If you aren’t a Linux user and you watch someone who knows what they are doing use Bash — the popular command line interpreter — you might get the impression they type much faster than they actually ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

For many users who get started with the command line in Linux, there’s a good chance they’re using Bourne Again Shell, or Bash. Bash is the default shell on Mac OS X, and Windows users can use Bash ...

Sometimes I need a shortcut to make things a bit faster. There are also situations where my memory needs a helping hand with the litany of commands I use throughout the week. That's why I often turn ...

Every month or two, someone asks me how they should go about learning Unix. The short answer is always “use it” or maybe as much as “use it — a lot.” But the detailed answer includes a lot of steps ...

Linux provides a useful array of commands for managing file permissions, getting information on commands, displaying running processes and displaying details on the system itself. The uname command ...

If you've worked in the terminal, it's likely you're in some way proficient with the command history features of your shell. There's a lot more functionality than many realise however, and learning it ...