The shell is so important to Linux, it has its own startup process. Discover how to configure the shell on startup, how to run commands automatically, and what you can do with all this power.

Finally, when you run an Linux shell script in an Ubuntu terminal window, you need to prepend a dot slash (./) to the file’s name. If you don’t, Ubuntu will look on the operating system’s PATH for ...

Which is why one of the most important steps in learning how to write shell scripts is to learn how to ensure that your scripts are secure—even if it's just your own home computer and an old PC you've ...