Linux Tutorials on the topic “shell”
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How to use grep to search for strings in files on the Linux shell
Author: Srijan Kishore • Tags: centos, debian, linux, opensuse, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 10 • Updated: Jan 16, 2025The grep command, which means global regular expression print, remains amongst the most versatile commands in a Linux terminal environment. It happens to be an immensely powerful program that lends users the ability to sort input based on complex rules, thus rendering it a fairly popular link across numerous command chains. The grep command is primarily used to search text or search any given file for lines containing a match to the supplied words/strings.
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Understanding the Command Line Processor in Linux
Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 30, 2024The command line processor, often called the command line interface (CLI), command shell, or simply the terminal, is a vital tool for interacting with Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. This article shows the command-line processor's importance in Linux, how it works, and how to use it effectively.
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Linux lscpu Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 25, 2024Lscpu is a neat tool to show you CPU related information right on the shell. In this article, we will discuss the lscpu command using some easy to understand examples.
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How to use the Linux ftp command to up- and download files on the shell
Author: David Duarte • Tags: centos, fedora, linux, opensuse, shell, suse, ubuntu • Comments: 17 • Updated: Aug 23, 2024In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the Linux ftp command on the shell. I will show you how to connect to an FTP server, up- and download files and create directories. While there are many nice desktops FTP clients available, the ftp command is still useful when you work remotely on a server over an SSH session and e.g. want to fetch a backup file from your FTP storage.
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Linux env Command Tutorial For Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 23, 2024The Linux env command is used to display and manage the environment variables in a shell session. Environment variables are dynamic values that affect the processes or programs running in the shell, such as paths to executable files, user-specific settings, and system behavior.
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Linux curl Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Updated: Aug 13, 2024While Web browsers are the primary medium through which users download stuff from the Internet, there are some Linux commands that also let you do this. In this tutorial, we will discuss one such command - curl - that among other things lets you download stuff from the Web.
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How to limit CPU usage with CPULimit on Ubuntu Linux
Author: Till Brehm • Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 5 • Updated: Aug 11, 2024The cpulimit command in Linux is a powerful utility that allows users to limit the CPU usage of a specific process. This tool is particularly useful when you want to prevent a process from consuming too much CPU power, which could otherwise impact the performance of other tasks running on the system.
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Linux fmt Command - Usage and Examples
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 11, 2024Sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where-in the requirement is to format the contents of a text file. Gladly, there exists a command that can cater to at-least some of the text formatting requirements. The tool in question is dubbed fmt. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of fmt, as well as some of main features it provides.
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Linux dd Command Explained for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 5 • Updated: Aug 09, 2024The dd command is a powerful utility used for low-level data copying and conversion on Linux systems. It stands for "data duplicator" and is often employed to create exact copies of files, partitions, or entire disks, making it useful for tasks like creating backups, cloning drives, or writing disk images to physical media.
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Linux Locate Command for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 06, 2024While find is no doubt one of the most popular as well as powerful command line utilities for file searching in Linux, it not fast enough for situations where-in you need instantaneous results. If you want to search a file on your system through the command line, and speed is the top most priority, then there's another command that you can use: Locate.
