Sandra Henry-Stocker
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Back Creek, VA, United States
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Tailoring your Linux command prompt
Here's how to change your Linux command prompt to something you might like better. → Read More
Joining lines of text on Linux
There are a number of commands on Linux that can help you turn a series of lines of text into a single line. This article explains two of them and provides some scripts to make the job even easier. → Read More
Creating and removing directory structures on Linux
A few clever Linux commands can make it a lot easier to create, view and remove complex directory structures. → Read More
Using the zip and zipcloak commands on Linux
The highly compatible zip, unzip and zipcloak commands on Linux can help you create encrypted zip files and extract their contents as needed. → Read More
Ways to look at logged in users on Linux
Linux provides a lot of useful commands for looking at users, their activity and their impact on the system. → Read More
Looking at user login time with the ac command
The ac command can provide very useful summaries of how much time users spend logged into a Linux system. It gets its data from the wtmp file. → Read More
Finding and fixing typos on Linux
The Linux aspell and enchant tools can both ID typos in text files and suggest replacements. → Read More
Using Wikipedia from the Linux command line
A tool called wikit provides an easy way to get information from Wikipedia without leaving the Linux command line. → Read More
Using functions in bash to selectively run a group of Linux commands
Bash functions can group related commands in Linux and run them as frequently or infrequently as needed. They can also make scripts more readable by organizing commands by the roles they play. → Read More
Using bash options to change the behavior of scripts
Here are some of the more popular bash options to control how scripts work on Linux and how to list the available options, including seeing which ones are turned on. → Read More
Using 'break' and 'continue' to exit loops in bash
As nice as looping in Linux scripts can be, you might just want to interrupt it sometimes, and the break and continue commands can do this. → Read More
How to copy files to multiple locations on Linux
You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts. → Read More
Checking exit codes in bash
No matter what command you run when using bash, an exit code is returned and the code can tell you if your command was successful or you ran into a problem. Exit codes and error messages are related, but you have to ask to see an exit code while errors are going to be displayed whether you want to see them or not. → Read More
24 ways to check the status of files using if commands on Linux
The Linux if command can help find types, permissions, and content of files, among many other things. → Read More
How to find files on Linux and make it easy to find them again
The cd command is easy to use, but adding a couple tricks to your toolbox can make moving around, finding, and remembering the locations of files and directories simpler. → Read More
The simplicity and complexity of using quotes on Linux
Using single and double quotes on Linux is easy if you know a few essential rules. → Read More
Using the watch command on Linux
The watch command allows you to rerun commands in a loop until you stop it or run into a condition that stops the looping for you. It can be very useful when you're waiting for something to change before you can move on to the next task. → Read More
Using the yes command to automate responses
The Linux yes command allows you to automate responses to scripts and commands, but how it responds is up to you. → Read More
Repeating commands on Linux with or without changes
There are a lot of ways on Linux to make repeating commands easier than retyping them, and here's a nice collection of them. → Read More
The Linux fold command breaks up text, drives loops
The Linux fold command can break long lines of text into pieces, but it can also be used to create arguments for looping in scripts. → Read More