Getting you up to speed!
The title is the best I can come up with to describe this exercise as we’re going to save a command’s output to a file – while showing that same output in the terminal. This is something we’ve not quite done on this site before and something you might find interesting. NOTE: This article assumes … Continue reading “Save A Command’s Output To A File (While Showing It In The Terminal)”
It was suggested that I write an article about journalctl, which seemed like a large topic. I decided that I’d let AI have a shot at it, so this article was written by ChatGPT. It took a few prompts to get what I wanted – which turned out to be the first result. I gave … Continue reading “Demystifying journalctl: A Comprehensive Guide to Linux System Logging”
Today we will have a fairly simple exercise as we’re going to just use a Python application to extract text from multiple file types. This is a pretty standard operation but will require some preparation. Fortunately, I’m ahead of the game! You’re good to go if you follow along on the site and have already … Continue reading “Extract Text From Multiple File Types”
I have not done a meta article lately. I don’t find them interesting to write even though people seem to show some interest in them. They’re a pain to write and I can write a regular article easier than a meta article. After all, my normal meta article is just updating you on how much … Continue reading “Meta: I’ve Been At This For Three Years!”
This is not something everyone is interested in doing but you might as well learn how to disable CPU cores. This is something that’s easily done and easily reversed, so you might as well have an article on the subject. Why would you do this? Well, maybe you have a low-power project and want to … Continue reading “How To: Disable CPU Cores”
Today we’ll have a relatively simple set of commands that will show you how to view some system logs in the terminal. We’re only going to cover a few of them that are similar in operation. There are far more things that get logged. You generate logs as you use your computer. These will vary … Continue reading “View Some Logs In The Terminal”
Today’s article should be a fairly short article, where I take the chance to show you how to move a file to multiple directories – at the same time. It’s a pretty simple process, albeit a bit weird. If you want to move files to multiple directories, this is the article for you! I’ve done … Continue reading “Short: Move A File To Multiple Directories”
We’ve covered this topic before, but I want to show you another way that you can show mounted filesystems. As previously covered, you have multiple filesystems mounted at any one time. So, let’s examine them, shall we? If you use Linux, you use multiple filesystems. There are real and virtual filesystems created and used by … Continue reading “Another Way To Show Mounted Filesystems”
Yes, this is another PDF article, but this time it involves a bit of privacy or security because there’s such a thing as PDF Exif data. This shouldn’t take all that long and it shouldn’t be all that complicated. Files have Exif data. Well, many files do. You’ll find Exif data in your image files, … Continue reading “PDF Exif Data”
Today’s article is an article that few folks are going to need, but those folks who do need to turn a JPG into a PDF will be happy with it. If you want to do that, this article will help you with that task. There are times when you want to need to share an … Continue reading “Turn A JPG Into A PDF”
