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Linux Commands – Looping Through Directories 1. Overview There are various occasions when we might want to loop through all the directories in a given folder. For example, we may want to iterate through all the directories and run a particular command in each folder. In this tutorial, we’re going… Continue Reading loop-directories
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 wget-parallel-downloading
Linux Commands – Remove All Text After X 1. Overview There are various occasions when we might want to remove the text after a specific character or set of characters. For example, one typical scenario is when we want to remove the extension of a particular filename. In this quick… Continue Reading remove-text-after-x-in-file
A Guide to Yum and Apt 1. Overview Package Managers are a great feature of every Linux system. They allow us to easily handle the installation, removal, and inspection of software packages. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to use two among the most famous ones: YUM and APT. 2.… Continue Reading yum-and-apt
Guide to Unix Swap 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll introduce the Unix swap space, its advantages, and a few simple commands to manage it. 2. The Unix Swap Space Swap or paging space is basically a portion of the hard disk that the operating system can use as an… Continue Reading swap-space
Find Files That Have Been Modified Recently in Linux 1. Introduction There are various occasions when we want to search for files that have been changed recently. For example, as a system admin, we’re responsible to maintain and configure computer systems. Sometimes, because we’re dealing with a lot of configuration… Continue Reading recently-changed-files
Copy a File to Multiple Directories on Linux 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to copy a file to multiple directories on Linux. The commands will work on any POSIX shell, including bash. 2. To A Single Directory We can use the cp command to copy files to… Continue Reading copy-file-to-multiple-directories
Linux Commands – Find Broken Symlinks 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll see how to find broken symlinks using the find command in different forms. 2. Symlinks Symlinks, symbolic links, or even soft links are files that point to other links, files, directories, and resources. They are similar to shortcuts… Continue Reading find-broken-symlinks
Append Lines to a File in Linux 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’re going to explore several ways to append one or more lines to a file in Linux using Bash commands. First, we’ll examine the most common commands like echo, printf, and cat. Second, we’ll take a look at… Continue Reading file-append-lines
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 split-files
