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The file command is a useful tool in solaris that can help you to determine what file type a particular file is. The usage is […]

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The “nfsstat” command is useful for debugging errors. It gives clear representation of the errors one can expect to see on the nfs server, rpc, […]

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As of Solaris 11, and formerly open solaris, the dedup option is available as a standard feature of a zfs pool. To enable dedup it […]

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It is often useful to get a complete listing of all attributes pertaining to a ZFS pool or share in Solaris. ZFS provides an easy […]

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The find command can be used to find a list of symbolic links. The command above will find all symbolic links within “/dir” and perform […]

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To convert a lower case string to uppercase one can use the echo (prints a line of text) and tr (translates=) command. An example is […]

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To power down the system in solaris and have the machine turn off completely one can use the “poweroff” command. This is similar to “shutdown […]

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You may occasionally need to kill a process in linux. The “kill” command in linux will do the job well. Combine kill with the “ps” […]

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CPAN is a powerful archive of Perl modules tools. It contains many modules to do just about anything one would want to do in Perl. […]

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When using the Sun Grid Engine (SGE) it is useful to see a user’s specific jobs rather than seeing all jobs that are currently queued […]

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