Why bother with complicated regular expressions when you can point and click your way to finding the files and folders you need?

The find command is one of the strangest Linux programs you’ll use. It’s essential enough to be omnipresent, yet obscure enough to be nobody’s favorite. Alternatives like fd exist, but find is a ...

To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and ...

What are these weird directories, and why are they there? If you are new to the Linux command line, you may find yourself wondering why there are so many unusual directories, what they are there for, ...