Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart ...

Most Unix file systems don’t become fragmented the way FAT and NTFS file systems do. But, rather than give a quick yes/no answer, let’s take a look at what fragmentation, ...

Convert a Unix file to a Windows file using Perl: perl -p -e 's/\n/\r\n/' < unix.txt > windows.txt This command adds the carriage return characters to the Unix file and saves it in Windows format.

The /opt file system is a relative newcomer to Unix file systems and is primarily used to house optional software packages. /tmp was and still is, of course, intended for temporary files.

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df ...

$ file DarkBeers.txt DarkBeers.txt: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators OK, so that was pretty easy. The file command clearly identifies files that use the Windows convention.

Wrap Up. In traditional Unix-based systems, everything was a file. For better or worse, that philosophy isn’t as pervasive as it used to be. Still, files and file-like things continue to be a ...

Linux always associates a file or directory with a user and a group. For example, assume I have a file named webmaster.txt in my home directory. If I run the command ls -l webmaster.txt , I get ...

One of these could well become your favorite Linux file manager. 1. Krusader. The feature-packed Krusader sports a layout that might seem a bit 2005, but it's user-friendly and gets the job done.