Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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Linux Command Line Navigation Tips: The Basics of pushd and popd Command
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1In this article, we will be discussing how you can have a faster navigation experience on the Linux command line using the pushd and popd commands.
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Linux dirname Command Explained for Beginners (4 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 5Are you a new Linux user? Does your work involve shell scripting? If your answer to both these questions is yes, the tool we'll be discussing here will likely interest you. The name of the tool is dirname, and it's mostly used in situations where-in you need to strip the last component from an absolute file-name.
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How to search files from the Terminal on Linux
Author: Bill Toulas • Tags: centos, debian, fedora, linux, opensuse, shell, suse, ubuntu • Comments: 8While there are many ways with which we can search and locate files and directories on Linux, the easiest and quickest is probably through the terminal. However, not many Linux users know about that, which leads to unneeded frustration. Here is a quick guide that will hopefully help you locate what you're looking for in your system.
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Linux Command Line Navigation Tips and Tricks - Part 1
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: centos, debian, opensuse, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 4If you've just started using the command line in Linux, then it's worth knowing that it is one of the most powerful and useful features of the OS. The learning curve may or may not be steep depending on how deep you want to dive into the topic. However, there are some Linux command line tips/tricks that'll always be helpful regardless of your level of expertise.
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Command line aliases in the Linux Shell
Author: Himanshu Arora •
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Comments: 5 In this fourth and the final installment, we will discuss the concept of aliases as well how you can use them to make your command line navigation easier and smoother.
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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 command line navigation tips/tricks 3 - the CDPATH environment variable
Author: Himanshu Arora •
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Comments: 1 Continuing with our discussion on the command line navigation aspects, in this tutorial, we'll discuss the CDPATH environment variable through easy to understand examples. We'll also discuss some advance details related to this variable.
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Linux pstree Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2Since every process (except the very first one) in a Linux system has a parent, it sometimes makes things easier to understand if all processes are displayed in a tree structure. You'll be glad to know there exists a command line utility - dubbed pstree - that displays a tree of processes.
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How to Install Glances Monitoring Tool on Ubuntu 22.04
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, monitoring, server, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 1Glances is a free, open-source, and cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool written in Python. It is a real-time system monitoring tool that monitors system resources, including CPU, Memory, Load, Disk I/O, Processes, File System space, Network interface and more.
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Linux Gunzip Command Explained with Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2We have already discussed the gzip command in Linux. For starters, the tool is used to compress or expand files. To uncompress, the command offers a command line option -d. However, there's an entirely different tool that you can use for uncompressing or expanding archives created by gzip. The tool in question is gunzip. In this article, we will discuss the gunzip command using some easy to understand examples.
