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 ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Make searching for files easier with these GUI tools.Each of these apps will work on most distributions ...

File counting in a directory is a common task that many users might need to perform. It could be for administrative purposes, understanding disk usage, or organizing files in a systematic manner.

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 ...

Have you ever used Secure Shell to access a remote machine, only to find yourself needing to download a file from a remote location? What do you do? Since you only have terminal window access to that ...

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. The comm command on Linux systems ...