Powershell – Extract Files from ZIP Archive

Starting with PowerShell 5, cmdlets like Expand-Archive can extract the content of ZIP files to disk. However, you can always extract only the entire archive. Luckily, there are other methods to extract, not only, from .zip archives, specified files or folders, on Windows-based systems. 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 …

Downgrade nodejs when needed using CLI [New Question]

A quick question, answered on Heelpbook, about how to “Downgrade nodejs when needed using CLI”, on both Windows and Linux platforms. Here two available methods (they are not the only ones) to downgrade nodejs (and npm) using command line approach. Read More …

How to generate a Diffie-Hellman 4096-bit Key in less time [New Question]

A quick question, answered on Heelpbook, about “How to generate a Diffie-Hellman 4096-bit Key in less time”. This can save time when we need to generate a DH 4096 bit key on a Linux system, usually used to harden a SSL/TLS configuration for web servers, but also used for SSH, IPSec, SMTPS protocols. Read More …

Find PHP (php.ini) Configuration File on Linux [New Question]

A quick question, answered on Heelpbook, about how to “Find PHP (php.ini) Configuration File on Linux”. This can save time when there’s need to configure an existing PHP installation on a Linux system. Read More …