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The chmod command modifies the permissions of a file or directory on a Linux system. The three numbers after the chmod command represent the permissions assigned to user owner, group owner and others. The numbers 755 assign read-write-execute permissions to the user ower and read-execute permissions to group owner and others. In this article I … Read more
Do you want to download files via the command line on a Linux system? With cURL you can do that. I will show you how to download files with curl, but let’s start from the basics first. More generally, you can use curl to transfer data from or to a server. It supports a long … Read more
Copying files between Linux systems is very common. In this article you will learn how to copy files in a secure way using the SCP command on Linux (and Unix-like systems). What is the SCP Linux command? The protocol used for copying files between computers is SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) that is based on the … Read more
Have you ever heard about the concept of symbolic link in Linux? You might have heard the word symlink instead…they are the same thing. What is a symbolic link? A symbolic link in Linux (or Unix-like operating systems) is a shortcut to a file or directory. You can use it to simplify the way you … Read more
Knowing how to count the lines of a file or from the output of a command is a must in Linux. How to count the lines in a file with Linux? Linux provides the wc command that allows to count lines, words and bytes in a file or from the standard input. It can be … Read more
You are using your Linux machine, you remember that somewhere you have some files you need…but how can you find your files using the Linux terminal? The Linux find command is the most common command used to find files using the Linux command line. It allows to find files anywhere on the filesystem and it … Read more
I have been asked to write an article that explains the tar command in Linux using simple terms. And I totally understand why… The tar command is definitely not one of the easiest Linux commands to learn and all these flags can be quite confusing! The Linux tar command is used to create .tar, .tar.gz, … Read more
How can you delete a directory in Linux using the terminal? Which command allows you to delete a directory? Using the rm or rmdir commands you can remove a directory on Linux systems. The rmdir command can be used to delete an empty directory. If the Linux directory contains files or subdirectories then the right command … Read more