The Linux command line tool grep is your first step in learning regular expressions, or at least allowing you practice. It is a powerful tool that is as easy as -A -B and -C to use;…
Another really useful utility from the Linux command line arsenal is cut. With this we are able to extract data by using the: field -f character -c byte -b Most useful will be the -f option…
In this video we look at and explain the options for installing openSUSE 11.4. The machine we install now will be the base machine in the future tutorials. The video is about 20 minutes in…
If you too, still haven't found what you are looking for then perhaps you need to brush up on your Linux command line skills and review the options for find. That's enough of the gags…
The tail command is one I am sure many people use every day in Linux, both sysadmins and users, but I do believe there are options that are often overlooked. This holds true with many commands and…
Another commonly used command in Linux is mkdir. I often find that people are surprised that the -m option is there and do not know you can create the directory and set the permissions in…