Customize Your Terminal to Fit Your Needs The first thing you should do is make ...

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.

That's exactly what I'm going to help you with today. Together, we're going to zip and unzip a file on Linux. I'll show you first how to do it from the command line and then using the GNOME File ...

Empty a text file from the command line June 21, 2007 Web site Hackaddict.net demonstrates how to remove the contents of a plain text file on Windows, Linux, and Mac without manually deleting the ...

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.

$ wc -c wide_text 251 wide_text $ wc -l wide_text 1 wide_text So, this file has 251 characters (including a carriage return) and a single line of text. Next, we display the file using the cat command: ...

Command Prompt lets you create all kinds of files on your Windows PC. Here's a guide explaining all the different methods to create a file using Command Prompt.

Those are some of the basics of using command line to manage your directories on Linux based distributions. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below. Related content ...

If you're new to Linux administration, Jack Wallen shows you a skill you'll definitely need to have--creating directories from the command line interface.