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Most Used SS Commands in Linux with Examples

most used ss commands in linux

This tutorial will cover the most used SS commands in Linux with examples to make using the SS command easier.

Knowing what connections and sockets exist within your server is key to keeping your server safe and secure. This command is much like the netstat command; however, this command is newer and provides more easily-readable output compared to its older counterpart.

We’ll look at some of the most used ss commands with examples to help make your use of this great tool easier. We will use an Ubuntu VPS running version 22.04, but this should work on any modern Linux distribution. Let’s get into it.

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10 Useful tar Commands in Linux With Examples

useful tar commands in linux

This blog post will show you the ten most used tar commands in Linux with examples.

The tar command in Linux provides archiving functionality for compressing or decompressing archive files and modifying and maintaining them. With the tar command, we can create tar, gz, bz2 and gzip archives. Administrators use these commands when they want to save some disk space on the servers or when they are migrating files over two host machines.

In this tutorial, we are going to execute the tar commands on Ubuntu 22.04 OS, but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!

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5 Most Used alias Commands in Linux With Examples

most used alias commands in linux

This tutorial will show you the five most used alias commands in Linux with examples.

Sometimes we need to reference some command using it with a shortcut. These commands with shortcuts defined in Linux are called <b<aliases. Aliases are used to replace long commands in order for the user to avoid spelling errors. Some administrators or regular users are using aliases because they are used to executing some commands with their own Linux language words that have been used over the years.

In this tutorial, we are going to use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 distribution. You can choose any Linux distro you want. Let’s get started!

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Difference Between Curl and wget Commands

difference between curl and wget commands

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the main difference between the curl and wget commands in Linux with examples.

These two commands are very often used by system administrators and other Linux users on daily basis. Curl is a free and open-source utility that offers to transfer data between remote machines. Wget is also a free command line utility that offers transferring files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Wget is a simple transfer utility, while curl offers so much more.

In this tutorial we are going to execute the commands on Ubuntu 22.04 but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!

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10 Useful lsof Commands in Linux With Examples

10 useful lsof commands in linux with examples

In this blog post, we are going to show you ten useful lsof commands in Linux with examples.

The lsof command is a shortcut to List open files and shows the open files and which processes are using them. The lsof output describes several things, such as the identification number of the process that has opened the file, the process group identification number, the command the process is executing, the owner of the process, and many more.

In this tutorial, we will use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 OS, but you can choose any Linux distro you want. Let’s get started!

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10 Basic Find Commands in Linux With Examples

basic find commands in linux

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the most used 10 find Commands in Linux with real examples.

Find command is one of the most used commands in Linux since with the find command we can easily locate files and folders on our server. The find command is executed with a couple of arguments and conditions that can easily locate files by users, groups, size, date and etc.

In this tutorial, we are going to use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 as OS, but you can choose any Linux distro to practice these examples by the “find” command. Let’s get started!

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How to install Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx

How to install Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx

We’ll show you, How to install Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx. Let’s Encrypt is a relatively new SSL Certificate Authority (CA) that provides completely free SSL certificates that are just as secure as the paid certificates issued by the major trusted certificate authorities. Let’s Encrypt is supported by major players like Mozilla, Akamai, Cisco, the EFF and managed by the Linux Foundation. In this article we will guide you through the steps of installing Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS with Nginx web server. We assume that you already have Nginx installed and configured on your server. Installing Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx, is really an easy task and should take around 10 minutes.

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How to Install Odoo 10 on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

How to Install Odoo 10 on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

We’ll show you, How to Install Odoo 10 on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx as a Reverse Proxy. Odoo is one of the most popular and most powerful Open Source ERP business software based on the Python programming language. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Odoo 10 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS and show you how to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for your Odoo 10 so you can access your Odoo application via a domain without typing Odoo’s port in the URL.

The installation of Odoo 10 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS should take no longer than 20 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.

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How to set up Google Analytics on Magento 2

How to set up Google Analytics on Magento 2

In this guide we are going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to setup Google Analytics in Magento 2 on a CentOS 7 VPS. Google Analytics is a great web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. In order to enable Google Analytics in Magento 2, you need to install Magento 2 on your VPS, create a new Google Analytics Account or log in to your existing account if you have one, obtain a tracking ID and configure the Magento 2 website to use the newly created tracking ID.

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