Windows Package Manager is a utility that lets you install Windows applications from a command prompt, much the way you can with most Linux distributions. Up until recently though, you could only ...

To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

Brien takes a look at what's new with Microsoft's next Command Prompt and explains why you should be excited. The Command Prompt has been a part of Windows since the very beginning, and remains one of ...

If you are a system administrator, IT professional, or a power user it is common to find yourself using the command prompt to perform administrative tasks in Windows. Whether it be copying files, ...

In the beginning, all we had was the command line. Then as Windows matured, the need to access that throwback interface waned. That doesn’t mean the Command Prompt is completely useless. In fact, ...

If you have been a Windows user for a long time, I am sure you must have used Command Prompt. Even today, the CMD helps in performing many advanced administrative functions, and in troubleshooting ...

The command line may seem like an esoteric tool for developers and uber-hackers, but it has plenty of useful tricks up its sleeve. Here are a few easy things you can do from a terminal window that ...