The post How to Find a Process Name Using PID Number in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In this article, we will look at how to find a process name by its process identification number (PID). Before
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The post How to Fix “rm: cannot remove ‘file’: Device or Resource Busy” in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .If you’ve ever tried to delete a file or directory in Linux using the rm command and saw the error:
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The post 4 Ways to Check Plugged USB Device Name in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .As a newbie, one of the many things you should master in Linux is identifying the devices attached to your
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The post fuser – Find and Kill Processes by File, Directory, or Port first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .One of the most important tasks in Linux systems administration is process management, which involves several operations s…
The post How to Detect Bad Sectors or Bad Blocks on Linux Hard Drives first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Let’s start by defining a bad sector/bad block, it is a section on a disk drive or flash memory that
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The post How to Delete All Files in a Folder Except Certain Extensions first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you need to delete all files in a directory or simply
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The post How to Verify Debian and Ubuntu Packages Using MD5 Checksums first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Have you ever wondered why a given binary or package installed on your system does not work according to your
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The post How to Force cp Command to Overwrite Without Confirmation in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .The cp command (short for copy) is one of the most commonly used commands in Linux and other UNIX-like operating
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The post How to Free Up Space in Linux When Root (/) Partition Is Full first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .One of the most common problems Linux users face, especially on systems with limited disk space, is the root partition
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The post 5 Best Tools to Compare Text Files in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In the world of Linux system administration and development, comparing files is an essential task when you are updating configuration
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The post 10 Lesser Known Linux Commands That Are Super Useful first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .As Linux users, we often rely on our go-to commands ls, grep, awk, sed, and find – to get things
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The post 5 Advanced Archive Tools for Linux Command Line – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In our previous article, we explored the top 5 command line archive tools, including tar, shar, ar, cpio, and gzip.
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The post 5 Best Command Line Archive Tools for Linux – Part 1 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In our day-to-day life, we often come across archived files on various platforms, whether it’s Windows, Mac, or Linux. Seve…
The post How to Automatically Restart a Service After Failure on SysVinit and Upstart first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .On systemd-based Linux distributions, managing and restarting services automatically after a failure is r…
The post How to Automatically Restart a Failed Service in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In a Linux system, services (also called daemons) play a critical role in handling various tasks such as web hosting,
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The post How to Reduce RAM & CPU Usage on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux is a powerful and efficient operating system, but high RAM and CPU usage can degrade performance, slow down applications,
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The post 13 CLI Tools Every Developer Should Master in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .In the world of software development, the command-line interface (CLI) remains a powerful and essential tool for developers. As we
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The post How to Lock a File for Renaming/Deleting in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .If you’ve ever worked with sensitive files on Linux, you might have wanted to prevent others (or even yourself) from
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The post 50 Must-Know Linux Commands: From Newbie to SysAdmin Pro first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .For someone new to Linux, using it can still feel challenging, even with user-friendly distributions like Ubuntu and Mint. Wh…
The post How to Rename Files Using mmv for Advanced Renaming first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Renaming files in Linux is something we all do, whether it’s to organize our files better or to rename files
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