I’ve seen a lot of die-hard Linux fans insisting that you can get almost everything done these days without ever touching the ...

The shell does far more than run commands. Here’s how Bash expands your input behind the scenes so you can write cleaner, ...

This article is reprinted from the book A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming 3rd edition, with permission of the author and publisher ...

The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

Linux commands run from the nearly obvious to the very complicated, but there are many ways that you can easily remember and use even the most obscure commands. Some Linux commands are very easy to ...

The developers of Ubuntu Linux have worked hard to make their operating system easy for businesses to set up, use and maintain. There are still occasions, however, when a member of your Information ...

As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...

The assignment is to mimic the behavior of certain shell commands using a C++ program. For example, the equivalent of using 'grep ptrn' from within a C++ program.<BR><BR>We've got no guidance on this ...