Linux Commands

dutree is a free, open-source, fast command-line tool for analyzing disk usage, written in the Rust programming language, which is developed from the combination of durep (disk usage reporter) and tree (list directory content in…

Good documentation is absolutely necessary for any software, and this principle extends to Linux commands as well. Numerous Linux distributions and open-source communities offer comprehensive documentation that is readily accessible on the Internet. This documentation…

One of the most commonly used and reliable ways of getting help under Unix-like systems is via man pages, which are the standard documentation for every Unix-like system and they correspond to online manuals for…

The post 20 Useful ‘apt-get’ Commands for Ubuntu Package Management first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . The apt-get command was the primary package management command used in Debian-based Linux distributions prior…

In Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu, package management plays a crucial role in installing, upgrading, and removing software packages. One of the fundamental components of the package management system is APT (Advanced Package Tool), which…

One important thing to master under Linux System/Server Administration is package management using different package management tools. Different Linux distributions install applications in a pre-compiled package containing binary files, configuration files, and information about the…

Linux has a rich collection of commands, and while many of them are powerful and useful for various tasks, there are also some funny and whimsical commands that you can try out for amusement. 1….

What you do when you are not sure of the command you are running especially in case of complex Linux commands which use a lot of options. We use man pages to get some help…

Organizing your home directory or even system can be particularly hard if you have the habit of downloading all kinds of stuff from the internet using your download managers. Often you may find you have…

We come across files and folder names very regularly. In most of the cases file/folder name are related to the content of the file/folder and starts with number and characters. Alpha-Numeric file name are pretty…

The post How to Schedule a Linux Job Without Cron first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides . The world of Linux is filled with so much fun and interesting stuff, the more…

Files are one of the most important objects of any operating system and Linux is not an exception. Files provide a reliable way of storing data in a persistent manner. Linux uses plain text files…

When it comes to managing and analyzing data, converting files from one format to another is a frequent need. If you are working with CSV (Comma-Separated Values) files in Linux and want to convert them…

The ‘!’ symbol or operator in Linux can be used as a Logical Negation operator as well as to fetch commands from history with tweaks or to run previously executed commands with modification. Most of…

In this article, we will share some interesting command-line tools to generate random passwords and also how to encrypt and decrypt passwords with or without the slat (a security measure used in password hashing) method….

Compression is a very commonly performed operation by users to save disk space as well as reduce time and bandwidth while transferring large amounts of data over the network using gzip utility. gzip stands for…