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Downloading files using cURL So you wanna download files using cURL but don't know how to do that. Fear not, for the super-genius Captain Hack Sparrow is here to show you how to do just that. Learn f...

How to kill a hung Linux process A process stops responding normally. When you try to exit it using CTRLC, it prints ^C instead. Whatever you type is just printed on the screen. The process seems to ...

How to change user's shell type in Linux To change a user's shell type in Linux you use the chsh command. Before using that you may want to see the curtrent default shell of the user. To see the curr...

How to recursively delete a directory forcibly in Linux You probably know that rmdir is the bash shell command to delete directories in Linux. But the command will delete the directory only if it is ...

How to open tar.gz file in Linux This post is a quick instruction on how to open tar.gz files in Linux. So you came across a file that has the extension .tar.gz and have no idea how to open it. Let's...

How to zip and unzip files in Linux To create ".zip" files in Linux, you use the zip command. To unzip ".zip" files, you use the unzip command. Here are some common uses of the zip and unzip commands...

Need a fast and efficient way to synchronize files on two systems? Looking for an alternative to FTP / scp / rcp? rsync is the right tool for it! rsync's syncing capability makes it an excellent alte...