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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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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Creating users in Linux/Unix is a straightforward task. However, adding multiple users across multiple servers can be a time-consuming task, so you can automate this with a shell script to …
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Read MoreThe post How to Append a Line After a String in a File Using sed Command first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .If you’re working with text files on a Linux system, you may need to modify the contents of those files.
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It is a best practice to backup a configuration file before performing any activity on a Linux system, which helps you to compare the configuration files in case of any …
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Read MoreThe post 40+ Linux Commands for a Better Machine Learning Workflow first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Linux is the backbone of many machine learning (ML) workflows. With its powerful command-line interface, Linux gives enginee…
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