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.

Where the find command can select files based on a variety of criteria — name, size, owner, permissions, state (such as empty), etc. with a selectable depth for the search, the locate command ...

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, ...

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: ...

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 ...

Fortunately, these Linux commands make it fairly easy to download files from a local or remote location. I'm going to show you three: wget, curl, and scp. 1. wget The wget command is my go-to for ...

If you have a command that outputs a lot of data to the terminal, you might want to send that output to a file for easier (or later) viewing or sharing. Jack Wallen shows you how.