Screen is a terminal multiplexer which has the added benefit of running even when you’re not connected to the server anymore. This is particularly useful for long operations or operations that are a pain to revert if interrupted. Start a screen session with screen -S $screen_name and make sure you’re descriptive so following up isn’t […]

There are a number of shortcuts and wildcards available for use in Linux and learning these can make navigating through your system substantially easier,more intuitive and quicker than using a GUI. Shortcuts tab – Auto-completion. Begin typing a command, filename or directory, hit tab and Bash will automatically complete it for you. A second tab […]

Beyond the abilitiy to navigate through your file structure which is covered here There are three basic functions needed when interacting with your files and directories; mv – move (or rename) files or directories. cp – copy files or directories. rm – remove files or directories. mv The mv command is how we can move […]

When navigating a system using the command-line, there are essentially three basic commands that any user should have as second nature; pwd – print working directory. cd – change directory. ls – list directory contents. pwd pwd or will print the working directory, i.e. will tell you the path to the directory you are currently […]

Almost every Unix or Linux system includes the SSH command. This command is used to start the SSH client program on your own machine, which creates a secure connection to the SSH server on a remote machine, such as the server hosting your website. The SSH command can be used to create a secure connection […]