linux

TL;DR There are 2 practical methods to check which linux distro your machine or remote server is using: Method 1 uname -a This will produce something that looks like, Darwin abc123 22.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.4.0: Mon Mar 6 21:00:17 PST 2023; root:xnu-8796.101.5~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 The information suggests that we are using the Darwin operating system with a kernel version of 22.4.0. Darwin is the core operating system that serves as the foundation for macOS and iOS....

Introduction This is my personal review of the book “The Linux Command Line” by William Shotts. I provide the table of contents, and provide summaries on chapters that I personally found interesting. Table of Contents Part 1: Learning the Shell Most of these chapters show basic commands and syntax. You may find some useful ones that are new to you, but for the most part, this is a pretty basic run through....

Checking disk space To check disk space on your machine or remote server, simply run: df -h . If you include the period, you make get an output that looks similar to this: Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/disk3s5 228Gi 165Gi 44Gi 80% 2088008 457632960 0% /System/Volumes/Data If you do not include the period, your output may look something like this: Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/disk3s1s1 228Gi 14Gi 44Gi 25% 501730 457632600 0% / devfs 208Ki 208Ki 0Bi 100% 718 0 100% /dev /dev/disk3s6 228Gi 4....