Let’s look at the various ways to create and rename directories in Linux. In Linux, files are organized in the form of directories and subdirectories. The root directory (“/”) is at the base of the file system. There can be directories within directories, these are called sub-directories. It is important to know how to create and …
In Linux, the user has the free will of stopping, starting or restarting network services. These operations can be done using a single line command provided the user is a regular customer of our Linux friendly website. In this article, we learn various ways of restarting our network connections using the command line. Restart Networking …
When working on Linux, knowing how to create files from the terminal could come in handy. There are multiple ways to create a file in Linux. Let’s go over these one by one. How can you create a file in Linux? Many commands apart from the touch command also serve a secondary purpose of being …
You need to know what services are running on your system. And today, we’ll talk about how you can list all services in Ubuntu. Services are the background applications that are available for the proper functioning of a Linux system. Whenever the system requires a specific service, it enables it. In Ubuntu, systemd is responsible …
When you have a lot of files to manage, it makes sense to maintain a good naming convention. So how can you rename multiple files in Linux? Let’s look at the different ways to bulk rename files using the command line and graphical tools. Rename Multiple Files in Linux with Command Line There are multiple …
There can be multiple users on a Linux system. If you want to list all users in Ubuntu, the information is present in the /etc/passwd file. This file stores the list of users on the system along with important information regarding these users. /etc/passwd file is used at the time of login. We can obtain …
Today, we’ll go over the steps to add a user to a group in Linux. In Linux users can belong to one or many groups. These groups make it easy to give permissions to a collection of users in one go. Furthermore, users can be added to groups, removed from groups, we can create new …
This article covers the exact steps that you’d need to install notepad++ in Linux. Notepad++ is an open-source programming utility initially launched for Windows Operating System. The rise of popularity for this code editor brought its onset to other operating systems. Before installing Notepad++, there are certain things any Linux user should know: Wine – …
This article is a brief overview of what Sudo nopasswd is and how to run commands on Linux as a sudo user without having to enter your password every time. Sudo (superuser do) command in Linux lets a user run a command as the root by entering your password . However, if you are the …
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This tutorial will briefly cover the exact steps to install docker on Debian. Docker is a service that runs software in virtually isolated containers. Containers are a standardized unit of software that allows developers to isolate their apps from their environment. This increases the portability of the code and reduces the challenges developers face while …
