Commands that provide help are essential. Here's a look at some of the help you can get from the Linux system itself. Even after you’ve used Linux for a while, you will still find yourself needing ...

Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.

The command line isn't required when using Linux. To truly maximize your Linux experience, you should still learn it. Some commands are more useful than others. Before we begin, I want to be clear: ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...

Last week’s column introduced NTP, the Network Time Protocol and the concept of highly accurate timekeeping. While numerous commands exist to help system administrators maintain fairly accurate time ...

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...

Linux is constantly evolving, and with it the tools that its fans use on a daily basis. However, some of the classics such as iptables , which has been replaced by nftables , are now not only outdated ...

The command-line terminal is still one of the most popular features of Linux, even though graphical interfaces have been common in desktop computers for decades. There are a few reasons for the ...