OpenGenus Tech Review Team

The sudo command allows a user to execute command as the root user whose privileges are elevated. On the other hand su command allows one to switch to a different user with different privileges and execute commands without logging out from the current session.

The kill command is commonly used to terminate running processes, it takes the process ID or name as its arguments and sends a signal to the process and the process will act according the the sent signal.

Assuming we want to control how threads are assigned to processor cores or choose where we want to allocate data, then numactl command is right for such tasks. In this article we have discussed how to perform such actions using numactl commands.

wget is a Linux command line utility useful for retrieval and downloading of files from the internet. It uses protocols such as FTP, HTTP and HTTPS for such tasks. In this article we have discussed commonly used wget commands and options.

This command is used to show the topology of the system. It gives information about the NUMA memory nodes, shared caches, CPU packages, processor cores and threads all this by a single command. In this article we discuss its output and various useful commands using lstopo.

In this article, we have explained the steps to resolve merge conflict on Gerrit with the detailed step by step commands. This can be solved in the console using rebase command and manually, fixing the conflicts in code.

In this article, we have explained the detailed steps to review a Merge Request on Gerrit. Code Review is an important step in Software Development.

In this article, we have explained the detailed steps to open a pull request on Gerrit. The process is distinct from the process of opening a pull request on GitHub.

In this article, we have explored the steps to copy files from one remote server to another remote server. This involve using commands like scp or utilities like WinSCP.

scp is useful for, copying files from a local system to a remote system and vice versa or copying files between two remote systems. It works same as cp command but over networks and uses ssh for encryption and security.

The chown (change owner) command is used to change the ownership of a file or directory. In this article we discuss commonly used chown commands for file management.

The touch command is used to modify a file's timestamp, this is its primary function even though it can also be used to create files. In this article we discuss both uses of the touch command and commonly used commands.

The history command is used to view previously executed commands in the Linux terminal. In this article we discuss the commonly used history commands.

echo is a Linux command line utility used for printing out text or string passed as arguments to it. In this article we discuss its features, options and common use cases.

htop is a Linux application used for real-time process monitoring. Unlike top command, it comes with many features which makes process management easier and effective. In this article we discuss htop commands, options, shortcuts.