rsnapshot is an awesome free Linux backup utility to perform rsync backup of both local and remote file system. This is a series of two articles. In this article, let us review how to install and configure rsnapshot utility to take rsync backup of local file system. In next article, let us review how to [...]
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Question: Vmstat output does not display date and time, which is a pain when trying to store the vmstat output to do some performance analysis. So, how do I add timestamp to Linux vmstat output ? Answer: You can display timestamp on every line of the vmstat command output using a simple perl script as [...]
Almost all applications have the ability to display Most Recently Used (MRU) documents. Vim editor by default does not have this feature. But using MRU.vim plugin, you can use the most recently used (opened and edited) files inside Vim editor as explained below. This article is part of the on-going Vi / Vim Tips and [...]
For those who use Firefox everyday, using keyboard shortcuts for Firefox browser will increase your productivity dramatically. In this article, we’ve provided both the Graphical Cheatsheet and Keyboard Shortcut Table. If you like this cheatsheet, please share it on del.icio.us, StumbleUpon or Twitter. 1. Firefox Graphical Cheatsheet Note: Click on the image below to enlarge [...]
Viewing huge log files for trouble shooting is a mundane routine tasks for sysadmins and programmers. In this article, let us review how to effectively view and manipulate huge log files using 10 awesome examples. Example 1: Display specific lines (based on line number) of a file using sed command View only the specific lines [...]
Question: How to change date and time on my Ubuntu or Kubuntu laptop ? Answer: You can change the date and time from the ‘Time and Date Settings window’ that can be launched using one of the following two methods. Method 1: Launch From System Tray Right click on the date and time that is [...]
Ubuntu by default comes with a very decent theme, back ground image, and font. However if you are bored with the default Ubuntu appearance, you can change those as explained in this article. This article explains how to change Ubuntu Themes, background images, fonts and visual beeps. 1. How To Change Ubuntu Themes Theme changes [...]
Question: How to create and maintain a very simple project that has few tasks in my Ubuntu laptop (or) Are there any other methods to take notes and organize ideas instead of using the inbuilt Text Editor that comes with Ubuntu? Answer: Tomboy Notes is the notes maintaining mechanism gets ported with Ubuntu by default. [...]