To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

As a relatively isolated junior sysadmin, I remember seeing answers on Experts Exchange and later Stack Exchange that baffled me. Authors and commenters might chain 10 commands together with pipes and ...

This easy. Just type logger on the command line and your message will be added to the end of the /var/log/syslog file. $ logger comment to be added to log $ tail -1 /vvar/log/syslog May 21 18:02:16 ...