Working with archives in Linux is easy. There are a few commands that take care of almost all the archive types for you. The gzip command in Linux is one such command. Without any arguments, the gzip command will automatically…
In our last article, we learned how to list packages in Ubuntu with the apt command. Today, let’s learn to use the apt command to search for a package in Ubuntu. Linux relies on packages to deliver or install applications…
Let’s find out how we can use the apt command to list installed packages on Ubuntu Packages help in delivering or installing any application on a Linux running system. Essentially, packages are nothing but a compressed archive of the files…
How can you shutdown Linux from the command line? Let’s learn to use the shutdown command in Linux for the same purpose! A Linux system admin is in charge of keeping a system and running and maintaining updates on the…
Let’s learn how to install Ruby on Ubuntu today. Ruby is a high-level interpreted programming language much like Python. Being an open-source language, there are a lot of libraries available for use. What is Ruby? Ruby is the scripting language…
Services are important background processes on a system. Generally, they are launched when you boot up your system. If you are just a regular desktop user, knowing how to start, stop and restart services is essential for various day to…
Let’s venture into encryption today and understand the md5 and base64 commands in Linux. Encryption is a subject for every person tasked with keeping their data secure. Data breaches can cause loss of thousands, if not millions. A loss bigger…
In this article, we’ll learn how to install Apache web server on Ubuntu. Apache web server is an HTTP based server developed by The Apache Software Foundation which was launched to make powerful features of an HTML server available to…
In this tutorial, we’ll go over the du command in Linux. “du” stands for disk usage and is used to estimate the amount of disk space used by a given file or directory. In general, it is a handy utility…
The telnet command in Linux is a protocol that was used before SSH became mainstream. Telnet is easy to connect and use, insecure protocol since all the data is transferred in plaintext. But for some quick communication, telnet can still…