I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same ...

The 32-bit versions of Windows were shipped with MS-DOS Editor. Currently, there is no built-in CLI text editor in 64-bit Windows OS. This made Microsoft develop an Edit text editor for 64-bit Windows ...

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Linux provides quite a few commands that let you do math on the command line. Which is best depends on the kind of math that you’re doing and the precision that you’re expecting. This post covers five ...

In an ideal world, you'd lead a long and happy life only ever shutting down and restarting your PC via the Start menu. Click the power icon, choose your option, and you're done. However, life doesn't ...

Linux discriminates between 'normal' executables and those used for system maintenance and/or administrative tasks. The latter reside either here or - the less important ones - in /usr/sbin. Locally ...

The cut command in Linux is a powerful text-processing utility used to extract specific sections from each line of a file or from piped input. It does not alter the original file but simply reads the ...

Claim your complimentary copy (valued at $35.99) for free before the offer expires on April 9. Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this hands-on guide. If you’re comfortable using the ...

I’ve always believed that computers should work for us, not the other way around. This was until I found myself spending countless hours on mindless tasks. This was until I started using artificial ...

If you spend a lot of time at the command line, you probably have either a very basic prompt or a complex, information-dense prompt. If you are in the former camp, or you just want to improve your ...