Let’s get to know the Linux Command Line Interface (CLI). Introduction A bit of history First look at the command line Command syntax Notes Basic commands pwd ls file cat cd clear history cp mv rm ...

A handy variety of Linux commands can help you see anything about files that you want to see. Try the commands in this post and you may find they they’re a lot more useful than you expected.

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: ...

Apart from file concatenation, the cat command can be leveraged for advanced text manipulation tasks. By combining it with other commands like sed or awk, you can perform complex text transformations, ...

Many storage commands in Linux have the ability to delete your data, which you can accidently do if you're not careful. Proceed with caution if you're a newcomer, and always remember to keep a backup ...

find / -path /proc -prune -false -o -name 'dev.conf' What that command does is search the entire filesystem for a file named dev.conf, but leaves out the /proc directory in the process.

A program (binary, or executable) is a file on disk somewhere, in a recognized format. Common formats include ELF on Linux, ...

Fortunately, Linux makes working with hidden files very easy, whether in a GUI file manager or the command line. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Let me show you how.