Saturday, July 1, 2023

Linux - Chgrp

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

chgrp changes group ownership to a said group.

-R parameter for recursive traverse through all contents where command is run from.

Example: chgrp -R root name_of_folder

Monday, June 12, 2023

Linux - Child process

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

child process – process created by another process (which would be the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Linux - Chfn

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

chfn – utilized to modify finger command based information. The information is stored in the /etc/passwd location. It includes the user's name, work location, work phone number, and home phone number.

Example: chfn


Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Linux - Checkeq (eqn or neqn)

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

checkeq (eqn or neqn) – command utilized to describe equation aspects.

-v parameter to print version.

Example: eqn hello.c


  

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Linux - Cfdisk

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

cfdisk – partition table manipulator for a Linux drive.

m = option used to maximize the disk usage of the current partition.

-h parameter display for help text.

-V parameter to display version information.

Example: cfdisk -V

Monday, May 15, 2023

Linux - CD

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

cd (also can be chdir)  change directory.

cd .. moves backwards to the next higher subdirectory level.

cd / moves  to the highest root directory level.

Examples:

cd tmp

cd ..

cd /


Sunday, April 23, 2023

Linux - CC

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

cc – executes the systems C coding compiler. By default, the output will be written to the executable file a.out.

-o parameter to output the executable file to the name of ones choosing.

Examples:

cc thefile.c

cc thefile.c -o mynewfile