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Linux / Unix: Bash Find Matching All Dot Files

by Vivek Gite on September 14, 2011 · 4 comments

A dot-file is generally any file whose name begins with a full stop. In Linux or Unix like operating system it is also called as hidden file. How do I list all dot files in my home directory?

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Linux: Delete / Remove User Account

by Vivek Gite on June 16, 2011 · 1 comment

How do I remove a user’s access from my server? How do I delete a user account under Linux operating systems?

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UNIX Create User Account

by Vivek Gite on April 13, 2009 · 2 comments

How do I create a user account under UNIX operating system and assign a password to user account so that he / she can login into server or UNIX workstation?

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Q. I’ve backup created using rsync command stored at /disk2/home/tom/ directory. Accidentally, I had deleted files from /home/tom directory. I’d like to restore all file names starting with alpha numeric characters from /disk2/home/tom/ to /home/tom. How do I restore selected files in a batch mode?

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Explain Linux / UNIX dot-files

by Vivek Gite on December 13, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. Can you tell me more about dot-files that shell and many UNIX command reads?

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