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How to clear Bash history on Linux

The bash history is a log file that contains all commands that a user executed on the Linux BASH shell.…

How to Disable quota for a Linux User or Group on the Shell

Linux user quotas can be edited with the commands edquota or setquota on the shell. While edquota opens the quota…

Linux: Add User to Group

This tutorial shows you step-by-step how to add a user to a group on Linux, with several examples using the…

How to prevent that a user deletes a file owned by root in his home directory

Even though a file is held by root and has 700 rights, if the root user saves it in another…

How to prevent a Linux system user from logging into the system

The shell setting in /etc/passwd determines whether a Linux system user may log in via the shell or over SSH.…

Get the name of the newest file in a directory on the linux shell

If you have a directory with many files (a few thousand in my case) and need to know which one…

How can I download an entire website on Linux and Windows 10

Sometimes you might want to download an entire website e.g. to archive it or read it offline. This tutorial will…

How to convert a PNG file to JPG on Ubuntu

JPEG is a lossy compression file format for digital images. It can greatly reduce the amount of storage space used…

How to set a VNC password

The Linux TigerVNC Server provides a command to set a new password. Set VNC Password The command is "vncpasswd", the password…

How to convert filenames or text to lowercase on the Linux command line

There is no simple 'tolower' command on the bash, but you can convert uppercase characters to lowercase with a little…

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