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This post will describe the steps to store your media files, like images and videos, organized by their creation date. This tool is beneficial for photography enthusiasts and professionals to keep track of their work.   Prerequisite: bash ExifTool WSL(if on windows)   Important notes:   The steps provided here are tested by me on my …

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In this post, the method to remote SSH into a Linux machine is covered. This is especially helpful when you do not wish to open any Port open in your ISP-provided Router configuration. Using this method, you can SSH into your home machine from any computer on the internet. You would not need any fancy …

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In one of my Linux node, I was not able to use curl command if executed by a particular user(“root”). Strange enough, it was working when executed using some other user. If you face similar issue try to follow the following strategy to debug the issue: When executed with non-root User: curl google.com -I HTTP/1.1 …

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Countless predators are sitting in the wild to spam or attack the network. So sometimes, before trusting a random IP address on the Internet, it’s a good idea to check its reputation. There are multiple methods to check the details and reputation of an IP address, but here we are covering only one via “www.abuseipdb.com.” …

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Like listing the directories and files using the “ls” command, we can list hardware in the system using the “lshw” command. Various filters are available to filter the result of the “lshw” command based on the type of hardware, like disk, processor, etc. Please see the below examples and follow along. Note that to use …

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Want to create virtual machines frequently? Consider using “cloud-init.” Before going into the usage of cloud-init, let’s understand what cloud-init is and why we need it. Cloud-init allows users to write down their desired configurations into a YAML file before creating the VM. During the creation of the VM, the YAML configuration file will be …

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