Copy a directory with all its contents in CentOS

This command will copy a directory with all its content to another directory,
for example you have a directory named x, you want to copy it to another directory named y

cp -dpr x y

That’s it!

Compressing with GZip and Zip in CentOS

Gzip
Type the following command to compress a file at a shell prompt
gzip filename.ext -> The file will be compressed and saved as filename.ext.gz

Type the following command to expand a compressed file
gunzip filename.ext.gz -> The filename.ext.gz is deleted and replaced with filename.ext

Type the following command to compress multiple files at a shell prompt
gzip filename.gz file1 file2 file3 -> will compress file1, file2, file3 and put them in filename.gzip.

Zip
Type the following command to compress a file at a shell prompt
zip -r filename.zip files -> filename represents the file you are creating and files represents the files you want to put in the new file

Type the following command to expand a compressed file
unzip filename.zip

Type the following command to compress multiple files at a shell prompt
zip filename.zip file1 file2 file3 -> will compress file1, file2, file3 and put them in filename.zip

If you add directory to multiple files
zip filename.zip file1 file2 file3 /user/work/school -> will compress file1, file2, file3, the contents of the /user/work/school directory and put them in filename.zip

Change Default Home Directory for User in Centos

Everytime users created, it will keep per line inside /etc/passwd.
The line has the following characteristics:
1. It begins with the username.
2. There is an x for the password field indicating that the system is using shadow passwords.
3. A UID greater than 499 is created. (Under Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS, UIDs and GIDs below 500 are reserved for system use.)
4. A GID greater than 499 is created.
5. The optional GECOS information is left blank.
6. The home directory
7. The default shell is set to /bin/bash.

Open /etc/passwd with VI :
#vi /etc/passwd

Find username that you want to change its default home directory, press i (for insert in VI) then retype a new home directory. DO NOT CHANGE OTHER INFORMATION, just home directory (e.g /home/username/). Then press wq! (for write and quit in VI)

You can set a home directory when you created user by adding -d to useradd , e.g useradd -d

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