Interviews

Sobell on the Bourne Again Shell and the Linux Command Line
In this interview Mark Sobell, author of A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, contrasts the original Bourne Shell with GNU's Bourne Again Shell and talks about the usefulness of the gawk and tr utilities.
Monday, November 21, 2005 01:41:06 PM EST

Tips

Get your disk back quicker after a crash or powerfail
Get your disk back quicker
Friday, October 29, 1999 05:05:12 AM EST

Random Passwords
head -c8 /dev/random | uuencode -m - | sed -n '2s/=*$//;2p'
Monday, October 25, 1999 10:37:28 AM EST

Put the path in your xterm titlebar
export PS1=$PS1"\[\e]0;\H:\w\a\]"
Saturday, October 23, 1999 08:20:28 AM EST

Use wildcards to get directories
Shell globs work through directories!
Thursday, October 21, 1999 04:37:28 PM EST

Tutorials

Basic Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 1
In Part 1 of a three-part series, A. Lizard dives into his notes for resources and methods he's found useful in the last three years in keeping his systems running, to give novices some idea what to do once one gets "under the hood" of one's computer at a application/OS level.
Sunday, September 30, 2007 08:58:50 PM EST

The Serial Console: A Front Door Worth Leaving Open
You've got a dozen ways to get into your headless Linux server over the network, so what do you do when the network card fails? Put down the monitor and grab a laptop: The serial console's your personal portal.
Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:10:26 AM EST

Have a Bash With This Linux Shell
If you are a Linux administrator, scripting can make your life easier by allowing you to automate routine tasks, customize jobs, and connect different utilities. This article looks at Bash, the default command shell on most Linux distributions.
Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:38:18 AM EST

The Unix Shell - Part II
At first glance many people think the Unix Shell is a more cryptic version of the MS-Windows/DOS command prompt. However, the Unix shell can do much more than launch programs and copy files. Sequences of commands can be strung together in "Shell Scripts" to automate tedious or repetitive tasks.
Thursday, September 2, 1999 11:02:12 AM EST