How to Auto Execute Commands/Scripts During Reboot or Startup | Linux Today

How to Auto Execute Commands/Scripts During Reboot or Startup

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Ravi Saive
Feb 14, 2017

I am always fascinated by the things going on behind the scenes when I boot a Linux system and log on. By pressing the power button on a bare metal or starting a virtual machine, you put in motion a series of events that lead to a fully-functional system – sometimes in less than a minute. The same is true when you log off and / or shutdown the system.

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Ravi Saive

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