Gaining control over the Linux operating system requires mastering the terminal—and one of the foundational skills is ...

Once I knew where things were supposed to go, the system felt much more intuitive. Here are some of the commands I use to ...

Use the command ls. Use the command mkdir. The -d option creates only the top-level directory, whereas creating a parent ...

Getting started on the Linux command line might seem overwhelming at first, but the many commands you need to use will fall into place more quickly than you might imagine. If you are just getting ...

This detailed guide explains how to compare files and directories in Linux using the diff command with practical examples.

Linux filesystems like ext4 don’t immediately erase data when a file is deleted. Instead, the filesystem marks the file's ...

The UNIX Way™ is to cobble together different, single-purpose programs to get the effect you want, for instance in a Bash script that you run by typing its name into the command line.

Security researchers have discovered that certain Linux operations can completely evade conventional system call monitoring.

Here's my shortlist of Linux distributions you should avoid until you have plenty of experience under your belt.