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The od command in Linux converts displays the contents of a file in different formats. Octal is the default format, however, it is not the only format under od command. What is the od command in Linux? od is short for Octal Dump and developers use this command to debug scripts in Linux. The main […]

This article demonstrates the various ways to find the Linux version of your system. Linux version can either mean the kernel version that runs the entire system or the version of the Linux distribution currently using. If you wish to find out the Linux kernel version, then head here, otherwise proceed with this article. The

This article coves multiple ways to perform a Linux system restart. We’ll be going over the steps to restart a Linux system from the terminal and also see a Python and C++ implementation of the same. The terminal is one of the most useful aspects of Linux as an operating system. From disconnecting networks to

It is nearly impossible to use Linux without knowing about the cd command. It is one of the first commands a person learns when they start working on Linux. The cd command lets us change directories. cd is short for ‘Change Directory‘. Linux file system consists of directories and subdirectories (directories within directories). A directory

In this article, we’ll discuss about how we can open a bin file in Linux. Before we get into the topic, let’s go over a quick brief about what a bin file actually is. What is a bin file? A .bin file is a self-extracting binary file for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Bin files

The pwd command in Linux prints the complete path of the current working directory. PWD is short for Print Working Directory. It comes in handy to check the directory you are currently operating from. The command to change directories is cd. Basics of the pwd command Using pwd command is really easy. Type in the

As the name suggests, the locate command in Linux is used to find files in the system by their names. This command is more efficient than the prominent find command that serves the same purpose. The reason for this efficacy is that the locate command uses a database instead of traversing through the entire file

This article talks about the nice command in Linux. In Linux, each process has a nice value granted to it. This value influences the scheduling of processes and thereby determining the amount of CPU to spent on each one of them. “The more the nice value, the less the supposed priority”. This ultimately means that

Every new Linux-user stumbles upon the question – How to remove a directory in Linux using the command line? This question is followed up by questions like what about a non-empty directory, or can the directories be regained? Different Ways to Remove a Directory in Linux This article will answer any such question in detail

In this tutorial we will be learning various ways to count files in a directory. One of the most annoying features of using a computer system is managing space on the system. With the presence of numerous directories, navigation through each of them is time-consuming. This menial task of counting files in a specific directory