Linux Commands

In this article, we will describe how to change a user’s shell in Linux. The shell is a program that accepts and interprets commands; there are several shells such as... Read more

In one of our several articles about the tar command, we showed you how to extract tar files to a specific or different directory in Linux. This short guide explains... Read more

Trash-cli is a command line interface that trashes files and records the original absolute path, deletion date, and associated permissions. It uses the same trashcan used by popular Linux desktop... Read more

Ntfy is a simple yet serviceable cross-platform Python utility that enables you to automatically get desktop notifications on demand or when long running commands complete. It can as well send... Read more

A port is a logical entity which acts as a endpoint of communication associated with an application or process on an Linux operating system. It is useful to know which... Read more

In Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, only the root user can run all commands and perform certain critical operations on the system such as install and update, remove packages,... Read more

In this article, we will explain two, simple command line tips that enable you to only list all today’s files. One of the common problems Linux users encounter on the... Read more

In this article, we will look at how to find a process name by its process identification number (PID). Before we dive into the actual solution, let us briefly talk... Read more

bc (Basic Calculator) is a command line utility that offers everything you expect from a simple scientific or financial calculator. It is a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers with... Read more

A checksum is a digit which serves as a sum of correct digits in data, which can be used later to detect errors in the data during storage or transmission.... Read more