Many Linux commands like cp, mv, rm, and others that perform progressive tasks lack a built-in mechanism or option to display a progress bar. However, a verbose mode is present that can show the detailed insight of each action, but a progress indicator would have
At one point, you may have come across a template, configuration, or initialization file containing bash variables as placeholders that you’ll need to fill in before actual usage. To fill those variables, you can either use the globally set environment variables, such as “$HOME“, “$USER“,
Inotifywait is a Linux command-line utility that assists system administrators in monitoring events such as opening, modifying, reading, closing, moving, or deleting on files or directories. It can seamlessly integrate with other tools or be used within a shell script. So, if you want to
LXD (pronounced lex-dee) is a lightweight container manager that allows you to run Linux containers (LXC), a type of container similar to VMware that maintains its state even after a system reboot and uses the host system kernel. The LXC container creation process is similar
killport is a CLI tool that provides a simple solution to stop processes by their port number, thereby resolving the problem of users struggling to identify the processes behind an open port. This way, you don’t have to follow the traditional method of finding the
Once you have completed your assignment on a big software project (with or without a team), have you ever thought about how much code in different programming languages has been used in the project? If the project is hosted on GitHub, you might catch a
Linux is popular for many reasons, one of which is its open-source nature and wide range of command availability. I’m very fond of its command-line usage instead of GUI, but sometimes, using different commands and remembering the options they have becomes quite troubling for me,
I assume you are aware of jq (a JSON processor to parse and manipulate JSON data right from your command line), and recently we have also written an article on jaq (a superset of jq with additional features and improved performance), but today we bring
I’ve used a variety of terminal multiplexers, such as Tmux for CLI and Terminator, Wrap, Wave, and Tilix for GUI. Each of them has a unique flavor to offer, but to be honest, none of them have fully satisfied me, not at least after knowing
The bat is a modern command-line program written in the Rust programming language, and I can confidently say it’s a great drop-in replacement for our beloved cat command. If you’re wondering why I’m hyping this so much and what it has to offer you that
Atuin is a steroid for your traditional shell history, using SQLite as a database to record each user-issued command along with additional context like exit status, hostname, session, cwd, etc. It also offers a free public server or the option to self-host to sync your
The default “command –help” section and “man command” page are quite overwhelming and confusing for beginners and also for professionals when they encounter a totally new command. In such scenarios, the person usually looks for a dedicated article on that particular command-line tool on the
