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 pkill Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 21, 2018In Linux, if you need to kill a process (for whatever reason) through the command line, you can you use the kill command, which requires you to pass as input the ID of the process you're trying to terminate. But did you know there also exists a way to kill processes without specifying their PIDs?
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Linux pushd and popd Command Tutorial for Beginners (3 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 19, 2018Command line navigation in Linux is primarily done using the cd command. However, there are several tips and tricks that may enhance your Linux command line navigation experience. In this article, we will discuss two commands - pushd and popd - using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux pinky Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 17, 2018The finger command in Linux is a popular tool to fetch information related to system users. Pinky is a lightweight alternative that comes pre-installed (at least on Ubuntu).
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Linux lsof Command Tutorial for Beginners (10 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Sep 15, 2018The lsof command in Linux displays in its output information about files that are opened by processes. In this article, we will discuss the tool using 10 easy to understand examples.
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Linux pgrep Command Tutorial for Beginners (10 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 14, 2018You might already know about the grep command in Linux, which searches for a pattern, and then prints the matching text in output. What if the requirement is to apply this kind of processing to fetch select information about processes currently running in the system?
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Linux objdump Command Explained for Beginners (7 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, programming, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 13, 2018If you are into programming on Linux and your work revolves around compilers, there are a handful of command line utilities that you should be aware of. One such tool is objdump.
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Linux mktemp Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 11, 2018Creating temporary files or directories is a common task that many Linux command line users do. But there's a dedicated command line tool - dubbed mktemp - that lets you do this.
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Linux namei Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 10, 2018On the Linux command line, you work with several types of files, for example, directories, symbolic links, and stuff like that. Sometimes, the requirement is to know more about individual elements in a path - what type of file it is, who is its owner, and more. Thankfully, there's an inbuilt Linux command line utility - dubbed namei - that lets you fetch this information.
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Linux manpath Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 07, 2018Man pages in Linux is the go to spot for first-level support when it comes to command line utilities. As most of you would know, you just write 'man [command-name]' and the corresponding man page pops up. But do you know the path where these man pages are searched for?
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Linux lsattr Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 05, 2018We recently discussed chattr, a command that you can use to change file attributes on a Linux file system. To list file attributes, there's a separate command, dubbed lsattr. In this tutorial, we will discuss this tool using some easy to understand examples.
