Ed is one of the oldest line editor, having existed for almost four decades. It was introduced long before Vi or Vim, and by looking at its functionality, you can clearly say that Vi drew inspiration from ed, as they share many similarities. Before we
The “xxd” command allows to convert data from standard input or a file into hexadecimal or binary output, and it can also reverse the process, converting hex (not binary) to regular characters. Debugging, inspecting non-textual content in hexadecimal, analyzing binary file structures, transporting data in
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“,
🚀 Quick Overview In this article, you will learn how to locally access AI LLMs such as Meta Llama 3, Mistral, Gemma, Phi, etc., from your Linux terminal by using an Ollama, and then access the chat interface from your browser using the Open WebUI.
Python is undoubtedly a popular programming language, but due to its design, it lags behind in certain aspects, which leads many programmers to choose a different programming language. One aspect that Python has traditionally faced limitations in executing tasks concurrently and efficiently due to the
In Linux, “/proc” is a special virtual file system that contains valuable system-related information in different files. Such a file is “/proc/cpuinfo“, which stores detailed information about the CPU, such as vendor ID, CPU family, model name, virtualization features, caches, and many more. Since it’s
In this article, you will learn about a “lineselect” tool that allows you to interactively select single or multiple lines from stdin and output them to stdout, as shown. What is LineSelect? LineSelect is a free and open-source CLI tool that allows those working on
ShellBench is a free benchmark tool written in a shell script for POSIX shell comparison. It allows you to execute a series of commands in an infinite loop or until the timeout. This way, you can test and compare the performance of various shells like
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
Traceroute is a widely used network management command-line utility for Linux and macOS. It counts the number of hops required for the source to reach the destination, as well as the duration of each hop. It’s pretty useful when you need to troubleshoot the route
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
