Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...

Much to the chagrin of those who would like to malign the Linux operating system, it's actually quite easy to use. Thanks to modern GUI desktop environments and applications, anyone can jump into the ...

The .history file in Linux – whether ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history or ~/.history – provides ways to track and reuse commands that you have recently run. This post suggests how you might make good ...

I've been using Linux for what seems like forever. Over the years, I've noticed that I use the command line less and less, because the GUIs have just gotten so much better. Even still, there are ...

There are a lot of ways on Linux to make repeating commands easier than retyping them, and here's a nice collection of them. Life on the command line on Linux is clearly something most of us enjoy, ...