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The diff, comm, cmp, and colordiff commands are among the many ways to compare text files on a Linux system.
The awk, cut, grep, expr, sed and xargs commands provide many useful options for manipulating text.
After 30 years managing Linux servers, I've found these practices helped me stay focused and effective.
There are a number of spelling assistants you can use on Linux systems, including aspell, enchant-2, look, and grep. Some commands will need to be installed on your system.
Exiting a script and logging out are very different, but sometimes you may need to log out of your Linux system from within a script. Here's how to do it.
Want to do a quick performance check on your Linux system? You might want to take a look at the dstat command.
In this Linux tip, we’re going to look at a command that allows you see how many days have passed since the beginning of the Linux epoch – Jan 1, 1970. To begin, we use the command below to display the number of seconds since the epoch began on J...
There are many ways to clean up or remove files, including using commands such as rm (remove), rmdir (remove directory), shred, and unlink.
Linux has a lot of options for displaying dates and times, even for past and future dates. This post explains many of these options and provides examples of what you can expect to see.
Some of the most convenient ‘tricks’ on Linux depend on the use of a handful of special characters. This post looks at a number of command operators on Linux and shows how they work.