Terminal

Introduction to Terminal CLI

Introduction to Terminal

I’m an Ubuntu user for a long time now. I switched to Linux from Windows and didn’t have a clue about the terminal and how to use it. Since I could do almost everything by pointing and clicking, I did not find the CLI very attractive at first. But, through the years, I’ve grown to […]

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Terminal Tip #1 – Aliases

This is my first Ubuntut, and for it I’d like to start off with a productivity tip. We’re going to create a bunch of aliases (shortcuts) for commands we use often. The first step is to open up your user’s .bashrc file, conveniently located in your home directory with all the other configuration files. The

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That’s Awksome!

Have you ever been doing something on the terminal and realise that most of the information thats being reported is useless to you? Ever thought, “Hey it would be really cool if it would only show me ‘just that bit’”? Awk could be the answer. Awk is a DSL or Domain Specific Language aimed at

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