This article will cover a guide on installing and using Ksnip image and screenshot annotation utility available for Linux. Developed in C++ and Qt, this application can be used as a replacement for another similar Linux app called “Shutter”, whose development picked up again after a long time. In fact, it has some useful features […]

Sometimes we need to remove the content of a file without deleting the file; for that Linux operating system offers a command called “truncate”. It is used to extend or reduce the file size. Truncating a file is much quicker and simpler without modifying the permissions and ownership of the file. The truncated size depends […]

In Linux operating system, some processes run continuously, and to kill them after a certain amount of time a command-line utility called “timeout” is used. The “timeout” allows the user to execute a command and then terminate it after a set time has passed. In other words, “timeout” makes it easier to run a command […]

This tutorial shows how to map a mouse button in Linux both from the command line and the GUI. Map a Mouse Button in Linux from the Command Line: To map your mouse from the command line you need xinput, a command line utility to configure and test X input devices. Xinput allows you to […]

This tutorial explains how to find last modified files in Linux using different commands and according to custom needs. After reading this tutorial you’ll know how to execute the following tasks: How to find files modified in a specific day range How to find last modified specific file type (e.g mp4, png) Finding files modified […]

This tutorial explains how to cut and crop videos from the command line using ffmpeg. FFmpeg is a multiplatform, open-source suite of tools and libraries to edit multimedia and streams from the command line. It supports encoding and decoding most multimedia formats, including uncommon files. After reading this tutorial which includes procedure and video screenshots, […]

Sometimes a well-designed system may not perform well due to some hardware issues. Among many issues, overheating is one of the primary issues that can cause a system to run slowly. Therefore, monitoring the temperature of the hardware can assist you to avoid damage to your system. So, here’s a tool to help you to […]

SSH is a popular and effective way to connect to remote Linux machines in the command line. In most Linux distributions, SSH functionality is available from OpenSSH utilities. In this tutorial, we will take a look at the SSH configuration administered by the sshd_config file. Modifying the sshd_config file permits us to modify how SSH […]

Linux comes with many pre-installed tools. The wc command is one of them. The term “wc” is an abbreviation of “word count”. As the name suggests, the wc command is for counting various values of a file. These counts can come in handy in various situations. In this guide, check out using the wc command […]