Our Linux cheat sheet includes some of the most commonly used commands along with brief explanations and examples of what the commands can do. One of the things you need when building your “chops” on ...

There are certain Linux commands I consider essential. They range from networking, troubleshooting, and file viewing. They're also easy enough for new users to learn. Even though I've been using Linux ...

I've been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I've learned that it's OK to ...

The most important networking command in Linux might be ping. This command lets you check if a remote machine is responding to your requests. You can use ping to check if your internet connection is ...

It's a testament to how far has come that users today don't typically have to use the command line if they don't want to. Such is the quality of the graphical user interfaces in many modern that there ...

If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start. Creating a script on a Unix or Linux system can be dead easy or ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...

This command will create multiple split files, each containing 4 lines . Verbose Mode and Customizing Suffix When using the split command, you can enable the verbose mode to receive a diagnostic ...

File counting in a directory is a common task that many users might need to perform. It could be for administrative purposes, understanding disk usage, or organizing files in a systematic manner.