Category "unix"

command blkid don't show my partitions UUID

I'm using Ubuntu. command blkid or blk /dev/sda2 in LPIC-1 module 104.3 (mounting and unmounting). but these commands don't show me the expected results. blkid

Default field separator for awk

Is the default separator only space for awk?

How to display /proc/meminfo in Megabytes?

I want to thank you for helping me my related issue. I know if I do a cat /proc/meminfo it will only display in kB. How can I display in MB? I really want to us

Bash : Find and Remove duplicate files from different folders

I have two folders with some common files, I want to delete duplicate files from xyz folder. folder1: /abc/file1.csv /abc/file2.csv /abc/file3.csv /abc/fil

How to select two columns from awk and print if they do not match

I need to select two MSISDN values from OMO account Migration logs and print the ones that do not match. [2019-03-11 04:15:08 INFO-SUBAPP ESBRestClient:117] ##

How do I correct error in opening cron editor?

I am trying to open cron editor using command crontab -e but I am getting error fclose: There is not enough space in the file system. Any help would be apprecia

How to access Unix Domain Sockets from the command line?

Reading a Unix Domain Socket file using Python is similar to an ordinary TCP socket: >>> import socket >>> import sys >>> >>&g

How to detect and remove indentation of a piped text

I'm looking for a way to remove the indentation of a piped text. Below is a solution using cut -c 9- which assumes the indentation is 8 character wide. I'm loo

macOS Terminal: `ls` sorts results with capitalised names first

How can I fix this default sorting behaviour for ls in the macOS Terminal? I want the results to be case-insensitive and alphabetised. Here is an example to il

Copy file handle so that there are two independent handles to the same file

I have a Python program which does the following: It takes a list of files as input It iterates through the list several times, each time opening the files and

How to Skip 1st line of file - awk

I am beginner to awk. I have created one file which contains employee information. There are employees in different departments. And i wanna count that how many

Print the missing number in a unique sequential list with an arbitrary starting range or starting from 1

This question is similar to How can I find the missing integers in a unique and sequential list (one per line) in a unix terminal?. The difference being is that

replace special character [ and ] including . using sed

I would like to replace the [sample]. with space in all my document.Could someone let me know how can I do this.I tried the below command but it doesn't work.th

How can I set Bash aliases for docker containers in Dockerfile?

I am new to Docker. I found that we can set environment variables using the ENV instruction in the Dockerfile. But how does one set Bash aliases for long comman

How can I check the first character in a string in Bash or Unix shell?

I'm writing a script in Unix where I have to check whether the first character in a string is "/" and if it is, branch. For example, I have a string: /some/dire

How to capture output of df -h --total - Bash

I am writing a script which will be used to gather information on the available and used space on different partitions across servers. I need to be able to capt

password protect prometheus access [closed]

I am using prometheus to graph stats on my server. The problem is that that annybody can access the graphs from http://my.Ip.Adress:port/index

How to remove setgid (linux/unix)?

I just changed my file permissions using $ sudo chmod g+s filename and my file permissions turned from drwxr-xr-x to drwxr-sr-x. How do I remove it?

Commands to control the volume of a connected bluetooth device in Linux? [closed]

Let's say I have paired and connected a Bluetooth headset successfully to my Linux system. I know I can check my Bluetooth device MAC id from

How to change the starting directory of a tmux session?

The directory where you start a tmux session in will be the directory that all new windows will start at. My question is, how can you change this starting dir