Sure, using the Linux command line is optional. But these are commands I depend on every day. See what you think.

Learn what .pacnew files are in Arch Linux, why pacman creates the pacnew files, and how to safely merge or replace them ...

One of the files that the average Unix sysadmin rarely looks at, almost never changes and yet depends on every time he or she reboots a system is the /etc/inittab file. This modest little file ...

Learn what drop-in (.d) directories are in Linux and how they help manage configuration files safely. Keep main config files ...

Linux-Windows dual boot systems don't have an easy way to access Linux files while booted into Windows. Some tools exist, but they don't offer perfect solutions. I've found using a shared partition ...

Learn how to append text to files in Linux using commands like double redirection operator, tee, and sed without overwriting existing data.

A series of commands ranging from simple to fairly complex will help you count lines, words or individual characters on the Linux command line. Linux includes some useful commands for counting when it ...