This morning, I received a message from a friend who was reading a hack log, and she had some questions about the commands used. This got me thinking, as Linux has a ton of commands and some can be ...

The cheat command, available for installation on many Linux systems, provides an easy way to make cheat sheets available for hundreds of commands. The term “cheat sheet” has long been used to refer to ...

Turn confusion into clarity ...

It's a must-have tool for terminal-heavy tasks ...

Commands that provide help are essential. Here's a look at some of the help you can get from the Linux system itself. Even after you’ve used Linux for a while, you will still find yourself needing ...

As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...