If you want to display directory sizes from the CLI, following an ascendent pattern, use du -S | sort -n The command will analyze every subdirectory of the current location and print and easy to read output. Try it.
If you want to save the output of a certain command, and furthermore do it at preset time intervals, use logsave: logsave foo /bin/ls anaconda-ks.cfg apache foo install.log install.log. syslog and after that do a more foo Logsave is useful also because it prints the exact date and time of the event, before and after… Read More »
Have you ever wondered if a certain file is in the first or second ISO you just downloaded? Use isoinfo to find out: isoinfo -l -i filename.iso |more You can also find out more about the ISO image by using isoinfo -d -i filename.iso |more
We’ve all been there: you want to umount a certain device and you’re being told the resource is still being used. Maybe you forgot to close the Nautilus window or maybe you are still accessing the device from the command line. To find out for sure, use fuser. If, for example, you can’t umount your… Read More »