Category: Linux
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Did you know about e4defrag?
I have never used either BleachBit or e4defrag, but I’m looking forward to trying them out.
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Finding Recent Files | FreedomPenguin
Here starts my new series of articles on making backups on the command-line. The heart of the process is the “find” program.
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Max out your IOPs with GNU Parallel
The GNU Parallel program is a clever way to simultaneously operate thing on multiple files (and other things). Tonight, we create the most IO intensive way to copy virtual machine images from one system to another: parallel rsync. My source system is an 8-core E5 with 32G of ram. I’m trying to backup 400+GB of…
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Skimming Files Before You Grep Them – Freedom Penguin
Here are a few of my file searching strategies . http://freedompenguin.com/articles/how-to/skimming-files-before-you-grep-them/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=google_plus&utm_source=socialnetwork
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Extracting and Organizing with Bash | FreedomPenguin
Doing reports and organizing things doesn’t always need Perl. Bash can do a fine job of organizing things.
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Speeding ahead with ZFS and VirtualBox | FreedomPenguin
I have created a lot of VMs with VirtualBox and I organize their snapshotting with ZFS.
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Shell Scripting Boot Camp | FreedomPenguin
Doing much on the command-line often leads to some repetition. Learn how to roll up a group of commands by making a shell script.
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Using Command Line Aliases – Frequently | Freedom Penguin
I’ve been using command-line aliases since I was in college (a long time ago). Here’s a list of some of my favourite aliases.
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WiFi Without Network Manager Frippery|Freedom Penguin
Sometimes you don’t want Network Manager getting in the way.
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