The value of open source to universities: UC Santa Cruz tests the water

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In addition to providing the world with its most enduring and valuable software--Internet protocol stacks, Linux, and more--free and open source software offers immense educational benefits. The gap between producing a nice prime number generator for a professor and contributing to real-life production code is huge, and numerous...

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The Linux cd command

The Linux cd command is used to navigate around the Linux filesystem. In this post I'll show the most common uses of the cd command. To move to another directory on the filesystem just use the Linux cd command to move to the desired directory. For instance, this...

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Read command line arguments - Unix / Linux Bash Script

Q) How to read the arguments or parameters passed to a shell script from the command line? In general the command line arguments are passed to the bash or shell script to change the behavior of the script. In this article, I am going to provide a simple...

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Linux and empowerment go together for non-neurotypical

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An impressive achievement was reported to Linux Professional Institute (LPI) this past June: all 12 students in the computer program at the Structuurklas Project, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, had taken the Linux Essentials exam and passed. Even more impressive: the Structuurklas Project has offered this exam every year...

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Record your Linux command line with the script command

Linux command line FAQ: How can I record the input and output of my Linux command line (i.e., the Linux commands I type, and the output from those commands)? Record Linux command line input/output with the script command Today I was installing a product from the command line...

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The Linux ping command

Linux command FAQ: Can you share some examples of the Linux ping command? You typically use the Linux ping command to test to see whether a remote server is up and running, or to test problems with a network. For instance, my internet connection here in Alaska tends...

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Linux `sort` command examples

Linux sort command FAQ: Can you share some examples of the Unix/Linux sort command? As its name implies, the Unix/Linux sort command lets you sort text information. This article shares several examples of the Linux sort command. Sorting `ls` command output You can use the Linux sort command...

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LPIC-3 304: Virtualization and High Availability

The LPIC-3 certification is the culmination of LPI’s multi-level professional certification program. LPIC-3 is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. Three separate LPIC-3 specialty certifications are available. Passing any one of the three exams will...

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Open Technology: Linux Professional Institute DevOps Tools Engineer

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The Open Technology professional certifications are designed to evaluate the knowledge and skills of open technology tools, such as DevOps tools and BSD Specialist. To keep pace with evolving technologies, open technology track exam objectives are updated on average every three years and certifications are valid for five...

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Linux mail - a Linux shell script to send mail

Here's a n example Linux shell script (Bourne shell to be specific) that I use to send a list of directories to one of our invoicers. She uses this list as part of a cross-checking process to make sure she bills each one of our customers who have...

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How to use the Linux cut command with a field and delimiter

Should you ever run into a situation where you want to use the Linux cut command by specifying both a field number and field delimiter, I hope this example is helpful for you. I was just working on a problem where I wanted to list all the fonts...

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