GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Ever wondered why programming in Bash is so difficult? Bash employs the same constructs as traditional programming languages; however, under the hood, the logic is rather different. The Bourne-Again ...

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of , S. Tucker Taft on the , Microsoft about its ...

The Terminal app in macOS keeps track of recent commands you've used so you can reuse them at a later time. Here's how to clear Terminal's command history. When you type commands and press return in ...

A minimalist Unix-like shell implemented in Rust, designed to execute core Unix commands using system calls without relying on external binaries or built-in shells like bash or sh. Inspired by tools ...

AWK is a pattern-scanning and processing language that searches one or more files for records (usually lines) that match specified patterns. It processes lines by performing actions, such as writing ...

There are several softwares to convert text files from UNIX or Linux to DOS operating systems and vice-versa. However, it always helps to know the manual conversion. In shell programming languages ...

This is a starting point for C solutions to the "Build Your Own Shell" Challenge. In this challenge, you'll build your own POSIX compliant shell that's capable of interpreting shell commands, running ...

The Mac Terminal app is your window into macOS's UNIX underpinnings. Here's how to customize the appearance of Terminal in macOS. The UNIX operating system standard goes back decades. To 1970 in fact, ...