chmod command Changing access permission for files and directories. chmod changes the permissions of the given file according to mode, which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make or an octal number representing the b pattern for the new permissions. It manages the mode of the file. chmod has two modes: Symbolic…
Info Pages or info Command – While man pages are great sources of information about a command or concept, the fact that it provides one long page means that longer documents are hard to read. The info format was developed as a way to store more comprehensive instructions on your system. If a particular command…
Once, in the early days of UNIX, users had the standard manuals available in print, on their shelves. 9 books were available, each one gigantic and hard to use. Someone eventually had the idea to make it standard to have all of these books on the UNIX system in the form of the man command,…
The Console and Logging In – Linux (indeed all Unix – like) systems make heavy use of text consoles. In modern environments, text consoles are usually implemented using Windows in a graphical desktop environment, whereas in the past, consoles were dedicated devices, typically capable of displaying 24 or 25 lines of 80 or 132 characters…
Properties of Linux – Linux has a lot of advantages and some disadvantages. The Linux pros and cons are: Linux Pros: Linux is Free Linux is free and can be downloaded in its entirety from the internet completely for free. Linux is Portable to any Hardware Platform A vendor who wants to sell a new…
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Open source software is software whose source code is distributed freely and openly. Open source describes computer software for which: The term”open” denotes a degree of freedom or openness while the term”source” refers to the source code of the program. Open source is a concept referring to production and development practices where anyone can access…
Linux is a free UNIX-type operating system for computer devices. Linux is freely available to everyone. The operating system makes the hardware work together with the software. The operating system is the interface that allows us to do the things we want to do with our computers. Linux systems are described as Kernel and shell….
