Sometimes it is important to monitor log file modification time to restart the writing process when the file was not modified for defined period of time. I have already described how to check file metadata using stat utility which can be used to solve this task, but today I want to take advantage of the plain ls command.
It is rarely mentioned, but you can use repository snapshots to download and install old and obsolete packages on already unsupported or even current Debian distributions.
Use Python script to verify that client can connect to the RabbitMQ message broker.
I have a feeling that loop devices are now used less frequently, but these are still relevant and useful.
HPE Software Delivery Repository is cryptographically signed, so you can be sure that provided software packages have not been modified by a third party. However, sometimes you can encounter the The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available error which can be easily fixed.
Stop running away from this, request and assign an IPv6 address to an external interface to make content available over both IPv4 and IPv6.
Today, I will create a simple proof of concept shell script to diplay message provided from standard input or as an parameter, so it could be used as a template to write shell scripts that can be executed in a pipe or as standalone application.
Two years ago I have described a simple way to display established TCP connections using ss command. Today I will use lsof and gawk to pretty print network connections.
Perform test whether a number is a prime using command-line factor utility.