Linux Commands

This article shows some examples of using the dir command to list the contents of a directory. The dir command is not a commonly used command in Linux. Though it... Read more

The “pydf” (Python Disk File System) is an advanced command line tool and a good alternative to Linux “df comand”. It is used to display the amount of used and... Read more

In programming, a library is an assortment of pre-compiled pieces of code that can be reused in a program. Libraries simplify life for programmers, in that they provide reusable functions,... Read more

We build a server according to our plan and requirements, but what are the intended functions while building a server to make it function quickly and efficiently. We all know... Read more

ps (processes status) is a native Unix/Linux utility for viewing information concerning a selection of running processes on a system: it reads this information from the virtual files in /proc... Read more

In this article, we will review a number of command line tools that act as filters in Linux. A filter is a program that reads standard input, performs an operation... Read more

A computer hostname represents a unique name that gets assigned to a computer in a network in order to uniquely identify that computer in that specific network. A computer hostname... Read more

One of the most important and useful feature added to YUM Package Manager (from version 3.2.25) is the ‘yum history’ command. It allows you to review a full history of... Read more

Have you ever tried to do the partitioning of hard disk larger than 2TB using fdisk utility and wondered why you end up getting a warning to use GPT? Yes,... Read more

In our last article, we’ve explained you how to change user password expiry information in Linux, where we looked at different examples of the chage command. In this article, we... Read more