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.

Oct 27, 2010 · To switch the terminal session to a different user, where that user can't exit back into the original user, use exec: $|# exec su - [username] This will technically login the new user in a new …

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") arguments are …

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 systemd, you …

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

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 you say …

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?

I want to check, from the linux command line, if a given cleartext password is the same of a crypted password on a /etc/shadow (I need this to authenticate web users. I'm running an embedded linux...

Jul 7, 2011 · The command shows a condensed version of SSL certificate details as two lines. The two lines are equivalent to one certificate file within your chain. From the two lines that indicate one …

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.