Linux Tutorials
If you are a Linux newbie, and have interest in system administration, or you want to become a power user, then you need to have a solid knowledge of the command line. In this article, we will discuss the basics of the uptime command using some easy to understand examples.
In C language, you can call a function in a couple of ways: call by value and call by pointer or address. Let’s discuss both these concepts with some easy to understand examples.
As the name suggests, the zip command lets you create archives. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of zip using some easy to understand examples.
With team members working from different countries nowadays, it sometimes becomes important to be aware of the timezone information for different locations. In general also, there may be situations wherein you may want to quickly see timezone for a particular location. You’ll be glad to know there’s a command line utility – dubbed zdump – that lets you do this.
There are several ways to compress and decompress files in Linux. One of them is the xz command. We will discuss the basics of this command line tool in this tutorial.
On the Linux command line, you work with several types of files, for example, directories, symbolic links, and stuff like that. Sometimes, the requirement is to know more about individual elements in a path – what type of file it is, who is its owner, and more. Thankfully, there’s an inbuilt Linux command line utility – dubbed namei – that lets you fetch this information.
In Linux, if you want to print a file’s content on stdout, the first command that comes to mind is cat. However, there may be times when the requirement is to remove certain part of the file and print only the rest of the content. You’ll be glad to know there exists a tool – dubbed cut – that lets you do this.
Processes form the core of a running Linux system. When a program converts into a process (which is when it’s executed), a lot of attributes are set. Sometimes, you may want to change these attributes at runtime. There exists a command line tool chrt that lets you do this.
While compression is helpful in general as it allows you to save space on your system, command line users need to uncompress the file for several small tasks, like viewing what all the file contains. However, there exists a command line utility – dubbed zcat – that lets you take a peek inside compressed files without any additional effort.
If your work involves running tools and scripts on the Linux command line, I am sure there are a lot of commands you would be running each day. Those new to the command line should know there exists a tool – dubbed history – that gives you a list of commands you’ve executed earlier.