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Using the comm command to compare files or directories on Linux

The Linux comm command makes it easy to compare a couple text files and determine if they both contain the same lines -- whether the file contents are sorted or not.

Sep 11, 2023 5 mins

Operating Systems

Incrementing and decrementing numeric variables in bash

There are quite a few ways to increment and decrement numeric variables in bash. This post examines the many ways you can do this.

Sep 5, 2023 4 mins

Operating Systems

OpenELA group pushes for bug compatibility with RHEL

The world of enterprise Linux developers has been roiled of late by a dispute between Red Hat and several companies that sell support for similar distributions.

Aug 24, 2023 4 mins

Open Source Operating Systems Red Hat

Navigating your way around the Linux file system

With a handful of commands and a trick or two, you can move around the Linux file system with ease and never get lost.

Aug 21, 2023 5 mins

Operating Systems

There’s more to more than meets the eye

The more command on Linux may have a lot more options than you know and use.

Aug 18, 2023 4 mins

Operating Systems

Hiding from history on Linux

The history command on Linux can be used to display and rerun commands that you've used, and it can also help you hide commands that you don't want remembered.

Aug 14, 2023 5 mins

Operating Systems

Red Hat rivals form Open Enterprise Linux Association

Oracle, SUSE and CIQ will form the Open Enterprise Linux Association, in response to changes at Red Hat that have upset the enterprise Linux ecosystem.

Aug 11, 2023 3 mins

Open Source Operating Systems

IBM set to deliver mainframe AI services, support

IBM z/OS mainframe operating system gets AI, cloud infusion with software coming Sept. 29.

Aug 11, 2023 5 mins

Generative AI Operating Systems Server Virtualization

Pipes and more pipes on Linux

Linux systems support pipes that enable passing output from one command to another, but they also support 'named pipes,' which are quite different.

Aug 9, 2023 5 mins

Operating Systems

Moving tasks from foreground to background and back again

Moving a command or script that you're running on the command line to the background so that you can start another job and managing backgrounded processes requires only a handful of commands.

Aug 2, 2023 4 mins

Operating Systems