wc (word count) command is used in the Linux systems to count the number of words, lines, and bytes in a text file. You can pipe and use it in numerous ways with other commands to display information about text files pretty easily. Using wc command General Syntax:. wc [options....
Some commands in Linux are so frequently used that we often overlook the significance of the commands and the details about them get missed. cd is one such command. cd stands for ‘change directory’ which itself explains its use and purpose. cd allows you to easily change your current directory...
Suppose you are working on the terminal and you really need to view a text file but you are too lazy to just go to that directory, use a mouse and open it. Well, Linux caters to your need to view the contents of a text file directly into the...
SCP stands for ‘Secure Copy’. scp is a command-line utility offered by Linux which allows the transfer of files and directories from one machine to another over an insecure network. If you wish to copy files from one system to another, then scp can be a very good option to...
systemctl being an important utility in the Linux ecosystem, it is very common that you may encounter a problem “systemctl: command not found” error when you try to run the systemctl command. This may not be the case for all the distributions of Linux, but you can probably encounter this...
To explain the meaning of a ‘Process’ in the simplest words is that it is a running instance of any application or program on your system. You may be running multiple applications simultaneously such as browsing, listening to music working on your terminal, etc. There are many background processes associated...
GREP stands for ‘Global Regular Expression Print’. It is a useful command-line utility provided by Linux, to search for the text line which matches the pattern provided by the user. grep takes the input from the user in the form of strings or words which the user wishes to search...
Rebooting is the go-to option that many of us rely on whenever things begin to act weirdly on a computer. Or, it could be the practical approach when new software is installed on the system and it demands a reboot. Linux offers the reboot command to restart or reboot a...
Users usually try to find a file using the GUI. However, sometimes it becomes a very tedious job to find an individual file in the huge pile of files on your system. Finding it conventionally may be a time-consuming task. To make this task easier, Linux offers certain commands to...
No matter which Operating System you are running, copying one file or a folder from one location to another is the most basic task you perform daily. On a busy day at work, during a project assignment at school, or during the ongoing development of a project, copying files from...
A ‘Shell’ is an ‘Interactive Utility’ provided by Linux systems. Whenever we speak of the command line in Linux or Unix environment we are referring to the ‘Shell’. It works as a mid-man between the user and the system which takes input from the user and feeds that input to...
The curl command is one more interesting command-line utility Linux has to offer you. curl command allows the user to fetch files from the server. curl is a popular choice of the application developers and frequent Linux users because of its support for a number of protocols like RTMP, RTSP,...
Linux is one of the most favorite Operating System among Open Source enthusiasts. It comes in multiple flavors and all of them are unique in their own way. Saying that, ‘I use a Linux system’ is a very generic statement. In that case, I have to ask you, ‘Which distribution...
In the Linux ecosystem, the collection of users is called a ‘Group’. When a user is added to a group, we are defining the permissions of a Linux user. Groups also define what files, settings, and folders the user should have access to. In the simplest terms, groups help you...
The major application of the touch command is to create files without any content. Creating empty files may seem to be a wastage of the system’s memory but there is a catch here. touch command comes at your disposal when you wish to create time stamps or logs whilst...