Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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Linux factor command tutorial for beginners (with examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 0 If you are a Linux command line user, and your work revolves around prime numbers, there's a command line utility that might be of your help. The tool in question is factor, and in this tutorial, we will quickly discuss things like why it exists, how it works, and how you can use it. Please note that all examples and instructions mentioned here have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04LTS.
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Get Started With GNUPlot
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux, shell •
Comments: 1 GNUPlot is an actively developed freely distributed non-open source command line graphing and plotting software tool that was initially released back in 1986. GNUPlot can be useful for a wide spectrum of applications, so here comes a quick guide that will help you understand how it works, get to play with its basic functionality, and learn how to take your first steps with it the easy way.
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Linux fgrep Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 1 While grep is a well-known Linux command (we've already covered it in detail), do you know that there exist two different variants of this tool? Yes, these are egrep and fgrep. In this tutorial, we will discuss the latter (fgrep) using easy to understand examples.
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Linux expr command tutorial for beginners (with examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 1 Sometimes, while working on the command line (especially when dealing with a shell script), you may find yourself in a situation where you have to perform actions like searching for a substring in a string, finding its index, as well as other things like performing comparisons and arithmetic operations. For those who aren't in the know, there exists a command line utility - dubbed expr - that lets you do all this.
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Linux expand Command Tutorial For Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 0 While working on the command line in Linux, there may arise a situation where-in the requirement is to replace tabs in a file with spaces. The task isn't difficult if the file is small, but what if the file you're dealing with is huge, or worse, there are hundreds of files in which you have to make this change? Worry not, there exists a command line tool that's specifically built for this work. The tool in question is expand, and in this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of expand using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux du Command Tutorial for Beginners (10 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 2 Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you might want to quickly know disk usage for a set of files or for a complete directory. There's a specific command line tool that lets you do this, dubbed du. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this tool as well as the features it provides using easy to understand examples.
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Linux echo Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 1 In this tutorial, we will discuss basics of echo as well as the command line options it provides. Suppose you want to append a hard-coded line of text to a file through the command in Linux, what would you do? An obvious approach would be to open the file in an editor, and then enter the line manually. But think of a case where-in this task needs to be automated. What's your option in that case?
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Linux df Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 1 Sometimes, you might want to know how much space is consumed (and how much is free) on a particular file system on your Linux machine. There a specific command - dubbed df - that does this for you. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this command, as well as some of the major features it offers.
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Linux dir command for beginners (10 examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 4 At any point in time while working on the command line, you are always inside a directory. There may be times when you'd want to list information about all files and subdirectories within a directory. This is where the dir command helps. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this command as well as the features it provides.
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Linux Date Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, shell •
Comments: 3 While working on the Linux command line, you might find yourself in situations where-in you need to display (or even change) the current system time. Not only that, if you work in a team with members in different timezones, you may want to keep yourself updated with time-related information for zones in which other members are sitting. If you're looking for a tool that lets you do all this (and much more), you will be glad to know there exists a command - dubbed date - that does all this.
