Fortunately, Linux makes working with hidden files very easy, whether in a GUI file manager or the command line. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Let me show you how.

There are numerous ways to compare text files on a Linux system from the command line. This post describes seven commands that can help you do this and explains how to interpret the results.

$ tail -5 myfile text to be added to file more text more text to be added and so on and so on. You can also just type each line separately as long as you don’t end the quote until the end of the ...

Linux provides tools to manage large text files and volatile data streams. Use 'less' to scroll, search, and manage file content, or pipe output into it directly. Split large files using 'split ...

Method 1: Using the Default Text Editor To create a shell script using the default text editor, just follow the steps given below. Step 1: Create a text file having a “.sh” extension. Then type a ...

Linux provides several tools for doing this, depending on how deep a comparison you need to make. The most common task involves comparing two text files. The tool of choice for this task is diff. With ...