How To Benchmark Linux Commands And Programs From Commandline
A while ago, I have written a guide about the alternatives to ‘top’, the command line utility. Some of the users asked me which one among those tools is best and on what basis (like...
Category: Command line utilities
McFly – A Replacement To ‘Ctrl+R’ Bash History Search Feature
If you spend a lot of time on CLI mode, you should definitely used or heard about reverse search function in BASH. The keyboard shortcut to do reverse search in Bash is Ctrl+r. Using bash...
Some Alternatives To ‘top’ Command line Utility You Might Want To Know
Every now and then, I see a lot of open source programs, tools, and utilities are being added to GitHub and GitLab by developers across the world. Some of those programs are new and some...
The Top Command Tutorial With Examples For Beginners
As a Linux administrator, you may need to need to know some basic details of your Linux system, such as the currently running processes, average system load, cpu and memory usage etc., at some point....
6 Methods To Rename Multiple Files At Once In Linux
As you may already know, we use mv command to rename or move files and directories in Unix-like operating systems. But, the mv command won’t support renaming multiple files at once. It can rename only...
The Difference Between more, less And most Commands
If you’re a newbie Linux user, you might be confused with these three command like utilities, namely more, less and most. No problem! In this brief guide, I will explain the differences between these three...
How To Find The Execution Time Of A Command Or Process In Linux
You probably know the start time of a command/process and how long a process is running in Unix-like systems. But, how do you know when did the command or process end and/or what is the...
Some Good Alternatives To ‘du’ Command
As you may already know, the “du” command is used to compute and summarize the file and directory space usage in Unix-like systems. If you are a heavy user of du command, you will find...
How To Analyze And Explore The Contents Of Docker Images
As you may already know, a Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone, executable package of software that has everything required to run an application. That’s why container images are often used by developers for...
DF-SHOW – A Terminal File Manager Based On An Old DOS Application
If you have worked on good-old MS-DOS, you might have used or at least heard about DF-EDIT. The DF-EDIT, stands for Directory File Editor, is a DOS file manager, originally written by Larry Kroeker for...
