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…
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 tutorial, we will learn how to use the FTP command in Linux. We will discuss what is FTP and the use of commands. What is FTP? FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This protocol lets the file transfer…
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to use ip command in Linux. IP stands for Internet Protocol. What is the protocol? It is a set of rules and regulations followed in networking. Let’s dive into the concept first. What…
In this tutorial, we will learn how to find out all the open ports in Linux. There are different commands to know which ports are opened such as nmap, netstat, and lsof. But do we know what ports are? Some…
In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the lp command in Linux. In Windows, it’s easy to print the files. By simply using the print shortcut, we can print multiple files. But what about Linux? In Linux, we…
If you want to know how to append text to the end of a file in Linux, then you are in the right place. Folks, here we will discuss what are the various ways to append text to a file…
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…