If you don't love the shell you're using on your Linux system, change it! There are plenty, including bash, fish, ksh, tcsh, zsh. There are quite a few shells on Linux system and more that can be ...

Sometimes you don’t want binary characters cluttering up your shell script. Maybe you want to e-mail the script and you are afraid of what the various mail systems in the path might do to your data.

Learn why and how to run multiple shells in Linux. Test your scripts in different shells such as Bash, Dash, Fish, and Zsh ...

We couldn’t help but think of the database-like Crush shell while playing with cosh. Then here’s cat9 , which is a strange shell, indeed. There are, too, some more mainstream alternative ...

That's exactly how both Linux and Unix work. You don't have to worry about this if you use graphical Linux applications on desktops such as GNOME, KDE, or Cinnamon.These desktops come with safety ...

This is possible because the Bash shell for Windows is more than just a shell. Microsoft built an entire “Windows Subsystem for Linux” that allows Windows 10 to natively run Linux applications ...

Linux built-ins are commands that are part of a user’s shell. Sandra Henry-Stocker explains how to recognize them and get help on their use.

What you’ll need to go passwordless for Linux shell scripts. The only thing you need to follow along with my example is two Linux machines and a user with sudo privileges.

If you're working in a Linux environment, chances are you've encountered environment variables—even if you didn’t realize it at the time. They quietly power much of what goes on behind the scenes in ...