How to Use the Who Command in Linux
The “who” reveals users who is currently logged in the system. It shows some information such as the username, the timestamp, and the IP address. …
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How to Use the Whatis Command in Linux
It’s quite similar to “man” except this command only prints the one line description of the given command. It’s handy to get what’s the comm…
How to Use the Top Command in Linux
The “top” command reveals the process running in the operating system. It shows the process id or PID for short, the user running the process, the…
How to Compress and Extract Files with TAR in Linux
The “tar” command stands for “tape archive” and the basic Unix command to archive files. By default the command will save the archive in a .ta…
How to Use the Tail Command in Linux
A utility command in Linux to view a portion of file content. It can be used to view the beginning, the end or specific line of the file. General synt…
How to Use the SU Command in Linux
Stands for substitute user. This command is used to switch user and lets exceuting command with the privilage of that user. It simplifies, typically f…
How to Use the sed Command in Linux
Stands for “Stream Editor”. “sed” is a utility command that take file content or standard input (stdin) and modify the output through RegEx pa…
How to Use the Screen Command in Linux
This command is used to create a new session inside your current session. It typically is used to run long-running process. The process will continue …
How to Delete Files and Folers in Linux
This command is used to remove files. It can also be used to remove directories when it’s invoked with the -r option. Alternatively, check the rmdir…
How to Use pwd Command in Linux
Stands for the print work directory. This command will output the full path of the current current directory. It only takes a couple of options -P and…
How to Use the Ping Command in Linux
The ping command is handy utility command to quickly test network connections. It sends a packet of data to a specific IP address or hostname and show…
How to Use the mkdir Command in Linux
Short for “make directory”. As the name implies, this command is used to create a new directory when it does not exist. It will warn you when crea…