I found a neat way for stress testing my Linux machines using the CLI. Article at the end shows you how to install things but you basically install the two libraries that you need: Once you’ve done that, you run nproc to see how many cores you have (VERY IMPORTANT) This will simply output a …
Cloning a solid-state drive (SSD) can be a useful way to transfer your data and operating system to a new drive. In this article, we will guide you through the process of cloning an NVMe SSD to a new SSD using the dd command in Linux. Step 1: Identifying the Source and Target Drives Before …
Here’s a fun little CLI trick! Try running this in the Linux/MacOS CLI curl parrot.live You’ll get something like this appearing:
To get the temperature of a Raspberry Pi, simply run this script in a terminal /usr/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp That’s it! Put it in a script, run it alone in the CLI, or create an alias so you’re not having to type it every time. For instance, a simple alias would be: alias pitemp = ‘/usr/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp’
In short, I had some big files inside folders I needed to copy from one directory to another and wanted to know what the progress. This immediately took me to this article and I’m simply sharing the command here. rsync –info=progress2 -auvz /path_to_source_directory/ /somewhere/destination_directory/ This will display the progress with some information like write speed. Really helpful. …
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