Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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How to clone disks with Linux dd command
Author: Matt Vas • Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 20In this tutorial we'll refer to a practical example of Linux dd command that can be used by system administrators to migrate or clone a Windows Operating System or a Linux OS from a larger HDD partitioned in MBR or GPT layout style to a smaller SSD.
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Linux pmap Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0Linux command line offers a lot of tools that help you know more about processes that are currently active in your system. One such utility is pmap, which reports the process memory map. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of pmap using some easy to understand examples.
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Linux mkfifo Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 4If you're even a moderate Linux command line user, you must be aware of pipes, a fundamental command line feature that allows processes to communicate. Then there's a concept of named pipes (yeah, pipes with names, so that you can do more with pipes). The mkfifo command lets you create such named pipes.
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Linux test Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you might want to test certain things like integer values, or whether or not a file is of certain type? You'll be glad to know there's a built-in command line utility test that lets you do most of these comparisons and tests.
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8 Practical Examples of Linux Xargs Command for Beginners
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 9The Linux xargs command may not be a hugely popular command line tool, but this doesn't take away the fact that it's extremely useful, especially when combined with other commands like find and grep. If you are new to xargs, and want to understand its usage, you'll be glad to know that's exactly what we'll be doing here.
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Linux killall Command for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2We've already discussed the kill command that you can use in case you want to terminate processes in Linux. However, there exists another command line utility that you can use for the same purpose: killall.
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Linux sort Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0Looking 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 taskset Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3In 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: 2If 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: 4The 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.
