Java (JRE/JDK) – Check version installed

The Java development kit (JDK) contains tools for Java development, and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains a JVM to convert byte code .class to machine code, and execute it, in short, the JRE runs Java program. In this this article we will see different methods to check which version is installed on a Linux/Windows system. Read More …

Linux – Mount ext4 USB flash drive to Raspberry Pi [New Question]

A quick question, answered on Heelpbook, about “Mount ext4 USB flash drive to Raspberry Pi”, especially useful when attaching external storage, HDDs or SSDs, to a Raspberry PI (or any Linux-based system) to expand storage for applications and services. Read More …

Linux – Monitor Disk I/O on Terminal

Monitoring Disk I/O on Linux systems is one of the most common task to follow when analyzing the current performance status of a system and trying troubleshoot/optimize an existing environment, when talking about storage and volumes. Read More …

Powershell – Search and Replace multiple text strings in file/variable

A common, but not so often, requirement in some scenarios is to search and replace one or multiple text strings in variables or files. This can be quite easily achievied by using a bit of Powershell code. Read More …

The Locate command (Linux)

If there is something that is quite vital, on Linux systems in CLI mode (no GUIs, no KDE or Gnome), is to have a simple way to search for specific files/folders on the filesystem. To do this we can install and use the locate utility, on Linux systems. Read More …