If you find yourself wanting a desktop environment after you have installed Ubuntu server you can easily add it. Pick your favorite desktop environment from the list below and run the associated command. Remember that installation software requires root privileges so use “sudo” or switch to the root user before you begin the installation. Unity … Read more
If you are looking to gain some experience as a Linux system administrator, check out the list of ideas below. For each project on the list you could do it on multiple Linux distributions. You could also start about by learning the bare minimum necessary to complete one of these projects, then take it to … Read more
What is an Alias? If you find yourself typing the same command over and over again, you can create a shortcut for it called an alias. An alias can be thought of as a text expander. Creating aliases for commands that are really long is also a common practice. For example, if you type ls … Read more
To reuse the arguments from the previous command line on the current command line, use “!*“. The arguments are considered anything on the command line, except for the first item. Since the first item is almost always a command, then everything following is an argument. Using this shortcut can be helpful in a couple of … Read more
To run the most recent command that begins with a given string, use an exclamation mark followed by that string. For example, to run the last command that started with a “d”, type “!d“. Specify as much of the string to make it unique. If you have several commands in your recent history that begin … Read more
Time and time again I find myself needing to run another command against the last item on the previous command line. To access that item in your current command, use “!$“. When I’m done with a file, I delete it, as in this example. jason@linuxsvr:~$ mkdir restored jason@linuxsvr:~$ cd !$ cd restored jason@linuxsvr:~/restored$ unzip ~/Downloads/backup.zip … Read more