly, …
Linux backup programs
Incremental backups The point with these is that they remember what has been backed up during the last run, and back up only what has changed. Great if you back up often.