Several commands that add to Linux's security are available at your fingertips ... Have you ever found a file on your system and wondered what type it is? This could be important if, for example ...

Here are some of the commands I use to navigate the Linux file system ... If youre concerned about security (and you should be), file permissions and ownership are vital. Each file in Linux ...

The zip command lets you compress files to ... bin/shapes3 Sandra Henry-Stocker was a programmer, Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year ...

The output from the file command reports this ... Sandra Henry-Stocker was a programmer, Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year career.

While all three of these Linux commands can be used to download files, if you want to know my preference, it's wget all the way (unless I need to add a layer of security, at which point I use scp).