Oct 27, 2010 · I'd like to log in as a different user without logging out of the current one (on the same terminal). How do I do that?

Mar 23, 2016 · I used the date command and time format listed below to successfully set the date from the terminal shell command performed on Android Things which uses the Linux Kernal.

How do I retrieve the date from the Internet and set my computer's clock, from the command line?

May 6, 2016 · Therefore, the following works without a backslash, as you can't end a command with a &&: echo 1 && echo 2 Here, you need the backslash: echo 1 2 3 \ 4 or echo 1 \ && echo …

More precisely, a double dash (--) is used in most Bash built-in commands and many other commands to signify the end of command options, after which only positional ("non-option") …

Jul 7, 2011 · The command shows a condensed version of SSL certificate details as two lines. The two lines are equivalent to one certificate file within your chain. From the two lines that …

How do I convert an epoch timestamp to a human readable format on the cli? I think there's a way to do it with date but the syntax eludes me (other ways welcome).

In Windows, if you type LIST DISK using DiskPart in a command prompt it lists all physical storage devices, plus their size, format, etc. What is the equivalent of this in Linux?

Feb 20, 2015 · I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. It seems to work for files (ls -l file name), but if I try to …

Oct 11, 2016 · I would like to display the contents of a text file on the command line. The file only contains 5-6 characters. Is there an easy way to do this?