Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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Linux sort Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Jul 21, 2022Looking for a command line utility to sort content in text files? Look no further than Sort, a tool specifically built for this purpose. In this tutorial, we will discuss this command using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux tty Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Jul 20, 2022In Linux, everything is a file. Even any hardware device connected to the system is represented as a special file. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that a terminal is also represented as a file. There exists a command dubbed tty that displays terminal related information.
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Linux taskset Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Jul 19, 2022In this tutorial, we will discuss a utility - dubbed taskset - that lets you achieve processor affinity. Ever heard of the term processor affinity? It's a feature that allows you to bind or unbind processes to a particular central processing unit, or a range of CPUs.
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Linux nm Command Tutorial for Beginners (10 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Jul 18, 2022If you are a Linux user who is also into system level software development, you may find yourself in situations where-in you need information related to symbols in an object file. You'll be glad to know there exists a command line utility - dubbed nm - that you can use in these situations.
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Linux lsof Command Tutorial for Beginners (15 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4 • Updated: Jul 15, 2022The 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 15 easy-to-understand examples.
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Linux md5sum Command Explained For Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: David Paige • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Updated: Jul 12, 2022When downloading files, particularly installation files from websites, it is a good idea to verify that the download is valid. A website will often display a hash value for each file so that you can make sure the download completed correctly. In this article, we will be discussing the md5sum tool that you can use to validate the download.
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16 Practical Examples of Linux LS command for Beginners
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4 • Updated: Jul 11, 2022Whenever it's required to take a look at the contents of a directory on the command line in Linux, ls is the command that's used. It lists the contents sorted in alphabetical order. While that's the tool's basic usage, it offers a plethora of features (in the form of command line options) that help you in several circumstances. In this tutorial, we will discuss the usage of some of these command line options through easy to understand examples.
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Linux strace Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Updated: Jul 08, 2022The Linux command line offers many tools that are helpful for software developers. One among them is strace. The strace command in Linux lets you trace system calls and signals.
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A Beginner's Guide to Understanding sudo on Ubuntu
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, security, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 2 • Updated: Jul 07, 2022The sudo command on Linux: ever got a 'Permission denied' error while working on the Linux command line? Chances are that you were trying to perform an operation that requires root permissions.
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Linux xxd Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Jul 07, 2022Need a hex dump for a text file? Looking for a command line utility that can do this? Well, you are in luck, as there exists a command dubbed xxd that can do this for you.
