I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When you do, consider these commands.

Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows PowerShell. Locate the setting “Turn on PowerShell Script Block Logging” and set it to Enabled.

Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this hands-on guide. If you’re comfortable using the command line on Unix or Linux but haven’t fully explored Bash, this book is for you.

5 Linux commands to use for quickly viewing the content of files From code and notes to configuration files (and everything in between), I have to view the content files regularly.

In this tutorial, we have shown the command line method as well as the GUI method to count the number of files in a directory in Linux.

The eval command allows you to run the contents of variables as commands and can be very useful -- especially in scripts.

It's not hard to create and run a shell script in Linux distros like Ubuntu, but there are a few non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid. Here's a quick example of how to execute a script in Linux.

The Linux script command has been around for ages and provides a simple but useful service. It lets you record command line activity – both input and output.

Linux/BSD command line wizardry: Learn to think in sed, awk, and grep "Do people really write these long, convoluted commands?" In a word: yes.