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The “df” is a standard command in Linux, and Unix-like systems termed “Disk Filesystem.” It is used to display consumed and available disk space for the specific file system. Whenever you run this Linux command-line utility, it displays…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…