The Whatis command returns a small one-line description for Linux commands. It gets this description from the command’s man-page. “whatis” searches for the argument that you pass along with it and returns the one-line description from the man-page wherever there is a match. In this tutorial we will learn how to use the whatis command
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The type command in Linux displays information regarding Linux commands. It tells you the type of a Linux command. Type of command is indicative of how the system interprets the command. Different types of command are : alias shell built-in file function keyword We can also use type command to get the location and executable
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Man pages are the authoritative source of information for specific Linux commands. However, seldom do these man pages include practical examples for the commands that might save some time for the user. Here, in this article, I give you the cheat sheet of Linux commands. Let us know in the comments which ones you already
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In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install Arch Linux. Arch Linux is one of the most lightweight, highly customizable Linux distros out there. Arch Linux has great community support and it is used by thousands of developers around the world. However, Arch Linux installation is known to be painful and time-consuming. People
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In this tutorial we will be learning how to use the ubuntu terminal efficiently. You’ll find a lot of interesting things in this tutorial that might boost your productivity while using Ubuntu. Alright let’s get right into it! First to run the terminal in ubuntu we can press Ctrl+Alt+T or you can press the Super(windows)
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In this article, we will be looking at 10 must-have Linux apps that you should be using if you are running any flavor of Linux. The choices might be subjective but all apps are useful nonetheless. List of 10 Must-Have Linux apps Let’s get right into the list of the must-have Linux applications that you
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The LEMP stack is a group of software that you can use to serve dynamic web pages written in PHP. LEMP is the combination of Linux, Nginx (pronounced as Engine-x), MySQL, and PHP. In this article, we’ll look at how to install and set up the LEMP stack on an Ubuntu/Debian machine. Since we will
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Do you feel that the default launcher of your distro isn’t what you need? If yes, you should definitely read this article on Ulauncher. If no, let me know if I changed your mind by the end of this article in the comments section. Let’s start by installing ULauncher so that you can get the
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In this post, we will be learning about the system monitor in Ubuntu Linux. System Monitor is the equivalent to task manager in Ubuntu. System monitor, well, lets you monitor the system. You can have a look at all the processes running, system memory and network usage. System monitor usually comes pre-installed with most versions
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While updating or installing packages using apt, apt-get, aptitude, or dpkg, on either Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint, you might get an error saying ‘unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock‘ or a similar error related to locks. This error is generated when the system is unable to acquire the required permissions to install or upgrade
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