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Unix

Timeless Unix tools and the philosophy that keeps them useful.

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Comments will help make your scripts more readable
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Via command line arguments and prompting users for input
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Amit Jotwani

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How to use sudo rm -rf safely

We'll help you understand its components

Kill a Process in Linux

Strategies for finding and killing processes

Kill Command

Basic syntax and usage of the kill command

Linux File Permissions Explained [Needs Table]

Understand what common expressions like “drwxr xr x” actually mean for a file or directory’s read, write, and execute permissions.

How To Use Unix Wildcards

How to use wildcard characters in Linux/Unix commands

mkdir if not exists

Create directories when they don’t already exist

Generate, Sign, and View a CSR With OpenSSL

Learn how to generate, self-sign, and verify certificate signing requests with `openssl`.

Ignoring SSL Certificate Issues with cURL

Discover how to bypass SSL certificate verification in cURL for HTTPS endpoints, addressing both direct requests and those via proxies. We will also see how this could be handled both in the terminal and system-wide via the `.curlrc` file

How to Download Files With curl And wget

Learn how to start and resume the download of files via the HTTP and FTP protocols using the curl and wget commands.

Verify Certificate With OpenSSL

Learn how to verify local and remote certificates with openssl