Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...

There are quite a few ways to send email from the Unix command line and so many good reasons for doing so. You might want to provide feedback on automated processes so that you and fellow admins know ...

Unix systems make it easy to make output that you don’t want to see simply disappear. Toss output into the void. Send errors in one direction, useful output in another. Something of a bit bucket, ...