Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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How to Manage Packages with APT on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Feb 12, 2019APT also known as Advanced Packaging Tool is the command-line tool for managing packages in Debian-based distributions like Debian and Ubuntu. In this tutorial, we will explain how to manage packages using APT command line tool on Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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How to Compile Brotli Compression Tool from Source on Fedora 29
Author: Blago Eres • Tags: fedora, linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Jan 29, 2019Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding, and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods.
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Linux zforce Command Tutorial with Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Jan 09, 2019The gzip command is a popular tool used for compressing/decompressing files in Linux. We've already covered the basics of this tool here. This utility produces .gz files in output. But sometimes - like while transferring files - the extension may get chopped off. You'll be glad to know there exists a tool that you can use to force the .gz extension back to these compressed files.
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Linux time Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Published: Dec 20, 2018Sometimes, when you're executing a program, you might want to know its system resource usage. Like how much time the process spent in kernel mode and user mode, and other info. Thankfully, there exists a tool - dubbed time - that's specifically built for this purpose.
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Linux type Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Dec 11, 2018On the Linux command line, you'll come across several types of utilities. Some are an alias, while others are built-in tools and even functions. So, how do you check these types? Well, there exists a command 'type' that offers you this information.
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Linux tree Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Dec 05, 2018It won't be wrong to say the ls command is the gold standard when it comes to listing directory contents on the Linux command line. However, there do exist some alternatives that have their own strong points when compared to ls. Once such tool is tree, basics of which we'll be discussing here in this tutorial.
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Linux column Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Nov 29, 2018Sometimes, while working on the command line in Linux, you might want to display the contents of a file in columnar format. You'll be glad to know there's a command line utility in Linux that lets you do this. The tool's name is column.
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Linux finger Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Nov 27, 2018If you are a Linux system admin, or your work involves managing users, there are many tools that you should be aware of. Once such command line utility is finger, basics of which we'll be discussing here in this tutorial.
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Linux service Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Nov 26, 2018The service command lets you run a System V init script. In this tutorial, we will briefly discuss this tool using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux rev Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Nov 22, 2018Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you may want to reverse a string or line(s) of text. You'll be glad to know there are command line utilities that let you do exactly this.
