Tag Archives: linux-command

traceroute command in Linux prints the route that a packet takes to reach the host. This command is useful when you want to know about… Read More »

file command is used to determine the type of a file. .file type may be of human-readable(e.g. ‘ASCII text’) or MIME type(e.g. ‘text/plain; charset=us-ascii’). This… Read More »

colrm command in Linux is used for editing text in source code files, script files or regular text files. This command removes selected columns from… Read More »

ssh stands for “Secure Shell”. It is a protocol used to securely connect to a remote server/system. ssh is secure in the sense that it… Read More »

egrep is a pattern searching command which belongs to the family of grep functions. It works the same way as grep -E does. It treats… Read More »

chroot command in Linux/Unix system is used to change the root directory. Every process/command in Linux/Unix like systems has a current working directory called root… Read More »

Different users in the operating system have ownership and permission to ensure that the files are secure and put restrictions on who can modify the… Read More »

bzmore command in Linux is used as a filter for CRT viewing of bzip2 compressed files, which are saved with .bz2 suffix. In simple words,… Read More »

exec command in Linux is used to execute a command from the bash itself. This command does not create a new process it just replaces… Read More »

top command is used to show the Linux processes. It provides a dynamic real-time view of the running system. Usually, this command shows the summary… Read More »

autoupdate command is used to update configure.in file in our Linux system to a newer Autoconf. Basically, it will update each TEMPLATE-FILE if given or… Read More »

ar command is used to create, modify and extract the files from the archives. An archive is a collection of other files having a particular… Read More »

gpasswd command is used to administer the /etc/group and /etc/gshadow. As every group in Linux has administrators, members, and a password. It is an inherent… Read More »

The ln command is used to create links between files. Before going into the application of the ln command in detail, please refer the below… Read More »