I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...

For Linux users, the command line is a celebrated part of our entire experience. Unlike other popular operating systems, where the command line is a scary proposition for all but the most experienced ...

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I understand the basics of what a shell script is. A small programs to run through a list of commands in order to minimize administrative tasks. Such as say backing up and rotating logs. Here is what ...

I recently switched to Mac OS X as my primary desktop operating system after spending over a decade on Linux. Although Apple’s operating system supplies practically all of the command line tools I ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every shell ...