All posts by Dave McKay

Learn how to run Linux commands when any file in a watched set of files changes, and when new files are created. We show you how to use this flexible tool.Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›

A Raspberry Pi proxy server allows you to control the websites people can visit. It can also remove trackers and other unwanted junk from those web pages. Follow these simple steps to set it up.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Static websites are easy to create and blazingly fast to use. If you learn to use Hugo, you can generate theme-based static websites on Linux. Creating websites is fun again!Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Are the login credentials of your staff on the dark web? We show you how to check whether their data has been caught up in a data breach.Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT ›

If you want color highlighting in your man pages similar to the syntax highlighting in an editor, there are two simple ways you can achieve it. We’ll show you both!Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Want your new Linux program to look professional? Give it a man page. We’ll show you the easiest, and fastest, way to do it.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

You can extract text from images on the Linux command line using the Tesseract OCR engine. It’s fast, accurate, and works in about 100 languages. Here’s how to use it.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

On Linux, fd is an easier alternative to the find command. It has a simplified syntax, uses sensible defaults, and has built-in common-sense behavior. Let’s take it through its paces.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

The ss command is a modern replacement for the classic netstat. You can use it on Linux to get statistics about your network connections. Here’s how to work with this handy tool.Read This Article on How-To Geek ›

Want to safely delete unnecessary files from your Linux operating system, reclaim hard-drive space, and protect your privacy? BleachBit does all of this for you!Read This Article on How-To Geek ›