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Tag Archives: logfiles
10 useful commandline utilities for FreeBSD
Here’s a list of useful commandline utilities for FreeBSD. For all you admins out there… MTR MTR is a traceroute…sort of. It uses ping packets though, not the standard traceroute icmp packets (configurable) SCREEN Screen keeps your terminal session … Continue reading
Posted in Commandline, FreeBSD, General, Open Source, Shell, Software, Unix Tips
Tagged bsd, commandline, freebsd, log, logfiles, open source, process, screen, shell, tool, util, utilities, utility
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Do not remove log files, but /dev/null them…
To many admins, logfiles are very handy, however sometimes they tend to get bigger and bigger, thus taking up a lot of space on your drive(s). The usual way to deal with such a problem is logrotation, implemented in many … Continue reading
Posted in Unix Tips
Tagged /dev/null, /dev/zero, admin, cat, commercial, linux, log, logfiles, non-commercial, open source, rm, sysadmin, touch, unix
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