Linux

While working on a Linux operating system, you may need to communicate with other devices. For this, there are some basic utilities that you can make use of. These utilities can help you communicate with: networks, other Linux systems and remote users So, let us learn them one by one. SSH Ping FTP Telnet SSH…

What is a Computing Environment? The Computing environment is the Platform(Platform = Operating System+ Processor) where a user can run programs. What is a Variable? In computer science, a variable is a location for storing a value which can be a filename, text, number or any other data. It is usually referred to with its…

What are Linux Regular Expressions? Linux Regular Expressions are special characters which help search data and matching complex patterns. Regular expressions are shortened as ‘regexp’ or ‘regex’. They are used in many Linux programs like grep, bash, rename, sed, etc. Types of Regular expressions For ease of understanding let us learn the different types of…

What is a Pipe in Linux? The Pipe is a command in Linux that lets you use two or more commands such that output of one command serves as input to the next. In short, the output of each process directly as input to the next one like a pipeline. The symbol ‘|’ denotes a…

What is Redirection? Redirection is a feature in Linux such that when executing a command, you can change the standard input/output devices. The basic workflow of any Linux command is that it takes an input and give an output. The standard input (stdin) device is the keyboard. The standard output (stdout) device is the screen….

Linux is a clone of UNIX, the multi-user operating system which can be accessed by many users simultaneously. Linux can also be used in mainframes and servers without any modifications. But this raises security concerns as an unsolicited or malign user can corrupt, change or remove crucial data. For effective security, Linux divides authorization into…

File Management becomes easy if you know the right basic command in Linux. Sometimes, commands are also referred as “programs” since whenever you run a command, it’s the corresponding program code, written for the command, which is being executed. Let’s learn the must know Linux basic commands with examples: Listing files (ls) If you want…

The most frequent tasks that you perform on your PC is creating, moving or deleting Files. Let’s look at various options for File Management. To manage your files, you can either use Terminal (Command Line Interface – CLI) File manager (Graphical User Interface -GUI) Why learn Command Line Interface? Even though the world is moving…

Key Difference between Linux and Windows Linux is an open source operating system so user can change source code as per requirement whereas Windows OS is a commercial operating system so user doesn’t have access to source code. Linux is very well secure as it is easy to detect bugs and fix whereas Windows has…

Now that we know what Linux is, it is the time that to learn how we should install it on the computer and choose which Distribution we should use. Let us start by understanding what a Linux Distribution is. What is a Linux Distribution? Well, now as you know that Linux is open-source, free to…