Linux offers a couple of easy ways to record commands you type so that you can review or rerun them. Recording the commands that you run on the Linux command line can be useful for two important ...

This select set of Linux commands can help you master the command line and speed up your use of the operating system. When coming up to speed as a Linux user, it helps to have a cheat sheet that can ...

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 ...

I was surprised by which Linux commands I stopped using.

Older commands can still be faster—and more flexible, powerful, and accessible too!

For techs who master the interface, the command line provides a powerful, quick, and flexible tool for working on a computer. Learning that interface and understanding how to make it work is not only ...

I’ve been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I’ve learned that it’s OK to ...

If you use the Linux command line often, you might forget which commands you've used recently. The history command is there to give your mind a jog. History does repeat itself — at least with regards ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

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 ...

Performance management on Linux hosts is a task that takes time, knowledge of the command-line interface and a little bit of intuition. As a system administrator, you might rarely venture beyond the ...

I’m a big fan of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. One of the quotes from it that stands out in my head is, “Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.” For ...