Find Files Containing a String Pattern in Linux

Grep

Grep is a powerful command line utility to search for files containing text string patterns in linux. In this tutorial we’ll be using grep with some common options to refine our file searches for better results.

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Find Files or Directories in Linux Command Line

find

The linux find command is one of the best ways to find files and directories in the command line. The find command is extremely versatile providing many options for granular control over your search query. If it exists, the find command will find it.

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Delete Lines or Strings Between Two Patterns With Sed

sed

In this tutorial we will go through various ways to delete lines or strings between two patterns with the linux sed command stream editor.

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Test Disk Drive Read Speed With hdparm

hdparm

If you’d like to test the read speed of your hard disk drive(HDD) or solid state drive(SSD) or any type of drive, you can use hdparm on linux. hdparm is an excellent command-line tool to test your disk drive’s read speeds. hdparm can give you an accurate representation of the read speeds of your disk drives to see if they’re performing as expected.

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Linux tldr Pages Command

tldr tar

Linux tldr pages command displays simplified man pages for linux command-line tools. Unlike the man pages, tldr pages is more like a cheat sheet that displays usage examples for linux commands.

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Linux watch Command

linux watch command

In this tutorial we will be looking at the linux watch command. watch comes pre-installed on most linux distributions. The watch command is an excellent tool if you need to run any commands repeatedly at set intervals.

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