To start your journey with the Linux command line, it's important to know a few things before diving in. These aspects of the terminal are fundamental to getting the most out of the tool. Shall we ...

One of the most powerful features of Unix and Linux is that using traditional command line tools, everything is a stream of bytes. Granted, modern software has blurred this a bit, but at the command ...

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 ...

Linux built-ins are commands that are built into the shell, much like shelves that are built into a wall. You won’t find them as stand-alone files the way standard Linux commands are stored in ...

When using Linux, you're bound to fire up a terminal session at some point. Whether it's to dabble with some commands to see how you fare, learn something new, or troubleshoot an issue that the GUI is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over at TuxRadar, a Linux site as you could guess from the name, they've been debating for some time the question of whether or not the Linux shell is obsolete. The argument really got kicked off with ...