Operating System

ls command is one of the most frequently used command in Linux. I believe ls command is the first command you may use when you get into the command prompt... Read more

psacct or acct both are open source application for monitoring users activities on the system. These applications runs in the background and keeps track of each users activity on your... Read more

One of the renowned search tool on Unix-like systems which can be used to search for anything whether it be a file, or a line or multiple lines in file... Read more

In Linux (also UNIX) $PATH is environment variable, used to tell the shell where to look for executable files. $PATH variable provides great flexibility and security to the Linux systems and... Read more

A system administrator’s routine tasks include configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and managing servers and networks within data centers. There are numerous tools and utilities in Linux designed for the administrative purposes.... Read more

Hi fellow Linux readers, I’m bringing you yet another great article from our Linux Tips and Tricks series, this time we will be using two lesser known Linux utilities that... Read more

It is always a good practice to know the hardware components of your Linux system is running on, this helps you to deal with compatibility issues when it comes to... Read more

Continuing the Lesser Known series, this fourth article of the series will let you know some useful funny and animated commands. Here we go into the practical session, without much... Read more

Progress, formerly known as Coreutils Viewer, is a light C command that searches for coreutils basic commands such as cp, mv, tar, dd, gzip/gunzip, cat, grep etc currently being executed... Read more

In case you are running Linux on a machine that you normally use alone, say on a laptop, entering a password each time you invoke sudo can become so boring... Read more