Linux Commands

HEIF photos (those with the .HEIC file extension) can store image data more efficiently than JPG or PNG, which yields a smaller file size. But the glaring drawback is that HEIF doesn’t enjoy widespread support. If you have some HEIF photos that you need to convert to a different format, this can be done from […]

Linux gives us a variety of ways for finding files on our system. By learning the basics of the find and locate commands, we can quickly retrieve the path to any file we need. In this tutorial, we will learn how to search for a file in Linux. Using find Command The find command is

The apt command is an essential tool, created by Debian, used to manage packages in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and other derivative distributions. In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the apt command to list the installed packages in Ubuntu. Listing Installed Packages Example 1. To list installed packages with apt, execute: $

Generating files of a specific size can be useful for testing purposes. There are several different commands in Linux that can create files of certain sizes. Check out the commands and examples below to learn how. Generate file of specific size with truncate The truncate command may be the perfect tool for the job, as

Every file and directory on your Linux system has permissions assigned to it. These permissions are what determines which users are allowed to read, write to, and/or execute the file. In this tutorial, you will learn about how to change Linux file permissions with the chmod command. Changing File Permissions – Symbolic Mode There are

Let’s talk about compression. As a Linux user, you’re probably already familiar with longtime staples like gzip, bzip2, and xz. They’ve been around for a while, and most everyone has at least stumbled across them by now, if they’re not actively using them on a regular basis. As if there weren’t enough already, there’s a

In this tutorial, you will learn how to check the content of a file on Linux with various commands. cat Command Example 1. You can see all contents of a file by using the cat command. $ cat file_name Example 2. If you want to see the number of rows in a file, you can

In this tutorial, we will learn five different ways to create a new file on Ubuntu from both command line and GUI. Creating a new file with nano nano is a very minimalistic and user-friendly text editor that allows us to create new files and edit existent ones. To install this tool on Ubuntu you

Bash is the default shell on the vast majority of Linux systems. A shell is what you interact with in the command line terminal, and it interprets your commands. But there are many other shells (interpreters) available, and they all work a bit differently. In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the shell

A performance test will put load on your Linux machine and stress test components like the CPU, memory, and hard drive. The stress Linux command is an ideal utility to put load on a computer and push your hardware to its limits. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use the stress