cron is a Linux program that is used to schedule a command or a script to be executed at a later point in time. It can also be used to schedule periodically running commands and scripts. Programs scheduled using cron are commonly referred to as Cron Jobs. Its main use...
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is a shell command prompt and scripting language in GNU/Linux operating systems. It is the default shell for most Linux distributions. Like most scripting languages, Bash provides loop syntaxes to repeat similar task multiple times. In this article we will learn how to use the...
vim is one of the most popular file editors in Linux. Part of the popularity is due to the command line mode of vim, which enables users, especially software developers and advanced users to optimize time for file modification operations. In this article, we will see how to save and...
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is a shell command prompt and scripting language in GNU/Linux operating systems. It is the default shell for most Linux distributions. Like most scripting languages, Bash provides loop syntaxes to repeat similar tasks multiple times. In this article, we will learn how to use the...
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is a shell command prompt and scripting language in GNU/Linux operating systems. It is the default shell for most Linux distributions. Like most scripting languages, Bash provides loop syntaxes to repeat similar tasks multiple times. In this article, we will learn how to use the...
vim is one of the most popular file editors in Linux. Part of the popularity is due to the command line mode of vim, which enables users, especially software developers and advanced users to optimize time for file modification operations. In this article, we will see how to find and...
Linux has many commands for the removal of files and directories. These programs use different kinds of algorithms to delete files from different file systems. In this article, we will see how to delete files and folders from Linux command line using rm and rmdir commands. Delete Files using rm...
SCP, i.e., Secure Copy is a remote file transfer program for Linux. It copies files by establishing an SSH connection and hence uses the authentication and security offered by SSH. In this article, we’ll show you how to copy files remotely using SCP. Note that, the user needs...
Traditionally, Operating Systems used to install from CDs or DVDs, including Linux distributions. However, now we have USB flash drives, which are much faster and easier to use than CDs/DVDs. Hence they are being used extensively as boot devices for operating system installations. Let us see how to create...
Sed stands for stream editor. It is a command line based editor for Linux. Popular use of sed is for editing file(s) as part of an automation script in Linux, as usual editors require active user input and cannot edit files outside of the editor screens. Sed is most...
Speedtest.net is a service to test the speed of your Internet connection. It uses a nearby speedtest.net server to download a file on the computer and calculate Internet speed. The tool speedtest-cli allows you to access this service from the Linux command line as well. Installation To install...
Wikipedia has now become the go-to encyclopediac ecosystem on the Internet. Edited, maintained and supported by millions all over the world, it is the most successful decentralized information creation platform. Increasing strictness over the years on citing references has ensured reduced vandalism and promotional content. The node package wikit offers...
Secure Shell, or SSH in short, is a remote connection protocol in Linux as well as other operating systems. It was first introduced as a replacement for telnet, which did not encrypt password information over the remote connection, and hence can be vulnerable to even simplest of attacks. SSH on...
Linux distributions like Ubuntu have always faced the problem of compatibility with different devices. Although lately most of these problems have been fixed in newer releases, they still exist in older versions for particular type of devices. One such problem which is widely faced by many Ubuntu users is that...
GNU Debugger is used to debug a program, to analyze crash, or to see what the program does at a particular point. It was developed by the GNU Project in the 1980s and has been one of the most widely used command line debuggers as well as one of the...