AIX HowTo - Linux / Unix Q & A from nixCraft

How to find out zone information for given country on Linux or Unix

last updated December 30, 2015 in Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, RedHat and Friends, UNIX

How do I find out the current time for each zone name specified on the command line on a Linux, FreeBSD, OS X or Unix-like system? How do I report time zone information for Singapore or Japan on the command line?

HowTo: Use pwd Command In Linux / UNIX

last updated March 10, 2013 in Commands, Linux, UNIX

How do I use the pwd command in Linux or Unix like operating systems? How can I use pwd command in UNIX or Linux shell scripts for automation purpose?

Linux: Mount FreeBSD UFS 2 File System Command

last updated July 16, 2012 in FreeBSD, Linux

I need to copy files from my second hard disk. This hard disk formatted with UFS 2 file system. How do I mount UFS 2 file system created by FreeBSD on my Debian Linux 6 based system?

Unix Copy Command Examples [ cp command ]

last updated March 6, 2013 in UNIX

How do I copy files under Unix operating system using ksh or csh or bash shell prompt?

Unix HowTo: Start / Stop / Restart Network Service Command

last updated November 9, 2013 in UNIX

How do I start, stop, or restart networking service under HP-UX, OpenBSD, AIX and other Unix like operating systems?

HowTo: Find Out DNS Server IP Address Used By My Router?

last updated August 31, 2013 in Linux, Networking, UNIX, Windows

My router configured by ISP tech and it is set to get DNS server address automatically from upstream. Is there is a way to find out the IP address of the dns server used by my router which is located at 192.168.1.1? Is there Linux, Unix, Apple OS X, or MS-Windows command that I can use get the same information?

Bash Assign Output of Shell Command To Variable

last updated November 27, 2019 in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX

How do I assign the output of a shell command to a shell variable under Unix like operating system? For example, I want to store the date command output to a variable called $now. How do you do that? How can I set a variable to the output of a command in Bash?