Today I’ll cover logging out of Linux and Shutting down Linux from the shell.
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LCoTD: Shutdown
Mar 30
Since I’m using Linux more and more on a daily basis, I decided to start this series: Linux Command of the Day (LCoTD for short). The goal is to both help myself learn more about the Linux operating environment, and help others learn as well.
Today I’ll cover the basics of commands in the Linux environment. For reference, I am using Ubuntu, though they work in most distros.
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I’ve been using the same server for about 6 years now. When I set it up, I chose to go with a Linux server because it was the cheaper option. At the time, I knew NOTHING about Linux. Since then, I’ve tried Mandriva, Fedora, and now run Ubuntu alongside XP. One thing that always got on my nerves was having to constantly go in and manually delete all of my spam using NeoMail. I knew cPanel had a cron interface, but never got around to using it. So one afternoon, instead of spending 3 hours deleting a 50MB spam file item by item, I decided to give cron a shot- and it’s much easier than I had previously thought! This quick tutorial will show you two ways of using crontab to automate the removal of a spamfile- one with the cpanel interface, and one without.
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