If you’re a systems administrator, you know the importance of log files. Without those crucial bits of saved information, you might not know where to start troubleshooting issues on your servers ...

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files.

Explore the -f option to follow a file as it grows, ideal for monitoring log files. Combine -f with -n to view both new lines and a specific number of old lines. Discover how to use Ctrl + C to exit ...

Did you know that Linux makes it easy to create and use hidden files, which means you can easily tuck important documents away from plain sight? Here's how to manage those files.

Linux system log files are by default set to rotate. Depending on the age or size, a sequence of files moves back a step, the oldest being removed and a new one taking over as the current log file ...

If you've had files deleted by a hacker or you've accidentally removed them, Jack Wallen shows you how to recover that missing data with a handy tool called testdisk.