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How do I download an rpm on my Linux server without installing it?
The yumdownloader command will allow you to download an RPM to your current directory. yumdownloader is part of yum-utils package. To install...
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How do I clone a Virtual Box image on my Linux server and convert it to VMWare VMDK format?
To convert a Virtual Box vdi file to a VMDK file you can run the command below. [root@localhost]$ vboxmanage clonehd CentOS_5-5.vdi CentOS_5-5.vmdk...
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How do I clone a Virtual Box image on my Linux server or desktop?
If you would like to clone a VirtualBox VDI file, you may get an error regarding having a duplicate UUID like the...
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How do I use wget for URLs with ampersands?
If you try using wget for a URL with an ampersand (&) you will discover that it will not work as expected...
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How do I configure my /etc/rsyncd.conf on my Linux server?
Configuring your rsyncd.conf file is pretty straight forward. Here’s an example of 2 different modules. One is read-only and the other is...
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How do I determine which version of VMWare ESX or ESXi I am running?
There are a few different ways to determine which version of VMWare you’re running. VMware Infrastructure Client: From the VIC there are...
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How can I download a website using wget on my Linux desktop or server?
wget is a great tool for downloading resources from the Internet. For basic usage, the syntax is is wget http://mysite.com. wget http://mysite.com...
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How can I review web server headers from the command line on my Linux server?
Reviewing Headers If you need to review web server headers, you can use the wget command. wget -S http://www.mysite.com or if you...
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How can I convert all uppercase letters to lowercase in my file?
There are a few different ways to convert uppercase letters to lowercase. One way is using the tr command. The example below...
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How do I determine how many file descriptors are being used on my Linux server?
How do I determine how many file descriptors are being used on my Linux server? # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr 3391 969 52427 |...