The "path" environment variable in Linux specifies the directories the terminal looks in when you type the path to a command. For example, when you type "command," Linux looks through each directory ...

Linux 101: What is the Linux $PATH? Your email has been sent If you’re new to Linux, you might have heard mention of something called the PATH. Or, you’ve seen it ...

Linux 101: How to add directories to your Linux $PATH Your email has been sent At some point, you're going to want to run commands from non-standard directories. When ...

Getting started on the Linux command line might seem overwhelming at first, but the many commands you need to use will fall into place more quickly than you might imagine. If you are just getting ...

Linux might sound scary for first-time Linux users, but actually, it isn’t. Linux is a bunch of open-source Unix operating systems based on Linux Kernel. These operating systems are called Linux ...

The which command is the simplest of the three. When you use it to ask about a Linux command, it will run down your search path looking for executable files by the name you specify. These can be ...

I’m a big fan of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. One of the quotes from it that stands out in my head is, “Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.” For ...

I've been using Linux for a very long time, and from day 1, the terminal window and command-line interface (CLI) have been an integral part of my work. At the same time, I've learned that it's OK to ...