One of Linux's strengths as an operating system is its ability to be configured and tweaked to suit your tastes. Using the command line allows you to issue powerful commands that are unavailable to ...

One of the most confusing things when starting with Linux is the terminology. Some people will use terms interchangeably, while others insist on the exact correct usage. Unless you’re aware of the ...

A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...

The tmux tool is one of a number of Linux terminal window splitters that allow you to run commands in adjacent (up/down, right/left or both) panes so that you can easily use the output in one pane to ...

The eval command allows you to run the contents of variables as commands and can be very useful, especially in scripts. There are probably a lot of Linux users who have never encountered the eval ...

The ri command will now always run the version in /usr/bin, even if a version is later installed in the homebrew directory, or anywhere else. In effect, using a full absolute path in your alias breaks ...