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How to Compress and extract tar files in Linux

This post shows how to compress and extract files in Linux. Most users use tar to compress files to save disk space or to save network bandwidth if they are transferring files over the network. Files are compressed before they are added to the archive. The tar command is one of the most commonly used commands in … Read more

How to run TCP Traceroute in Centos Linux

This post describes how to install or run TCP traceroute in Centos Linux. TCP Traceroute is a tool used by end users in Linux to test TCP port connectivity. TCP Traceroute is done from Centos command line, TCP traceroute uses TCP SYN packets rather than ICMP/UDP packets that the usual implementations use, thus bypassing gateways … Read more