Category : Linux Tutorials

This tutorial explains how to use SCP to copy files from a remote host to the local host as well as copying files between two remote hosts.

As part of your Linux server setup, you need to create a virtual memory space that will supplement your RAM. This is called “swap space” and can be done in a few seconds if you know how. Using this tutorial with screenshots, will learn how to create a swap file.

If you need to update your CentOS kernel, you first need to enable the repository that contains it. Once that’s done, enabling the repo and installing a kernel of your choice is no more difficult that installing any other Linux package using your package manager!

The command line in Linux allows you to only do one thing at a time – or so you’ve been told! Here’s an easy way to open up different windows or screens in Linux from the CLI, so you can multi-task without losing your place in the previous task.

There’s no in-built way to open a PDF file from the command line in Linux. However, you can use tools like pdftotext to accomplish this. Even though it won’t preserve complex formatting, it’s still a good way to quickly browse through simple PDF files without leaving the command line.

If you need to schedule a set of commands to run at a future date in Linux, you should use “at” instead of cron. While cron works for regularly occurring tasks, “at” allows you to schedule one off items.