In Linux, the basename command prints the last element of a file path. This is especially useful in bash scripts where the file name needs to be extracted from a long file line. The “basename” takes a filename and prints the filename’s last portion. It can also delete any following suffix if needed. Let’s use […]

The banner program displays ASCII character strings in the large letter on the standard output in Linux distributions. It becomes interesting when someone logs in via terminal and sees a beautiful string of letters. Install Banner: Run the mentioned apt command to install “banner” in the Linux system: $ sudo apt install sysvbanner To get […]

In the Linux Operating System, some users wish to install applications to check how much is used, and free RAM is available. The installation of those applications might take a large memory size. Linux provides a “free” built-in command utility. It is a useful command that provides detailed information about the total amount of used […]

In Linux and Unix-like systems, the “cal” command is a command-line utility used to print calendars on the terminal. “Cal” is an abbreviated form of Calendar. It is a pretty simple command and doesn’t contain many options. There are few options to display year, month, or date on the console. How to Install Cal Utility […]

In Linux operating system, the terminal is a powerful tool for Linux users to work on. Linux is all about work for the folks, and there is no fun to use it; you’ll get surprised to see tons of funny commands pronounced as terminal-based games and ASCII games. One of the Linux funny commands is […]

In a Linux system, we often do mistakes while typing commands in the terminal. Learning from those mistakes and getting entertained by them could be good art. Steam Locomotive is a utility containing 295 lines of code in the C language. It shows you what kind of mistakes people do while using the ls command […]

In Unix-like systems, the “nproc” command is a tool that is used to count the number of available processing units available to the current processes. It also counts the total number of installed processing units present in a system. This command is helpful when the CPU is overloaded with various kinds of processes, and you […]

It is difficult for a new Linux user to monitor users or groups’ names with their Ids/Gids. In Linux distributions, an id is a command-line tool that is used to display the real and effective user’s Id and group’s Ids. The real id is the one that owns the system; it points towards you if […]

The pwd is a helpful command for Linux users who are inexperienced and might get lost in the middle of directories. The pwd is an abbreviated form of “Print Working Directory,” or we can call the Current Work Directory. It displays the name of the current directory with the root path. It is the most […]

The best way to display the running process in a system is to display them as a tree hierarchy. In a Linux system, “pstree” helps visualize processes hierarchy which is a less complex way to display running processes. The “pstree” command is one of the Linux commands that merge branches through square brackets and display […]