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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How to do line-by-line comparison of files in Linux using diff command - Part II
Author: Ansh •
Tags: centos, debian, linux, opensuse, programming, shell, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Assuming that you already know the basic usage of the diff command that we explained in the first part of this diff command tutorial series, in this tutorial, we'll discuss the various command line options the tool provides, through some easy to understand examples.
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How to wirelessly manage, control, and access your Android phone from Linux using Airdroid
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: centos, debian, desktop, fedora, linux, opensuse, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 What if you could access your phone from your computer? Yes, there are applications that not only let you access, but also manage as well as control your phone from your PC. If you have been looking for such a solution, look no further as in this tutorial we will discuss an application dubbed AirDroid, focusing on how you can use it to access/manage/control your Android phone from your Linux computer.
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How to access your Google Drive account using overGrive
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 15 If you are looking for a decent Google Drive client for Linux, you've come to the right place as we've already covered a couple of clients - Grive and Gdrive - here at HowtoForge. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing another Google Drive Linux client dubbed overGrive. Before we proceed with our explanation on this tool, please keep in mind that all the commands and instructions mentioned in this article have been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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Uncommon but useful GCC command line options - part 2
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 The gcc compiler offers a seemingly never-ending list of command line options. Of course, no body uses or has expertise on all of them, but there are a select bunch that every gcc user should - if not must - know. While some of them are commonly used, others are a bit uncommon but no less useful.
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Uncommon but useful GCC command line options
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 Software tools usually offer multiple features, but - as most of you will agree - not all their features are used by everyone. Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong in that, as each user has their own requirement and they use the tools within that sphere only. However, it's always good to keep exploring the tools you use as you never know when one of their features might come in handy, saving you some of your precious time in the process. So, in this article, we will cover a couple of such options, offering all the required details, and explaining them through easy to understand examples wherever necessary.
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What's new in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) - an overview
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: desktop, linux, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 The Ubuntu 16.10 operating system was released last month. The new version, which is also called Yakkety Yak, came around six months after Canonical - the company behind Ubuntu - released version 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) of the Linux-based operating system. We've already discussed the changes that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS brought along, so in this article we'll be covering a quick overview of Ubuntu 16.10 desktop, essentially focusing on the major new features/changes it brings to the table when compared to version 16.04 LTS.
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How to install and use profiling tool Gprof on Linux
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 3 If you are a programmer, who writes code in C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programming language and uses Linux as the development platform, you'll be glad to know that there exists a powerful tool through which you can check the performance of your code - the tool in question is Gprof. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the details of how you can download, install, and use this tool.
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How to monitor progress of Linux commands using PV and Progress utilities
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 3 Consider a scenario wherein you have just started copying a very large file from your pen drive to your Linux system through the command line. Given that the file in question is heavy, you know the process will take time, and so you start doing some other work.
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How to split a large archive file into multiple small files using Split command in Linux
Author: Ansh •
Tags: arch linux, centos, debian, linux, opensuse, shell, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 Although one of the primary reasons behind creating archives is the ease of handling and transfer, sometimes the compressed file itself is so large that it becomes a nightmare to transfer it over network, especially when the network speed is slow. So, what should be done in cases like these? Is there a solution to this problem? Well, yes - one solution is to split the compressed file into smaller bits, that can easily be transferred over network. At destination, you can join them back to get the original archive.
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Useful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 3: a.vim
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 Now, in this third and the final part, we will discuss another very useful plugin dubbed a.vim. Up until now, in this series of articles covering programming-related plugins for Vim, we discussed basics of Vim plugin installation using Pathogen plugin manager, and covered a total of three plugins - namely Tagbar, delimitMate, and Syntastic. Now, in this third and the final part, we will discuss another very useful plugin dubbed a.vim.
