These are called "wildcards," and they can make your life in the Linux terminal much easier. Wildcard characters, also known ...

Linux commands can provide details on files and show options for customizing file listings, but can also reach as deeply into a file system as you care to look.

On some Unix systems, lsof will list the file names: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME bash 1394 bubba 3r VREG 14,5 853 1352777 /tmp/infile ...

From code and notes to configuration files (and everything in between), I have to view the content files regularly. Here are five ways to do it.

Jack Wallen is back with another Linux 101 tip. This time around he shows you how to list files and folders from the command line.

The Linux comm command makes it easy to compare a couple text files and determine if they both contain the same lines -- whether the file contents are sorted or not.

Conclusion Mastering the split command in Linux opens up a range of possibilities for effectively handling large files. Whether you need to split files based on the number of lines or the file size, ...