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 C Programming Tutorial Part 7: Arrays
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, programming • Comments: 0A variable is something which can hold a value of a particular type - it could be an integer, character, or even floating point. However, there's one limitation of variables: they can only hold a single value at any given time. This tutorial shows the basics of using Arrays, which can hold multiple values.
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C Command Line Tutorial 6 - Code indentation, increment/decrement operators, do-while and for loops, and more
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, linux, programming • Comments: 2We have covered a total of 5 C programming tutorials so far. Each tutorial focused on something specific. In process of remaining close to the topic, some generic concepts remained untouched. Some of those concepts we'll be discussing here in this tutorial.
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C Programming Tutorial Part 5 - Character variables
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, linux, programming • Comments: 0In the previous two tutorials, we discussed the basics of variables including how they occupy memory. But we mainly focused on integers and floats. In this tutorial, we will discuss about characters (or char type variables).
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C Programming Tutorial 4 - Variables and Memory
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, linux, programming • Comments: 1In this tutorial series so far, we have discussed how to create and run a basic C program, what are preprocessors, as well as basics of variables. Now let's dig a bit deep into variables and discuss the memory aspect.
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C Programming Tutorial Part 3 - Variables basics
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, linux, programming • Comments: 2In this tutorial, we will show you the basics of using variables in C programming.
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Linux Nano Editor Explained for Beginners (10 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux • Comments: 0In this tutorial, we will discuss the basic usage of the Nano editor, as well as some of the features it provides.
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Linux zforce Command Tutorial with Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0The gzip command is a popular tool used for compressing/decompressing files in Linux. We've already covered the basics of this tool here. This utility produces .gz files in output. But sometimes - like while transferring files - the extension may get chopped off. You'll be glad to know there exists a tool that you can use to force the .gz extension back to these compressed files.
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Linux time Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2Sometimes, when you're executing a program, you might want to know its system resource usage. Like how much time the process spent in kernel mode and user mode, and other info. Thankfully, there exists a tool - dubbed time - that's specifically built for this purpose.
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C Programming Tutorial Part 2 - Preprocessors
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, programming • Comments: 0In the first part of our ongoing C programming tutorial series, we briefly touched on the preprocessing stage. In this tutorial, we will discuss it in a little more detail so that you have a basic idea about it before learning other C programming aspects.
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Linux type Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0On the Linux command line, you'll come across several types of utilities. Some are an alias, while others are built-in tools and even functions. So, how do you check these types? Well, there exists a command 'type' that offers you this information.
