AIX HowTo - Linux / Unix Q & A from nixCraft

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

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

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

March 9, 2013March 10, 2013in Commands, Linux, UNIX last updated March 10, 2013

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

July 16, 2012in FreeBSD, Linux last updated July 16, 2012

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 ]

June 5, 2012March 6, 2013in UNIX last updated March 6, 2013

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

May 5, 2012November 9, 2013in UNIX last updated November 9, 2013

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?

April 24, 2012August 31, 2013in Linux, Networking, UNIX, Windows last updated August 31, 2013

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

April 24, 2012October 1, 2013in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX last updated October 1, 2013

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?