Category Linux

Let’s talk about the different ways to exit vim editor here. As you would know Vim is a Linux utility for editing text. The special aspect of only using the keyboard to edit makes it a unique editor. With this…

If we are interested in finding out our computer’s hardware details, “dmidecode command” is the go-to Linux command. Hardware information ranges from BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) information to the sizes of the memory devices. When we run dmidecode on the…

There are numerous ways to count the number of lines in a file in Linux. We’ll go over some of the quickest ways to achieve this task and get the line count. Ways to Count the Number of Lines in…

Shells are an important part of any Linux user session. We are provided several different types of shells on Linux to accomplish tasks. Each shell has its unique properties. Hence, there are many instances where one shell is better than…

The awk command is fundamentally a scripting language and a powerful text manipulation tool in Linux. It is named after its founders Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan. Awk is popular because of its ability to process text (strings)…

Sed command is a text editor tool used for editing files, which is command line-based. But what sed is really used for is something called ‘Steam Editing.’ Also! ‘S’ in Sed stands for Stream-oriented, and the ‘ed’ part is for…

Dig command short for ‘domain information groper’ is a networking command-line tool in Linux. Dig is used by administrators to perform domain name lookup and troubleshooting. It is popular because of its popularity, ease of use, and flexibility. dig is…

Let’s look at some of the most beautiful, customizable, and literally, the best Linux desktop environments today. Even though Linux as an Operating system is portrayed as a really difficult to use operating system out there, it can be customized…

Ps command in Linux is used to list the processes that are running. Ps command can be used in a lot of ways to get various kinds of information regarding the processes that are running. We will take a look…

Linux users love automation, and the OS also provides a lot of opportunities to automate tasks easily. The bind command is a keyboard short that you can create to run specific macros or commands quickly without having to type them…