Dagu on June 1st, 2009

There are so many ways to extract zip or tar.gz or tar.bz2. You can use GUI or command line. In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to extract compressed files using command line. Extract zip file: unzip file_name.zip Extract tar.gz file: tar -xzf file_name.tar.gz or tar -xvzf file_name.tar.gz Extract tar.bz2 file: tar [...]

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Dagu on May 16th, 2009

Why do we send message over linux console? We can send message using our favorite messenger. That’s right. But, imagine if you are working in a linux machine using a console and want to talk to another user without moving from your console. To do this, you can use a command named write. Ummm… how [...]

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Dagu on May 16th, 2009

An easy way to view who’s accessing a linux machine is using command named who. $ who dani          pts/0       May 16 08:16 (10.1.12.12) akachan  pts/1        May 16 08:20 (10.1.12.51) dewi         pts/2        May 16 08:39 (10.1.12.94) easy isn’t it?

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Dagu on April 19th, 2009

This tutorial is still about creating environment variables, just like my last tutorial. But now I create environment variable in Linux, not Windows. To create or edit environment variable in linux is very easy. You may create or edit environment variable from terminal. The syntax is: export VAR_NAME=var_content For example: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/sun-java6 Yes, very easy [...]

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Dagu on November 13th, 2007

In my work, I should be familiar with linux server. Because it uses CLI (Command Line Interface), then it’s a bit difficult to use. One of my problems is how to check disk capacity. Previously, my friend had told me, but I forget it :(. In order not to forget it, I will share it [...]

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