https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:04:22 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/ https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:backup_using_dump_restore&rev=1585243590&do=diff “dump” a directory structure and compress the data while streaming it via ssh to a remote server. dump -0af - data_directory | gzip -1 - | ssh user@hostname dd of=image.dump.gz “restore” a directory structure while using gunzip to decompress the data stream via ssh from a remote server. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:26:30 +0000 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:hplip&rev=1557251269&do=diff Here I am documenting my plight of installing and configuring an HP LaserJet MFP M28 M31 (all-in-one) printer / scanner with Linuxmint 19.1 using the current HPLIP 3.19.3 drivers from HP. Printing seemed to work straight away. Scanning on the other hand took me a bit to figure out. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 07 May 2019 17:47:49 +0000 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:makebootusb&rev=1607621037&do=diff Mount the ISO: sudo mount -t udf -o loop,ro,unhide /path/to/file.iso /mnt Insert the USB drive. Run fdisk and specify the device name of the USB drive; for example: sudo fdisk /dev/sdc * Delete any existing partition table and create a new one. * anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:23:57 +0000 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:screen&rev=1539745838&do=diff Tips for using the screen utility screen the terminal multiplexer. To split vertically: ctrl-a then |. To split horizontally: ctrl-a then S (uppercase 's'). To unsplit: ctrl-a then Q (uppercase 'q'). To switch from one to the other: ctrl-a then tab anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 17 Oct 2018 03:10:38 +0000 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:ssh&rev=1537288525&do=diff SSH Stuff So, I plan on having SSH related things here. Tips & Tricks Add a tunnel (port forwarding) to an existing ssh connection. While in the active ssh connection, press Enter a few times. Once you have that, type ~ (tilde) and then C (capital c). At this point, you should see a new prompt. Something like this anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:35:25 +0000 https://www.cmsws.com/wiki/doku.php?id=linux:utilities:sysinfo&rev=1538095246&do=diff Display System Information #!/bin/bash clear echo echo “Today is `date`.” echo uname -a echo echo “Disk Space Utilization:” df -vh echo echo “Memory Details:” free -h echo echo "/etc/apt/sources.list contents" grep -i 'freeside' /etc/apt/sources.list echo anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:40:46 +0000