Articles by Himanshu Arora
About Himanshu Arora
Himanshu Arora has been working on Linux since 2007. He carries professional experience in system level programming, networking protocols, and command line. In addition to HowtoForge, Himanshu's work has also been featured in some of world's other leading publications including Computerworld, IBM DeveloperWorks, and Linux Journal.
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Linux lshw Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)
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Comments: 0 The beauty of the Linux command line lies in the fact that you can do almost anything using the command line tools. Even if it involves fetching information on the system's hardware components. If that's what you intend to do, and are looking for a command line way to this, you'll be happy to know you can use the lshw command for it.
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Linux who Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
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Comments: 1 Sometimes, while working on the command line, you might want to know more about logged in users. There exists a command line utility who which you can use to access this kind of information. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of who using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux adduser/addgroup Command Tutorial for Beginners (7 Examples)
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Comments: 3 As a Linux system administrator, one of the basic tasks that you'll have to perform is to create accounts for new users and manage user groups. Of course, there are command line utilities that let you do this, and this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of two such commands: adduser and addgroup.
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Linux stat Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
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Comments: 0 Sometimes, while working on the command line in Linux, you need to know more about a file. For example, you may want information like file's size, inode number, access permissions, time of last access or modification, and more. You'll be glad to know that there exists a command line utility stat that provides all this information in one go.
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Linux rmdir Command for Beginners (with Examples)
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Comments: 0 So we've already discussed the rm command that's primarily used for deleting files and directories from the Linux command line. However, there's another, related command line utility that is specifically aimed at removing directories. The tool in question is rmdir, and in this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of it using some easy to understand examples.
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How to Install Gogs Go Git Service on CentOS 7
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Comments: 0 Gogs is free and open source Git service written in Go language. In this tutorial, we will show you step-by-step how to install and configure your own Git service using Gogs on the CentOS 7 server.
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Linux seq Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
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Comments: 3 Sometimes, you come across a command line tool that offers limited functionality on its own, but when used with other tools, you realize its actual potential. Once such tool is seq, which prints a sequence of numbers.
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Linux kill Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
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Comments: 0 Sometimes, while working on a Linux machine, you'll see that an application or a command line process gets stuck (becomes unresponsive). Then in those cases, terminating it is the only way out. Linux command line offers a utility that you can use in these scenarios. It's called kill.
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Linux whereis Command Explained for Beginners (5 Examples)
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Comments: 1 Sometimes, while working on the command line, we just need to quickly find out the location of the binary file for a command. Yes, the find command is an option in this case, but it's a bit time consuming and will likely produce some non-desired results as well. There's a specific command that's designed for this purpose: whereis.
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Linux mkdir Command Explained for Beginners (with examples)
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Comments: 0 At any given time on the command line, you are in a directory. So it speaks for itself how integral directories are to the command line. In Linux, while the rm command lets you delete directories, it's the mkdir command that allows you create them in the first place.
