more and more
Splitting Files in Unix Systems 1. Introduction In this short tutorial, we’ll take a look at a few different ways we can split files in Unix systems. All of these commands were tested in Bash, but are platform-independent. 2. Using split One of the most common ways of splitting files… Continue Reading linux-split-files
Setting Permissions with chown and chmod 1. Overview The Linux operating system is a multi-user operating system. It has a security system in place that controls which users and groups have access to the files and directories in the system. In this short tutorial, we’re going to have a look… Continue Reading linux-chown-chmod-permissions
Guide to Linux jq Command for JSON processing 1. Overview JSON is a widely used structured data format typically used in most modern APIs and data services. It’s particularly popular in web applications due to its lightweight nature and compatibility with Javascript. Unfortunately, shells such as Bash can’t interpret and… Continue Reading linux-jq-command-json
Linux Commands – Parallel Downloading with wget 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll use a simple tool wget to download multiple files in parallel. The commands used in this article were tested in bash, but should work in other POSIX compliant shells as well. 2. Downloading Files with wget Downloading files… Continue Reading linux-wget-parallel-downloading
Creating Symbolic and Hard Links with Linux Commands 1. Overview On a Linux machine, we can create links to an existing file. A link in Unix can be thought of as a pointer or a reference to a file. In other words, they’re more of a shortcut to access a… Continue Reading linux-symbolic-and-hard-links
Common Linux Text Search 1. Overview Searching text is a very common operation in Linux. For example, we want to find the files that contain specific text, or we want to find the lines within a file that contains specific text. In this tutorial, we’ll go through some examples together… Continue Reading linux-common-text-search
Guide to Stream Redirections in Linux 1. Introduction Whenever we work on the Linux command line, we often have to pass data from one command to another, like feeding a list of find results into a grep. This is where streams come into play. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at what… Continue Reading linux-stream-redirections
Linux Commands Comparison: curl vs wget 1. Overview We may wish to send HTTP requests without using a web browser or other interactive app. For this, Linux provides us with two commands: curl and wget. Both commands are quite helpful as they provide a mechanism for non-interactive download and upload… Continue Reading linux-curl-wget
Pipes and Redirection in Linux 1. Introduction Most shells offer the ability to alter the way that application input and output flows. This can direct output away from the terminal and into files or other applications, or otherwise reading input from files instead of the terminal. 2. Standard Input and… Continue Reading linux-pipes-redirection
Guide to the Linux find Command 1. Introduction The Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find(Unix)[find]_ command can be used to find files and directories on a disk. It provides several command-line options that make it a powerful tool. In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to use the find command. 2. Syntax Let’s quickly… Continue Reading linux-find-command
