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 dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 5Sometimes, 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 rename Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4If 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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Linux watch Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3Sometimes, 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: 0Here 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.
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Linux ldd Command Explained with Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2If 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 timeout Command Explained for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1Sometimes, 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.
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Linux uptime Command Explained for Beginners with Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2If you are a Linux newbie, and have interest in system administration, or you want to become a power user, then you need to have a solid knowledge of the command line. In this article, we will discuss the basics of the uptime command using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux ss Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1When it comes to accessing socket related information through the command line in Linux, the first tool that comes to mind is netstat. However, there's another utility that can do this work for you. It's called ss.
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Linux C programming tutorial Part 28 - Typedefs
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, programming • Comments: 0In this tutorial - which is part of the ongoing C programming tutorial series - we will discuss the concept of typedef. As the name suggests (think of typedef as type+def), typedef is a C provided facility to define new names for existing data types.
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Linux C Programming tutorial part 27 - Array of structures
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: c-programming, programming • Comments: 0In this ongoing C programming tutorial series, we have been discussing lately about structures. Now, expanding further on the concept of structures, we'll discuss how to create an array of structures using easy to understand examples.
