Conclusion Counting files in a directory in Linux can be accomplished using various methods. Depending on your preferences and needs, you might find one method more convenient than others. Experiment ...

Finally, when you run an Linux shell script in an Ubuntu terminal window, you need to prepend a dot slash (./) to the file’s name. If you don’t, Ubuntu will look on the operating system’s PATH for ...

If you administer a Linux server, you likely will have to create users and groups. You will be limited in a few crucial ways without knowing how to create users. First off, new users cannot be ...

Jack Wallen walks you through creating new users and groups on Linux and adding those new users to the new groups. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer July 26, 2022 at 7:55 a.m. PT ...

For file and folder management, that number dwindles. I've already listed what I believe are the 5 Linux commands every user should learn, all of which are also related to file and folder management.

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.

We use ‘mkdir’ (make directory) command to create new directories. If you simply run the mkdir command followed by the name of the new directory, the folder will be created in the current ...