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 9 : Strings
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 1 • Updated: Mar 08, 2019In this ongoing C programming tutorial series, we have already touched upon the concept of character arrays. Closely related to character arrays is the concept of strings, which we'll be discussing here.
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Linux C Programming Tutorial Part 8 - Call by Value Vs Call by Pointer/Address
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 0 • Published: Mar 07, 2019In C language, you can call a function in a couple of ways: call by value and call by pointer or address. Let's discuss both these concepts with some easy to understand examples.
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Linux C Programming Tutorial Part 7: Arrays
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c/c++, programming • Comments: 0 • Published: Mar 06, 2019A 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/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 2 • Published: Feb 25, 2019We 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/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 0 • Published: Feb 19, 2019In 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/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 1 • Published: Feb 15, 2019In 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/c++, linux, programming • Comments: 2 • Published: Feb 14, 2019In 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: 0 • Updated: Feb 06, 2019In 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: 0 • Published: Jan 09, 2019The 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 timeout Command Explained for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Dec 31, 2018Sometimes, when you execute a command in Linux, you might want to run it for a set amount of time. There exists a command line utility - timeout - that's specifically developed for this purpose.
