how to use free command with its examples
The “free” command is used to displays information about the servers/hosts memory usage. Which gives details of the total memory, used memory, […]
Month: June 2014
how to use file command with its examples
This command is used to determine the “type” of a file present under system. When run the command with the file name, […]
how to use fgrep command with its examples
Examples: 1. To Interpret PATTERN as an extended regular expression $ fgrep –extended-regexp PATTERN$ fgrep -E PATTERN 2. To Interpret PATTERN as […]
fdisk command and its examples
In Linux operating systems fdisk command is used for disk partitioning. Which enables system administrator to create, delete, modify, and manage disk […]
how to use the faillog command with its examples
The faillog command is used to get the login failure iformation from the /var/log/faillog file. Which display faillog records or set login […]
know how to use who command with its examples
This command is used to show who is logged in currently on the system. It comes from “coreutils-x.x” package. This will give useful information about the currently logged in users and their login related details like time stamps etc. Every system administrator or Linux enthusiast should know about this command and its optional switches.
how to use wc command with its examples
This command is generally used for processing the file data, in terms of length, character, bytes, line size etc. It is mostly used along with other commands to process the files and to understand their nature to take further actions accordingly.
w command line utility and its examples
This command gives informaton of curently logged in users and their respective login details. This command has few switches which can be used by a system administrator or Linux enthusiast to get the logged in user login details. It is used to show who is logged on and what they are doing. It comes from “procps-x.x.x” package.
find command with its examples
It is awesome utility provided in Linux/UNIX environment to find any files residing under the OS. We can search for any files, with almost all the attributes a file has attached to it. It comes from “findutils-x.x.x” package, we have covered almost all the find options. This command is generaly found under the path “/bin/”.
what is the chsh command with its examples
It stands for “change shell” and is used to change the login shell for any user. The default shell is the command interpreter that is used when a user logs into the system. It comes from “util-linux-ng” package.