Some time it is necessary to find out files and remove them. However, rm command does not support search criteria. You need to use the find command to search for files in a directory and remove them on fly. You can combine find and rm command together. Linux or UNIX – Find and remove file
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The concept of owner and groups for files is fundamental to Linux. Every file is associated with an owner and a group. You can use chown and chgrp commands to change the owner or the group of a particular file or directory. In this article, we will discuss the ‘chown’ command as it covers most
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I have been researching for days after my wireless adapter was disabled mysteriously. I later found out that the wireless adapter was disabled due to an update which enabled my secure boot. After days of research, I figured out how to restore my Wi-Fi adapter. Please follow the steps below to re-enable your Wi-Fi
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I recently downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server on my Windows 10 test machine running VMware Workstation 14 Pro so I can do some testing. By far the big changes coming will be noticeable on the desktop and less so on the servers. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is doing away with Unity.. you probably already know that…
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I have just started testing Ubuntu 18.04 . The first thing I noticed was how different it handles network interfaces. The way Ubuntu manages network interfaces has completely changed. Have you heard of NetPlan? Probably not, if you have, then you’re a step ahead of many. NetPlan is a new network configuration tool introduced in
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This article will explain how to change the file extension for all files in a directory in Linux using a simple bash shell command. 1. Change from one extension to another The command below will rename all files with the extension .php4 to .php for f in *.php4; do mv $f `basename $f .php4`.php; done;
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