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 Chown Command Tutorial for Beginners (12 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux • Comments: 1 • Updated: Jan 07, 2020In Linux, there may be times when you might want to change the owner and group-related information for a file or directory. If you are a command line newbie, and want to know how you can make such changes through the command line, you'll be glad to know that there exists a command - dubbed chown - that lets you do this.
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Linux chage Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Sep 10, 2019Linux command line offers several tools for user management (some of which we've already discussed). One such utility is chage, which lets you tweak password expiry information.
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Linux xxd Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Sep 05, 2019Need a hex dump for a text file? Looking for a command line utility that can do this? Well, you are in luck, as there exists a command dubbed xxd that can do this for you.
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Linux exit Command Explained for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Sep 04, 2019If you are a Linux newbie, and your work involves doing stuff through the command line, then it goes without saying that you must be spending a lot of time on the terminal window. As you'd likely agree, there are some commands that we tend to use very frequently, like ls, cp, and rm. However, there are some others that are comparatively less used. In this tutorial, we will discuss one such, less frequently used command: Exit.
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Linux dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 5 • Updated: Sep 03, 2019Sometimes, while working on the command line in Linux, you may need to perform a copy operation in a way that the data/text gets formatted before it's written to the destination. In this tutorial, we will discuss how the dd tool works using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux killall Command for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 29, 2019We've already discussed the kill command that you can use in case you want to terminate processes in Linux. However, there exists another command line utility that you can use for the same purpose: killall.
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Linux rename Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Published: Aug 13, 2019If you work with files on the command line in Linux, renaming files is one of the most frequent tasks you may find yourself involved in. We've already discussed the mv command that lets you do this. And here, in this tutorial, we will discuss another such tool, dubbed rename.
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16 Practical Examples of Linux LS command for Beginners
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4 • Updated: Aug 08, 2019Whenever it's required to take a look at the contents of a directory on the command line in Linux, ls is the command that's used. It lists the contents sorted in alphabetical order. While that's the tool's basic usage, it offers a plethora of features (in the form of command line options) that help you in several circumstances. In this tutorial, we will discuss the usage of some of these command line options through easy to understand examples.
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Linux watch Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Updated: Aug 07, 2019Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you might want to execute a command repeatedly so as to track any change in output. Well, you'll be happy to know there exists a command line utility that lets you do this. The tool in question is Watch, and in this tutorial, we will discuss some of its basic features using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux Chgrp Command for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 02, 2019Here at HowtoForge, we recently discussed the chown command which lets users change the owner as well as group of file (or a directory) in Linux. But did you know there exists a dedicated command line utility that you can use when it comes to changing group-related information? The tool in question is chgrp, and in this tutorial, we will be discussing this tool using easy to understand examples.
