Mar 23, 2016 · I used the date command and time format listed below to successfully set the date from the terminal shell command performed on Android Things which uses the Linux Kernal.

Feb 20, 2015 · I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. It seems to work for files (ls -l file name), but if I try to …

More precisely, a double dash (--) is used in most Bash built-in commands and many other commands to signify the end of command options, after which only positional ("non-option") …

What is the Linux command to check the server OS and its version? I am connected to the server using shell.

Firstly, if you want to change your timezone you can use: sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata To update the time and date from the internet on a Linux distribution that uses a modern version of …

Oct 11, 2016 · I would like to display the contents of a text file on the command line. The file only contains 5-6 characters. Is there an easy way to do this?

Jan 28, 2011 · How can I create and extract zip archives from the command line?

Oct 11, 2017 · The dot-slash, ./, is a relative path to something in the current directory. The dot is the current directory and the slash is a path delimiter. When you give the command touch ./a …

247 uname -m gives i686 and uname -m gives i686 i386 output in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) machine. I need to install Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on that …

Is there a way to zip all files in a given directory with the zip command? I've heard of using *.*, but I want it to work for extensionless files, too.