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The chvt command is an essential Linux built-in utility to help you switch between different TTY screens (or virtual consoles) from the command line interface.
Beginners Guide for Env Command on Linux
The env command is an advanced version of printenv with a few more features to tweak your environment variables, like setting new environment variables, printing all environment variables, or executing a command in a modified environment.
What is Restricted Bash Shell (or rbash) on Linux
The restricted bash shell (or rbash) is a Linux shell that blocks certain features of the bash shell for both commands and shell scripts executed inside the restricted shell.
Beginners Guide for Whatis Command on Linux
The whatis command is used to fetch a one-line description of the specified command or tool from the manual pages in your Linux system.
What is Chroot Jail and its Usecase on Linux
The chroot jail is a process of creating a sandbox environment for a user or script with restricted permissions assigned by the jail creator that can come into use for various reasons, followed by
Beginners Guide for AWK Command on Linux
AWK is a domain-specific programming language that can be used as a Linux command-line tool or within a shell script.
Beginners Guide for Stat Command on Linux
In this article, you learn how to use the stat command to check the properties of a referenced file, including file system related information.
Beginners Guide for Readlink Command on Linux
In this article, you will learn how to follow the deeply nested soft link (or symbolic link) inside the tree using the readlink command.
Beginners Guide for Logname Command on Linux
In this article, you will learn the difference between the logname and whoami commands, the usage of the logname command, and how to use it in shell scripts.
Beginners Guide for Gpasswd Command on Linux
The gpasswd command is used to administer “/etc/group” and “/etc/gshadow” file by allowing you to manage group members in your Linux system.
Beginners Guide for Printenv Command on Linux
The printenv command is an alternative to the env command used to fetch the value of a specified variable name (key) used as an argument.
Beginners Guide for Getent Command on Linux
The getent command is used to fetch entries from the administrative text files like passwd, group, hosts, services, etc., also known as databases.
Beginners Guide for Eval Command on Linux
The eval command is used to execute specified arguments as a single command in the current command-line processing and return its result.
What is Bash Shell on Linux?
Bash, an acronym for “Bourne-Again SHell“, is a superset of the shell (or sh) program written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a replacement for the traditional Bourne Shell (or sh).
What is 'init' Process and Command on Linux?
In this article, you will learn about the short description of the init process, the runlevels of init, and the init command in a Linux system.
Beginners Guide for Realpath Command on Linux
In this article, you learn how to print the absolute path of a symbolic link, file, or directory using the realpath command on Linux.
Beginners Guide for File Command on Linux
The file command on Linux is used to determine the MIME encoding (e.g. ‘image/jpeg; charset=binary’) or file type (e.g. ‘ASCII text’) for the target file.
Beginners Guide for Pstree Command on Linux
In this article, you will learn how to use the pstree command and how to use the different available options with it (with practical examples).
Beginners Guide for Uname Command on Linux
In this article, you will learn how to use the uname command and its options to print kernel, hardware, and operating system information.
How to Switch to Root or Normal User Account on Linux
A root or normal user can easily switch to another user account using the su command if they know their current or another user's password.