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

Sure, using the Linux command line is optional. But these are commands I rely on every day, and you can benefit from them, too.

Hi, I have a problem with trying to recover data that has been archived to tape. I am trying to recover the data in Linux (Debian Etch) but the data was archived with Windows 2000 in May ...

Linux offers many classic commands, but some are already outdated, insecure, or are now inefficient. We show you which commands you can leave behind and which you can switch to instead.

Much to the chagrin of those who would like to malign the Linux operating system, it's actually quite easy to use. Thanks to modern GUI desktop environments and applications, anyone can jump into the ...

There are a lot of ways on Linux to make repeating commands easier than retyping them, and here's a nice collection of them. Life on the command line on Linux is clearly something most of us enjoy, ...

The .history file in Linux – whether ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history or ~/.history – provides ways to track and reuse commands that you have recently run. This post suggests how you might make good ...