Names or labels are useful as they allow us to identify one thing or one person from another. Even a person’s name, which might not be globally unique, contains a set of characters that allow a person to become distinguished from another person. Similarly, computers support labels or names that help give them a unique […]

You may have come across the saying, “Everything is a file in Linux.” Although this is not entirely true, it does hold a set of truths to it. In Linux and Unix-like systems, everything is like a file. That means the resources in the Unix system get assigned a file descriptor, including storage devices, network […]

We all love SSH! It is a powerful tool that we use to interact with remote machines and perform heavy tasks at the comfort of our local terminal. Due to the comfort and control that SSH gives us, we try to implement methods such as Password-less logins using SSH keys and two-factor authentications. However, despite […]

Htop is one of the greatest task managers for Linux systems. Okay, I am a little biased as I have actively contributed to its code. However, I think we can agree that htop is a great tool for monitoring and understanding what is going on in our Linux system. If you are not familiar with […]

When working with graphical desktop environments, we rarely worry about background processes. If we have a process running in the foreground, we can quickly spawn another terminal window and continue with our work. However, if you are in a raw terminal shell such as SSH, you will often feel concerned about processes that occupy and […]

Secure copy or SCP is a command-line utility that allows users to transfer files and directories securely from one machine to another over SSH protocol. SCP is handy as it is easy to use. Some of the features of using SCP to transfer files over remote hosts include: File and directory transfer gets implemented over […]