I was surprised by which Linux commands I stopped using.

Older commands can still be faster—and more flexible, powerful, and accessible too!

Linux offers many classic commands, but some are already outdated, insecure, or are now inefficient. We show you which commands you can leave behind and which you can switch to instead. Linux is ...

This command will create multiple split files, each containing 4 lines . Verbose Mode and Customizing Suffix When using the split command, you can enable the verbose mode to receive a diagnostic ...

Rerunning a previously entered command by typing !! is clearly the easiest way to repeat that command. You don’t have to type anything additional if you want to run the same command again. Here are a ...

One of my favorite utilities on the Linux command-line, and block storage is one of my favorite features on Linode's platform, so in this article I get to combine both of these together - because what ...

The wget command is my go-to for downloading remote files to a local machine when a GUI isn’t available. There are two reasons I tend to default to wget: It’s the first command I learned to use for ...

If you're just now starting your journey with Linux, these are the commands you need to know to manage users. Linux is a multi-user operating system. What does that mean? Like all good operating ...