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Useful Bash aliases

An alias is nothing but the shortcut to command or group of commands. It allows to use options and filenames. You can add your own user-defined aliases to ~/.bashrc file. You can cut down typing time with these aliases, work smartly, and increase productivity at the command prompt. More about aliases Use alias command without… Read More »

MySQL benchmark on Debian server

Prerequisites installed sysbench package installed MySQL server root access to MySQL server (for creating and dropping database) Create test database root@server:~# mysql -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2544 Server version: 5.6.28-1 (Debian) Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All… Read More »

Reduce Firefox memory usage

Firefox can consume a heavy amount of memory and slow down your system. Here is some tips to reduce the memory usage of Firefox. Tip 1: Check the memory usage To get some info about memory usage type about:cache?device=memory into the address bar and hit Enter. Tip 2: Keep your number of open tabs and… Read More »

How to run a command or script after running apt-get command on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux

How do I run custom command after ‘apt-get upgrade‘ or ‘apt-get dist-upgrade‘ on a Debian or Ubuntu Linux based system? How do I hook a script to apt-get command on my Ubuntu Linux server? You can configure the apt-get command using /etc/apt/apt.conf file or place configuration in a special directory at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. More in nixCraft.… Read More »