Grep is a small UNIX program for finding matching patterns. First released in V6 UNIX, you can now find it on almost any UNIX-like system such as Linux, macOS, and even BSDs. In this article, I will go through the basics of Grep and show you some examples of how to use the program...
.bashrcfile is a script file that’s executed when a user logs in. The file itself contains a series of configurations for the terminal session. This includes setting up or enabling: coloring, completion, shell history, command aliases, and more. It is ahidden fileand simplels command To vi...
The shell in the Linux operating system is used as a command line interpreter. It works between user input and Linux Kernel. The user’s requests are taken in the form of commands via the terminal that is passed to the Linux default shell, which tells the Linux Kernel to perform the spec...
It supports almost every major computer platform such as ARM, x86, SPARK, etc. The most common usage of Linux is for Server, but it is also used in Desktop computers, ebook readers, smartphones, etc. The Linux Kernel A Kernel is the core component of any Linux based operating system. I...
Redirection is an essential concept in Linux. Learn how to use stdin, stdout, stderr and pipe redirection in Linux command line. Linux HandbookAbhishek Prakash Let me so a silly but simple example. Here, I have used two commandslsandapt updatein which the command to update repositories (apt...
Linux traditionally treats everything as a file or directory to read from or to write to. So when we look at/dev/sda,we can assume it is an absolute path. Why is this path important and where does it lead us? /devis a directory in the root folder that contains all thedevice files....
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)is a compatibility layer that enables users to run Linux binary executables natively on the Windows operating system. Initially released in 2016, WSL provides us with a powerful Linux environment within Windows, allowing us to run Linux command-line tools, utilities...
2. In an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) session, the ls command is used to list the files of the remote directory.Related information How to use FTP from a command line. Linux ftp command and information. What FTP programs can I use to send and receive files? FTP help and support.3. ...
How to check inode in Linux? You can easily list the inodes number with the following command: ls -i The following pictures show my root directory with corresponding inode numbers. The amount of inodes each file system has is decided when you create the filesystem. For most users, the defa...
in the command line. One use case many long-time Linux users share is managing software. If you know the exact name of an app you want, it’s faster to type the installation command into a terminal than to open a Linux app store. That’s not to say that Linux app stores are slow...