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Sometimes while trying to install updates for Linux Lite you can meet an error: "Your computer is not connected to the internet", but you surely know that you are connected.

linux lite error your computer is not connected to the internet

Don't panic, you can still upgrade your system using terminal. It's enough to run command:

$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then a script will start downloading upgrades and will install them automatically.

Written by Administrator on Wednesday March 25, 2020

How to copy all files with same extension to flash-disk in command line in Linux

To copy files in linux we obvisously use command cp. In case we have a folder with files with same extension and want to copy all of them to connected flash-disk, we can use mask: *. For example, I have several .hccapx files and want to copy them on flash-disk:

$ cp *.hccapx /media/lovermann/DISK1/

Now, let's check, if files are copied:

Written by Administrator on Monday March 23, 2020

How to create md5 hash from a string in Linux

Syntax for creating md5 hash in vert simple:

echo -n "mystring" | md5sum

If case you need to store created hash in a file, you can easily do it. For example we want to store md5 hash in "hash.md5" file:

$ echo -n "mystring" | md5sum >> hash.md5

Written by Administrator on Sunday March 22, 2020

How to create a new file using Vim and save it with desired filename

First of all, let's start vim:

$ vim

Now we can edit file. To do it, we have to change to write mode, so just click "i":

Now we car modify file the way we want. Let's add a string.

And now click "Esc" to go out of write mode.

In order to save a file, type

:wq test.txt

save as file using vim

Written by Administrator on Sunday March 22, 2020

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