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; we will see the switches later that put context to our searches and are often overlooked. First we confirm that the use […]
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cut — Video Man Page
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 to display one or more fields, this would be combined with the -d switch to designate the field separator. To […]
4.1 Choosing an Operating System
Why should I use Windows, OSX or Linux ? What do they offer , why choose one over another. These are the questions that you will always be faced with and there is no one real answer. Also in this LPI Linux Essentials Objectives, we look at different Linux distributions and supported versions over unsupported […]
Installing openSUSE 11.4
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 length but these are designed with learning in mind for the newbie. Using openSUSE 11.4 has been my choice, although […]
find — Video Man Page
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 so let’s get straight into it and look at what we can use find for: find -type f The Linux […]
tail — Video Man Page
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 options. That said, the road less trodden, is usually less trodden for a reason. On occasion however, we come across options that are […]