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How to Find Large Files in Ubuntu Linux

kb-admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:59:01 +0000

If you want to find files above a certain size, or find files between certain sizes, then you may use the +size x and -size x switches to the find command.

For example:

find /etc -size +100k -size -150k

This command will find all files inside the /etc directory that are between 100k and 150k in size.

Source: http://www.unixtutorial.org/2008/03/find-large-files-and-directories/

How to set up DNS servers in Linux

kb-admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:36:33 +0000

Edit /etc/resolv.conf

Add the following:

nameserver 1.1.1.1

Disable screen saver / blanking, in text-mode terminal, Linux

kb-admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:03:49 +0000

Thanks to Vivek’s page

To stop the screen from blanking:

# setterm -powersave off -blank 0

Set time at command line in Linux

kb-admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:30:50 +0000

This works for all Linux flavors as far as I know:

The date command is used to set the system clock using the switch -s and the format MMDDhhmmYYYY (where MM=month, DD=day, hh=24-hour hour, mm=minute, YYYY=year)

The following example sets the date to January 5th 2007, 1:15 PM:

# date -s 010513152007