The grep command is a powerful tool for searching for files or information. Learn some strategies for using it effectively. Windows search is not without certain charms, but when I need to find files ...

One of the best things about Linux is that it offers several ways of handling every task. Everything you do in Linux will have an alternative method, from the simplest to the most complex. But don't ...

Ever wondered what the Linux ip command might be able to do for you? Maybe you're just getting into Linux terminal work or network management. Let me walk you through some basic examples of the ip ...

grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines that match a regular expression. Created in the early days of Unix, it has become a cornerstone of text processing in Linux ...

As a relatively isolated junior sysadmin, I remember seeing answers on Experts Exchange and later Stack Exchange that baffled me. Authors and commenters might chain 10 commands together with pipes and ...

You may find yourself in a situation where you remember the content of a file but not its name. Linux offers various commands to help you find files based on specific text strings within them. By ...

Wow. It’s amazing we ever made it out of the 20th century. It’s like reading about farmers who would plow by hand. I remember the epiphany (long time ago) of discovering how awk solved my problem of ...