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These 25 commonly used commands are ideal for newcomers who want to get started on the Linux command line.
There are plenty of commands to choose from when you want to know how hard your disks are working or identify potential slowdowns.
Looping forever is easy if you know what commands you want to run repeatedly and the conditions under which you want them to stop running.
Linux provides very useful options for viewing file attributes, such as owners and permissions, as well as file content.
Typing the same command again and again can become tiresome. Here are a number of ways you can make repeating commands – or repeating commands but with some changes – a lot easier than you might expect.
Boost your Linux command line options and simplify your work with xargs, a handy tool for a number of data manipulation tasks.
An exit code other than 0 indicates that a script or a command has failed in some way. Learn more about exit codes and the types of errors they represent in this post.
The bash history feature can save you a lot of time when repeating commands or examining commands you’ve entered previously.
The looping options provided by bash include for loops, while loops and until loops. They can help you get a lot done without too much effort.
Linux systems provide many ways to view user activity, including when they login, how long they stay logged in, and what commands they run.
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