Solaris HowTo - Linux / Unix Q & A from nixCraft

Linux / UNIX : Move File Starting With A Dash

last updated July 11, 2019 in Commands, Linux, UNIX

In Unix or Linux operating systems, how do I move file(s) starting with a dash (e.g., /home/you/--filename.txt or /home/you/-filename.txt)? How do I copy a file whose name begins with dash/hyphen (“-“)?

Apple Mac OS X Open And View .chm File

last updated January 28, 2010 in Mac OS X

I know how to open .chm files under Linux, but how do you open and view .CHM files under Apple Mac OS X?

Monitor ZFS Disk Space Storage Pool File System

last updated November 1, 2009 in Hardware, Monitoring, Solaris-Unix

How do I find and/or monitor disk space in your ZFS storage pool and file systems under FreeBSD or Solaris / OpenSolaris UNIX operating systems?

Solaris / OpenSolaris Mount Windows Shared (CIFS)

last updated November 1, 2009 in Hardware, Networking, Samba (SMB/CIFS), Solaris-Unix, Storage

How do I mount a CIFS Windows share under Solaris / OpenSolaris UNIX operating systems?

Cannot ping Linux / UNIX / Windows server by name but can ping by its IP address

last updated October 8, 2007 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, HP-UX Unix, Linux, Networking, Solaris-Unix, Suse, Troubleshooting, UNIX, Windows

Q. I have Debian Linux server in remote data center. I can ping server by its IP but not by hostname such as server.domain.com. How do I ping server by hostname?

A. This is client side DNS problem. All you have to do is setup correct DNS server:

=> Linux DNS Client Configuration

=> Solaris DNS Client Configuration

Linux / UNIX: Delete a file

last updated December 26, 2017 in FreeBSD, HP-UX Unix, Linux, Solaris-Unix, UNIX

How do I delete a file under Linux / UNIX / BSD / AIX / HP-UX operating system using command line options?