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The tail will output (stdout) the last part of a text file. Most useful when perusing long text files and we only need to see the current updates. SwitchAction-cOutput last denoted…

In this topic, we will discuss Log Management in CentOS. ystemd has changed the way system logging is managed for CentOS Linux. Instead of every daemon on the system placing…

Here are several third-party tools that can add enhanced capabilities for CentOS traffic monitoring. we will focus on those that are packaged in the main CentOS distribution repositories and the…

Both more and fewer commands allow pagination of large text files. When perusing large files, it is not always possible to use grep unless we know an exact string to search. So we would want to…

grep is commonly used by administrators to − Find files with a specific text stringSearch for a text string in logsFilter command out, focusing on a particular string Following is a…

vim represents a newer, improved version of the vi text editor for Linux. vim is installed by default on CentOS 7, the most recent version of CentOS. However, some older and…

Before learning the tools of a CentOS Linux Administrator, it is important to note the philosophy behind the Linux administration command line. Linux was designed based on the Unix philosophy…

When talking about remote management in CentOS as an Administrator, we will explore two methods − Console ManagementGUI Management Remote Console Management Remote Console Management means performing administration tasks from…

Unique among business class Linux distributions, CentOS stays true to the open-source nature that Linux was founded on. The first Linux kernel was developed by a college student at the…

Linux was designed based on the Unix philosophy of "small, precise tools chained together simplifying larger tasks". Linux, at its root, does not have large single-purpose applications for one specific…