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HowTo Geek ☛ 9 Ways to Edit Text With the sed Command on Linux
One of the go-to tools for text editing in Linux is sed, the stream editor. It's a text editor without an interface that performs operations quietly, straight from the command line. From quick fixes to advanced text transformations, here are nine ways the sed command makes editing easier.
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ZDNet ☛ Need Linux help? My favorite forums, groups, and mailing lists when I need support
Linux is about community, and it has been for a very long time.
Without community, I'm not sure if Linux would be where it is today. When I first started using Linux in the late 90s, I turned to old-school solutions (such as bulletin boards) and found all the help I needed.
Seriously, without those communities, I wouldn't be here writing this so you could find the help you need. On the occasional instance when I need to find a solution to a problem, I generally turn to one of three things: Forums, social media groups, and mailing lists.
The only reason I place mailing lists last is that the answers aren't always as immediate as I need. The good thing about mailing lists, however, is that you don't have to wade through all the spam or dig through different sub-forums to find what you're looking for.
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ZDNet ☛ 6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun
I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back then, any time I needed to run admin tasks, I had to first su to the root user, run the task, and then exit the root user. Because root was enabled, some users would simply log in as root and forgo a standard user account altogether. That's a security risk no one should take.
And then came the sudo command.