Linux Commands

In this guide, you will learn to use the free command on a Linux-based operating system. This tool allows you to get a quick overview of your system's memory usage. The data shows the status of both physical and virtual memory. Read More

In this tutorial, we will take you through how to utilize the tar command on a Linux or Unix distribution. Using this command will allow you to archive and extract tar archive. These archives are sometimes known as a tarball. Read More

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the stat command on your Linux operating system. This utility gives you a wealth of information about your files and filesystems. This data includes the files access and modification times. Read More

In this guide, you will learn how to use the touch command on your Linux device. You can use touch to change the access or modification time of a file. You can even use the command to create empty files. Read More

In this guide, you will learn how to use the cat command on your Linux system. cat allows you to create, edit and join the content of files. You can even modify the output by adding line numbers, highlighting line ends, and more. Read More

This tutorial will take you through some of the ways you can utilize the grep command on Linux-based distributions. We cover topics such as searching for whole words, multiple phrases, searching recursively, and much more. Read More

This guide will show you how to use the top command on Linux. Using top allows you to monitor the resource usage of your system. For example, easily identify what processes consume the most memory or CPU time on your device. Read More

In this tutorial, we will take you through all you need to know about the wget command. This command is a free utility that allows you to download files easily. It supports most protocols such as FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS. Read More

In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the PWD command on a Linux distribution. The pwd command is short for print working directory and is used to output the full path of the current working directory. It is a handy comment to understand. Read More

This guide will show you how to use the find command on a Linux system to search for files. The find tool is incredibly powerful, boasting a plethora of options to configure what files it finds. You can even use it to execute commands on the found files. Read More

In this guide, you will be learning how you can use the timedatectl command to control your Linux-based operating system's time, date, and timezone. You can also use timedatectl to turn on automatic time synchronization using NTP. Read More

Learn how to create new users on a Linux/Unix operating system by using the useradd command. It is a powerful command that allows you to configure the users you create. You can set account expiries, set the groups, and create home directories. Read More

Learn how to use the hostname command on Linux and Unix based operating systems. The hostname command can be used to display and set the hostname of the system as well as display its assigned IP addresses and fully qualified domain names. Read More

In this Linux guide, you will be learning how to use the rm command on Linux/Unix based operating systems. rm stands for remove and is used to delete files and directories by unlinking their filename and marking their data as writeable storage. Read More

In this guide, you will learn how to cleanly shut down a device running Linux by using the shutdown command. By using this command, you will be able to safely power off, reboot, or halt your device using these straightforward steps. Read More

In this guide, we will show you how to use the man command on your Linux operating system. man is a useful tool for finding manual pages on the various programs on your system. These manual pages can describe the different behaviors of the program. Read More

In this guide, you will be learning some of the best practices for using the cd command on your Linux operating system. cd is the primary command for moving around the filesystem on your Linux operating system. It is one of the first commands you should learn to use. Read More

In this guide, you will be learning how to best make use of the ls command on a Linux/Unix operating system. ls is used to list the details of files and directories and is one of the most crucial commands to learn when dealing with the Linux filesystem. Read More

Learn the basics of the chown command with this quick and easy to understand guide. Learning about the chown command will help you understand and deal with the sometimes confusing Linux permission system. Read More

Learn how to make use of the chmod command on a Linux operating system to modify the permissions of files or directories. Knowing how to use chmod is critical to managing any Linux based system. Read More