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 lscpu Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 25, 2024Lscpu is a neat tool to show you CPU related information right on the shell. In this article, we will discuss the lscpu command using some easy to understand examples.
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How to change the time-zone on Debian Linux
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: debian, linux • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 25, 2024The time zone on Debian is a system-wide setting that determines the local time for the system and its applications. This tutorial will show you how to set the time zone on Debian Linux.
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Linux env Command Tutorial For Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 23, 2024The Linux env command is used to display and manage the environment variables in a shell session. Environment variables are dynamic values that affect the processes or programs running in the shell, such as paths to executable files, user-specific settings, and system behavior.
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Linux chmod Command Tutorial for Beginners
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 23, 2024If you are new to Linux, and are looking for a way to change file/directory permissions through the command line, you'll be glad to know there exists a command - dubbed chmod - that lets you easily do this. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this command as well as provide examples explaining how it can be used in various scenarios.
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Linux curl Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 13, 2024While Web browsers are the primary medium through which users download stuff from the Internet, there are some Linux commands that also let you do this. In this tutorial, we will discuss one such command - curl - that among other things lets you download stuff from the Web.
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Linux fmt Command - Usage and Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 11, 2024Sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where-in the requirement is to format the contents of a text file. Gladly, there exists a command that can cater to at-least some of the text formatting requirements. The tool in question is dubbed fmt. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of fmt, as well as some of main features it provides.
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Linux dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 5 • Updated: Aug 09, 2024The dd command is a powerful utility used for low-level data copying and conversion on Linux systems. It stands for "data duplicator" and is often employed to create exact copies of files, partitions, or entire disks, making it useful for tasks like creating backups, cloning drives, or writing disk images to physical media.
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Linux Locate Command for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 06, 2024While find is no doubt one of the most popular as well as powerful command line utilities for file searching in Linux, it not fast enough for situations where-in you need instantaneous results. If you want to search a file on your system through the command line, and speed is the top most priority, then there's another command that you can use: Locate.
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How to list shared libraries used by a Linux binary using ldd command
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 01, 2024If your work involves deep knowledge of executables and shared libraries in Linux, there are several command line tools that you should be aware of. One of those is ldd, which you can use to access shared object dependencies. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this utility using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux last Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Updated: Jul 30, 2024If you are new to system administration, there'll be times when you'll have to monitor or access login related information. There are multiple tools that you'll likely use for this purpose, with one of them being last.
