How to Efficiently Manage Text Files in Linux

How to Efficiently Manage Large Text Files in Linux

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Linux is an operating system of text files. Unlike Windows, the Linux philosophy and core concept is that “everything is a file”. Sure, there are databases and binary structures, but nothing like Windows’ “Registry” exists. Even devices, partitions, and sockets are represented either by real or virtual files.

Given all of this, some text files can get pretty big. And often we’re not talking about dozens of MB, but possibly hundreds, or even a few gigabytes in size in rare occasions. And all of it can be text! In fact, something as innocuous as a log file can continue to grow if left unchecked. Let’s say you have a file recording every visit to your website, along with the date, IP, user-agent, etc. For even a medium-sized website, that file can grow pretty large if not dealt with.

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Change the Color of Your Linux Prompt

How to Change the Color of your Linux Prompt

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By default, all Linux installations have plain black and white color prompts. Specific commands are coded to have color combinations under certain circumstances. For example, directories in the “ls” command are coded blue by default, and scripts are colored green.

Similarly, the frequently used “grep” command is also color-coded to highlight matches. However, the Linux prompt itself is rather innocuous. In this article, we’ll show you how to change it to anything you want – a single color, or even a combination of them. Let’s get started.

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Using Hard and Symbolic Links in Linux

Using Hard and Symbolic Links in Linux

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Back when Linux was in earlier development, it used to utilize a “flat” directory structure. This meant that unlike the hierarchical “tree-link” folders we have today, everything was located inside of a single folder. No subdirectories existed. It also meant that each file had to have a unique filename, without exceptions!

All of that changed when Linux baked “hard links” into its kernel. The special character sequence “..” was defined to mean the parent directory, and it’s now the backbone of the modern Linux filesystem as we know it today. With that, we can see the importance of hard links – and in this tutorial, we’ll explain the difference between symbolic links and hard links, and the use-case scenarios, as well as when to use each type of link.

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Reveal "Install" Commands Using YUM

How to Reveal All “Install” Commands Using Yum

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Sometimes, working with YUM – the default CentOS package manager – can feel unintuitive and cumbersome. Sure, it’s better than using the even more barebones RPM package manager, but it still leaves a lot to be desired. Take YUM’s “history” command, for instance. The idea of that command is to give you a general idea of what package operations you’ve carried out recently. So if you’ve been installing stuff, upgrading older packages, or updating CentOS itself, YUM will keep a record of it all.

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Check if App is Compatible with PHP 7

How to Check if Your Application is Compatible with PHP 7

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PHP 7 has been out for a while now, and it brings some real improvements over the older PHP 5 versions. Version 7 is twice as fast based on WordPress performance tests, as well as having a whole bunch of security improvements that make it a “must have” software upgrade for any PHP application. PHP 5 versions have already reached their end-of-life support, so it’s crucial for you to move to PHP 7.

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Run Java on CentOS with JRE

How to Run Java Files on CentOS with the JRE

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There is a large amount of useful software for Linux packaged away in jar files, the main reason and benefit being that it allows for platform independence. For example, if you find a java utility that can minify, compress, and concatenate static files like JS and CSS for your website, you can download and use it on your own web server, regardless of the operating system.

But, you can’t run these jar files by default on any given Linux installation. A special interpreter needs to interpret the “bytecode” that they contain, and that is what the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) provides. Most Linux packages can be installed by using either the default repositories or by using the extended ones. (In the case of CentOS, these are the “EPEL” repositories.)

However, Java isn’t one of them. You need to download it from Oracle’s website and consent to a license agreement. In fact, this can be a bit of a problem as shown below.

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How to Install Seafile on CentOS 7

How to Install Seafile on CentOS 7

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Seafile is an open source cloud storage system that allows users to easily store and synchronize files between multiple devices using the Seafile client. Using Seafile you can also create groups with file syncing, wikis, and start discussions with your team to enable easy collaboration. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Seafile Server on a CentOS 7 VPS and all necessary dependencies. (more…)

How to Host a Website on VPS Without Control Panel

How to Host a Website on VPS Without Control Panel

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Hosting a website on a server with a control panel is one of the easiest tasks and can be accomplished in several clicks. Control panels are great for easy management of your server, but they require hardware resources and they set up your server with pre-setups which is drawback if you want to customize your server. Today we will learn how to host a website on VPS without any control panel installed. 

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