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Mastering Ubuntu Server

You're reading from   Mastering Ubuntu Server Gain expertise in the art of deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564640
Length 702 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Jay LaCroix Jay LaCroix
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Deploying Ubuntu Server 2. Managing Users and Permissions FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Software Packages 4. Navigating and Essential Commands 5. Managing Files and Directories 6. Boosting Your Command-line Efficiency 7. Controlling and Managing Processes 8. Monitoring System Resources 9. Managing Storage Volumes 10. Connecting to Networks 11. Setting Up Network Services 12. Sharing and Transferring Files 13. Managing Databases 14. Serving Web Content 15. Automating Server Configuration with Ansible 16. Virtualization 17. Running Containers 18. Container Orchestration 19. Deploying Ubuntu in the Cloud 20. Automating Cloud Deployments with Terraform 21. Securing Your Server 22. Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers 23. Preventing Disasters 24. Another Book You May Enjoy
25. Index

Understanding Bash history

Speaking of history, let's dive right into that concept. By default, Bash keeps track of all the commands you enter during your sessions, so that if you need to recall a previously entered command, you can definitely do so. History also serves another purpose, and that is seeing what other users have been up to. However, since users can edit their own history to cover their tracks, it's not always useful for that purpose.

You may have already seen Bash's history feature in some form, if you've ever pressed the up and down arrows on the shell to recall a previously used command. If you didn't already know you can do that, go ahead and give it a try. You should see that by pressing the up and down arrows, you can cycle through commands that you've used previously.

Another trick is that you can also simply type history in the shell and see a list of previously entered commands, as shown in Figure 6.2:

Figure 6...

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