Jul 26, 2025 · 25 min read · Linux is a powerful operating system, and learning its basic commands can help you manage files, users, directories, and software easily. In this blog, we’ll explore the most commonly used Linux commands in a simple and beginner-friendly way. 🗂️ How...
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May 17, 2025 · 6 min read · The vim editor (Vi IMproved) is a powerful, flexible text editor commonly used in Linux and Unix systems. It’s widely used by system administrators, developers, and DevOps engineers because it's lightweight and available by default on most Unix syste...
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May 5, 2025 · 4 min read · Links in Linux Filesystem A link is a mechanism that allows multiple references (names or path) to point at single file or directory within the filesystem. It is essentially a way to create alternate access points to data that already exists in the...
Join discussionMar 29, 2025 · 1 min read · Step 1: Move softlinkA into dir1 bashCopyEditmv softlinkA ~/dir1/ Step 2: Verify the Move bashCopyEditls -l ~/dir1/ Expected Output: sqlCopyEditlrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 6 Mar 29 12:34 softlinkA -> fileA Step 3: Check if softlinkA is Still Valid bash...
Join discussionMar 29, 2025 · 1 min read · Step 1: Delete fileA bashCopyEditrm fileA Step 2: Check Accessibility of softlinkA and hardlinkA bashCopyEditls -l softlinkA hardlinkA Expected Behavior: 1. Soft Link (softlinkA) Behavior softlinkA will break and become a dangling (invalid) link b...
Join discussionMar 29, 2025 · 1 min read · To create a hard link for fileA named hardlinkA and verify the inode number, follow these steps: Step 1: Create the hard link bashCopyEditln fileA hardlinkA Step 2: Verify the inode number bashCopyEditls -i fileA hardlinkA Expected Output: CopyEdit...
Join discussionMar 29, 2025 · 1 min read · To create a soft link (symbolic link) for fileA named softlinkA, follow these steps: Step 1: Create the soft link bashCopyEditln -s fileA softlinkA Step 2: Verify using ls -l bashCopyEditls -l Expected Output: sqlCopyEditlrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 6 ...
Join discussionMar 16, 2025 · 6 min read · Understanding Inodes in Linux An inode (short for index node) is a data structure used to store metadata about a file or directory in a Linux file system. Every file and directory has an associated inode that contains essential information about the ...
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Feb 24, 2025 · 4 min read · Linux provides an efficient way to manage files using links. A link is a reference to a file that allows users to access the same file from multiple locations. There are two types of links in Linux: hard links and soft links (symbolic links). In this...
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