One of the most common command line tricks in Linux is to chain multiple commands using the pipe symbol i.e. you feed the output of one command as the input of another. This is called standard input and standard output redirection. PHP is usually used to program for the web but it can also be used as a shell scripting language to automate tasks and like any good shell scripting language it is possible to read from standard input and write to standard output using PHP.
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LAMP stack dominates the web
LAMP is a stack of software that forms the basis of most websites on the Internet. It consists of a Linux distribution, Apache web server, MySQL database management system, and PHP server side scripting language.
Installing LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system
LinuxDC++ is a Direct Connect client for Linux. You can use LinuxDC++ to connect to Direct Connect hubs and share files with other users. In this guide I show you how to install LinuxDC++ on an OpenSUSE system.
What is a GUI SFTP client for Linux?
The question of a graphical SFTP client for Linux came up after I switched to using OpenSUSE Linux as my desktop operating system. On Windows you have the excellent WinSCP but what about Linux ? The answer is very strange.
Finding out disk space usage using Linux shell
Finding out your disk space usage using the shell or command line in Linux is easy once you know how. This article takes a look at the different commands that tell you your disk space usage at different levels of the file system i.e. from entire disk volumes/partitions all the way down to individual files and directories.