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Linux / Unix: Sort ls Command Output By Last Modified Date and Time

August 25, 2013July 26, 2017in BASH Shell, Commands, Linux, UNIX last updated July 26, 2017

I download lots of files in ~/Downloads/ folder in Ubuntu Linux and OS X desktop. How do I show last downloaded file first using the ls command? How do I sort the output of ls command by last modified date?

FreeBSD 9.1: HowTo Load a Kernel Module

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013in FreeBSD, Hardware, UNIX last updated July 29, 2013

I am a new FreeBSD Unix users. I am using FreeBSD version 9.1 and how do I load a kernel module called drm using command line option?

Ubuntu Linux: Install Latest Oracle Java 7

May 16, 2013in Package Management, Ubuntu Linux last updated May 16, 2013

I am a network admin who recently made the switch from MS-Windows to Ubuntu Linux. I need to use Java and Firefox web browser plugin to run java applet. I am unable to access many devices such as Firewall appliance, LBS/VPX, and network equipments due to Ubuntu’s incompatible openjdk and icedtea plugin. I also searched software center but unable to find Oracle Java 7. How do I install Oracle Java 7 and get rid of this incompatibility problems on Ubuntu Linux amd64 v12.04 LTS or v13.04+?

Bash: .* Considered Harmful To Match Dot Files. Why?

April 24, 2013April 25, 2013in BASH Shell, Linux, Troubleshooting, UNIX last updated April 25, 2013

How do I match dot files under Unix / Linux using bash shell? Why .* considered as harmful when matching dot files under bash shell?

RHEL / CentOS: SELinux Is Preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 From Read Access On The File/rawip_socket

March 10, 2013March 10, 2013in RedHat and Friends, Troubleshooting last updated March 10, 2013

I upgraded my system to RHEL/CentOS v6.4 and I am getting the following error for 3rd party packages such as Shorewall and fail2ban:

Mar 10 03:43:56 b2 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 from read access on the file . For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l dea027a2-81dd-4394-96d4-f0d1160c9307
Mar 10 03:43:56 b2 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 from create access on the rawip_socket . For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 08757ff1-a08d-4c06-a08b-ff5d53712305
Mar 10 03:43:56 b2 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 from read access on the file . For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l dea027a2-81dd-4394-96d4-f0d1160c9307
Mar 10 03:43:56 b2 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 from create access on the rawip_socket . For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 08757ff1-a08d-4c06-a08b-ff5d53712305
Mar 10 03:43:56 b2 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /sbin/iptables-multi-1.4.7 from read access on the file . For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l dea027a2-81dd-4394-96d4-f0d1160c9307

How do I fix this problem?