From displaying file contents to combining files and performing advanced text processing, the cat command empowers you to accomplish various tasks efficiently. By mastering the cat command, you unlock ...

The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

Learn how to manage file permissions, view commands, access system details, compare files, and display running commands.

The Linux find command makes it easy to find files on your system – even if you don’t remember their names or exactly when you last updated them. Some of the options are a bit more challenging ...

Open the Debian terminal on your Windows machine and type or paste in this command: cat /etc/os-release. It will print ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to locate files on the Linux directory hierarchy using the find command.

On Linux, you can add aliases, which can make the command line much easier. Say, for instance, you have a particular command you need to run regularly but you don't want to type it all out.

If you have a command that outputs a lot of data to the terminal, you might want to send that output to a file for easier (or later) viewing or sharing. Jack Wallen shows you how.

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files.