Unix Backup Key Files !!
Kernel This should be the first file backed up. If it gets deleted you can restore it back. This file is often named /kernel, /unix, or /vmunix. Password File Having a backup of the password file is a...
View ArticleUnix Disabling Daemons / services from inetd.conf
Tune your system more by disabling all unwanted and unused daemons from running on the system. This can be done by editing the /etc/inetd.conf file and the rc files or directories. Modify the...
View ArticleUnix Disabling Daemons / services from inetd.conf
Tune your system more by disabling all unwanted and unused daemons from running on the system. This can be done by editing the /etc/inetd.conf file and the rc files or directories. Modify the...
View ArticleFind and remove Files in Unix older than the specified number of days
For finding the files older than 31 days find . -name “filename.ext” -mtime +no_of_days -exec ls -ltr {} ; e.g find . -name “*req” -mtime +31 -exec ls -ltr {} ; Verify the timestamp of all the...
View ArticleTuning the Unix Operating System and Platform
This chapter discusses tuning the operating system (OS) for optimum performance. It discusses the following topics: Server Scaling Solaris 10 Platform-Specific Tuning Information Tuning for the Solaris...
View ArticleDelete Files Older Than x Days on Linux / Unix
The find utility on linux allows you to pass in a bunch of interesting arguments, including one to execute another command on each file. We’ll use this in order to figure out what files are older than...
View ArticleUnzip files in particular directory or folder under Linux or UNIX
Syntax: unzip {.zip-file-name}-d {/path/to/extract} For example extract package.zip into /opt, enter: # unzip 10_Recommended.zip -d /10_Recommended-29-May-2013/ # cd /10_Recommended-29-May-2013/ # ls
View ArticleHow to Unzip Multiple Files from Linux / Unix single Command Line
bash-3.2# ls *.zip 118666-47.zip 120830-06.zip 138852-01.zip 142394-01.zip 147217-02.zip 118777-16.zip 120849-04.zip 139520-02.zip 142933-05.zip 148027-03.zip 119081-25.zip 124204-04.zip...
View ArticleHow to configure Proxy Settings for the Unix / Linux Console
You can use the following methods to configure your console to use a proxy server so that console based programs like wget could get connect to the internet through the proxy. 1 – Set the environment...
View ArticleFile System shows 100% occupied but du tells different and still has Unused...
We have faced an issue as below mentioned – found /oracle mount-point showing 100% as Used. But getting different size values for folders under /oracle mount-point, when we executed du -gs . bash-4.4#...
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