Alias is another command that will end up saving you an absurd amount of time. They're basically custom shortcuts you can ...

I use the Linux command line daily, but that's because I learned Linux the hard way and those old lessons stuck. Most users could go their entire Linux lifetime and never run a single command. Some ...

One of the simplest ways to run a command in the background is by appending an ampersand (&) at the end of the command. This method instructs the shell to execute the command as a separate background ...

This is presently the most popular command on the site indicating a lot of people find themself in that very situation – running superuser commands as an ordinary user. Hey, it’s a lot better than the ...

Useful keyboard commands for Bash Here are some useful keyboard commands for Bash. CTRL-c Stop current command CTRL-z Sleep program CTRL-a Go to start of line CTRL-e Go to end of line CTRL-u Cut from ...

So if you enter the command on a Linux system, boom! Everything’s deleted. (Though to be fair, many Linux systems issue a warning before executing rm -rf / these days.) You can coax Windows 10’s Bash ...

Linux operating system allows users to create commands and execute them over the command line. To create a command in Linux, the first step is to create a bash script for the command. The second step ...

One of the many nice things about Linux is that there's always so much power at your fingertips. With that power comes great information that can help you troubleshoot issues or simply see how much ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...