Some simple Linux commands allow you to break files into pieces and reassemble them as needed. In this post, we'll look at the split command and some of its more useful options.

Tab completion is a fantastic little feature that adds convenience, saves time, and can even help to prevent mistakes. It’s one of the oldest forms of auto-complete in computing: press Tab on a ...

This article will introduce the concept of playing a file line by line in Linux with the help of examples and best user tips. We'll walk you through some of the most common errors made when reading a ...

Linux has over 1,000 commands on a basic service. When you migrate to the desktop, that number grows. For example, in /usr/bin on Pop!_OS there are 1,615 commands, and in /usr/sbin, there are 609 ...

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The df command with the “T” (show file system type) and “h” (use human-friendly sizes) options provides a very useful look at the file systems on a Linux system. Here’s an example: ...

If you're new to Linux, there's a very handy file you'll want to learn about right away. Jack Wallen introduces you to the hosts file and how to add entries to it.

While bash scripting is often maligned and not without reason, it is very flexible and powerful, as this example shows. It is dead easy to embed files in a script and that opens up a lot of ...