These are called "wildcards," and they can make your life in the Linux terminal much easier. Wildcard characters, also known ...

Linux commands can provide details on files and show options for customizing file listings, but can also reach as deeply into a file system as you care to look.

From code and notes to configuration files (and everything in between), I have to view the content files regularly. Here are five ways to do it.

File names on Linux systems can be as long as 255 characters, and here's how to find the longest ones.

In log storage, the number of files in one folder may grow to millions before you know it. In such a folder, the operation of the 'ls ' command for listing the list of files becomes slow, and it ...

Your list will then show the entire path for each file. If all you want is the file name, you’ll need to manually delete the path information. Or…we can use an old-fashioned DOS command!

David Davis goes over the Cisco IOS commands you must know to manipulate files on your Cisco router flash, nvram, or other filesystems, allowing you to back up your configuration, upgrade your ...