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HowTo Geek ☛ Why You Shouldn’t Use a Full Path in Your Linux Aliases
Sometimes, you may see advice that suggests using full paths in your aliases. Stop a moment. Is that really the behavior you want, and how can you even decide?
What Is an Alias?
An alias is a shorter way of typing a command. When you run an alias, your shell replaces it with predefined text that may add arguments or run a different command altogether.
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HowTo Geek ☛ Don't Forget to Change These 5 BIOS Settings When Dual-Booting Windows and Linux
Are you dual-booting Windows and Linux but struggling with a clunky boot process and system conflicts? Wondering why your setup feels less smooth than promised? Well, here are five essential BIOS settings that, when changed, can potentially fix these headaches immediately.
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HowTo Geek ☛ How to Compress and Extract Files Using the tar Command on Linux
The tar command on Linux is often used to create TAR.GZ or TGZ archive files, also called "tarballs." This command has a large number of options, but you just need to remember a few letters to quickly create archives with tar. The tar command can extract the resulting archives, too.
The GNU tar command included with Linux distributions has integrated compression. It can create a TAR archive and then compress it with gzip or bzip2 compression in a single command. That's why the resulting file has a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 file extension.
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HowTo Geek ☛ Linux fd Command: 10 Terminal File Search Methods
The fd program is an alternative to find, which can search the file system using various patterns. It has many options to support a wide range of use cases, making it easy to find any type of file, regardless of your requirements.
The following examples showcase fd’s broad functionality. They include basic searches, regular expressions, filtering by file type, and more.