You use the chmod command to set each of these permissions. To see what permissions have been set on a file or directory, we can use ls command options. We can use the -l (long format) option to have ...

The ls command is a well-known and often used command-line program that is used to list directory contents by name; in fact, it could be argued that it is the most used Linux command-line program. $ ...

Linux commands can provide details on files and show options for customizing file listings, but can also reach as deeply into a file system as you care to look. There are many ways to list files and ...

The ls command is probably one of the first commands that anyone using Unix learns, but it only shows a small portion of the information that is available with the stat command. The stat command pulls ...

The Disks app takes over some more challenging commands, such as fsck, mount, parted, chown, and dd. This app is a handy GUI that also prevents you from having to edit the fstab configuration file ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...