Category Linux

The Linux terminal is a really powerful tool where you can do anything. In this article, I’m going to teach you how can you read the online free Wikipedia on your Terminal itself without going through the hassle of opening…

Hey guys, In this article, We will discuss how to get the filename from the full path in Linux. The full path means the address at which the file is located. This includes all the directories and subdirectories. For example,…

If you, like me, are a fan of the lightweight and reliable VIM text editor and want to stick to it instead of moving to the newer, fancier Integrated development environments like PyCharm or Atom, you have come to the…

Hello guys, In this article, we will see how to extract email addresses from a text file using grep and sed commands. If the text file is too big and not in a pre-defined format, it’s too time-consuming to extract…

If you lurk on Linux forums long enough, you will hear statements like “Systemd doesn’t follow the Unix philosophy” or “Gitlab has abandoned Unix philosophy“. But what exactly is this Unix philosophy that users keep mentioning. In this article, let’s…

If you delve into shell programming, you have come across /dev/null or 2>/dev/null numerous times. At first, this might look like intimidating abstract jargon, but there is a very important (and easy to understand) reason for which it exists. In…

If you have been using Linux for a long time, you have probably heard of Desktop Environments like GNOME which ships by default with Ubuntu, and KDE Plasma which ships with Kubuntu. You have probably also heard people talking about…

When it comes to displaying managers, we have several options to choose from, in the Linux world. They are – In this article, we are going to take a look at the differences between Gnome Display Manager (GDM) and LightDM,…

Hello folks, In this article, We will see how to install Google Earth on Ubuntu. Google Earth is a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery. It is available on Windows, Mac OS, Android, iPhone, and Linux. It is…

If you are a bash user and are jealous of zsh users getting tons of fancy themes and plugins with Oh-My-Zsh, you are at the right place. In this tutorial, we will take a look over Bash-It, a community-driven Bash…