Many Linux programs are the complete opposite: they require input and produce output. Often, these programs modify their input in some way, and there are plenty of them: cut, head, sort, uniq, etc.

Not happy with your Linux distro's default file manager? Stop struggling and try something different. Considering that these ...

Any file on a Linux system that isn’t a text file is considered a binary file–from system commands and libraries to image files and compiled programs. But these files being binary doesn’t ...

The 'ls' command is responsible for listing files in a directory. Think of it as double-clicking on a folder in Windows. You enter this command, and it tells you all files and directories inside the ...

The file command can identify image file types by extracting data from the files themselves. $ file Emmy.jpg Emmy.jpg: JPEG image data, progressive, precision 8, 704x584, components 3 ...

In an earlier installment of Linux Fu, I mentioned how you can use inotifywait to efficiently watch for file system changes. The comments had a lot of alternative ways to do the same job, which is … ...

While most Linux veterans would tell you the command line is all you need to archive a bunch of files, we're fond of PeaZip for its feature-filled, easy-to-use (if sometimes glitchy) interface ...

This command will allow you to edit the Linux file using Notepad instead of a normal Linux text editor. If you wanted to launch a program that is not in your PATH, you would need to specify the ...