Here\’s a one-liner to get the info on all the packages installed on your system. rpm -qa –info |tee All_rpms_Info This is what it does, when you query the rpm database with the –info parameter, then the output looks something like the below, which is quite helpful. Name : rpm Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2010
strings linux command
Ever wondered what\’s inside some of those binary files on your system (binary executables or binary data)? Several times I\’ve gotten error messages from some command in the Solaris system, but I couldn\’t tell where the error was coming from because it was buried in some binary executable file. The Solaris \”strings\” command lets you [...]
Hi, I am Amit Agarwal. I am the sole author of this blog and have worked on Linux for more than 10 Years now. My favourite is Fedora and am using Fedora at home and office.
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