In Python, lists are the mostly used data type to store collections of the same type data. This guide shows you how to find the length of a list in Python. len() Function# The len() function is a built-in function of Python, used to get the length of a specified object. It can be...
Sometimes, in your system some applications becomes unresponsive and unexpectedly crashes. Even after starting again it will not work because of the application process not shuts down completely. In such situation, you need to stop or terminate the process or kill the application process. In Linux, you can kill the process using multiple ways....
On Linux or UNIX OS, you can mount a Windows share on a specific point in the local directory tree using mount command with the cifs option. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) is a network file-sharing protocol. CIFS is a form of SMB. This tutorial explains how to mount Windows share on Linux...
The fsck command is used to check perform consistency and repair Linux file systems. It is useful to repair corrupted file systems when system fails to boot, or a partition cannot be mounted. We will discuss about the fsck command in this article. Make sure you are logged in with root or user with...
When you are working with terminal for long time, you need some of commands repeatedly. It would be easier if you can view the history of previously used command on your command line. In this article, we will discuss about history command, using that you can view the previously executed commands. Use the history...
SSH, Secure Shell is a protocol used for an encrypted connection between client machine and server. Using it client machine will make a secure connection to the SSH server on a remote system. By this connection user can run commands on remove server. In this tutorial we will show you how to use OpenSSH...
In Linux, a cron job means a task that should execute at defined intervals. You can set interval of a minute, hour, day of the week, month, day of the month, or in any combination of these units. In this tutorial we will show you how to run cron job in Linux system. The...
The diff command is used to compare two files line by line and contents of the directories. In this guide we will cover the diff command in Linux. How to Use the diff Command# Following is the basic syntax of the diff command: diff [OPTION]... FILES You can get the output of diff command...
As all we know that the CPU, Central Processing Unit is knows as the brain of computer. It performs all types of data processing operations. In this tutorial we will discuss about to get CPU information on Linux system. Sometimes you need to know that what CPU you have inside your machine. It’s very...
The w is a command-line utility shows the information about currently logged in users. It also displays the system information that how long the system has been running, current time and the system load average. In this guide we will discuss about the w command. How to Use the w Command# Below is the...