PacVim – A Game That Teaches You Vim Commands

Although Vim (short for VI Improved) is a popular text editor on Linux systems, people still find it hard to learn, it has a steep learning curve especially the advanced... Read more

How to Use 8 Useful ‘Debian Goodies Utilities’ to Manage Debian Packages

Debian-goodies is a package that includes toolbox-style utilities used to manage Debian and its derivative systems such as Ubuntu, Kali Linux. The utilities under this package are developed in such... Read more

How to Find a Specific String or Word in Files and Directories

Do you want to find all files that contain a particular word or string of text on your entire Linux system or a given directory. This article will guide you... Read more

How to Change Runlevels (targets) in SystemD

Systemd is a modern init system for Linux: a system and service manager which is compatible with the popular SysV init system and LSB init scripts. It was intended to... Read more

3 Ways to Delete All Files in a Directory Except One or Few Files with Extensions

Sometimes you get into a situation where you need to delete all files in a directory or simply cleanup a directory by removing all files except files of a given... Read more

How to Find Number of Files in a Directory and Subdirectories

In this guide, we will cover how to display the total number of files in the current working directory or any other directory and its subdirectories on a Linux system.... Read more

How to Split Large ‘tar’ Archive into Multiple Files of Certain Size

Are you worried of transferring or uploading large files over a network, then worry no more, because you can move your files in bits to deal with slow network speeds... Read more

GoDaddy Review

By Pete Griffin In a Nutshell  A well-known and widely-used provider which has seen some mixed reviews in the past, GoDaddy offers an assortment of hosting-related services. Some users love... Read more

How to Find Difference Between Two Directories Using Diff and Meld Tools

In an earlier article, we reviewed 9 best file comparison and difference (Diff) tools for Linux and in this article, we will describe how to find the difference between two... Read more

5 Useful Commands to Manage File Types and System Time in Linux – Part 3

Adapting to using the command line or terminal can be very hard for beginners who want to learn Linux. Because the terminal gives more control over a Linux system than... Read more