Shell builtins are commands that are loaded into memory when a shell — such as bash, sh, or zsh — is invoked. The reason for this is that keeping these commands in memory helps ensure that these ...

Your terminal doesn't have to look like a boring block of white-on-black text. Personalizing it so much easier than it seems.

The developers of Ubuntu Linux have worked hard to make their operating system easy for businesses to set up, use and maintain. There are still occasions, however, when a member of your Information ...

Learn how to use Bash aliases to shorten commands, reduce errors, speed up tasks, and improve your productivity in the Terminal.

In the good old days when UNIX was young, no one ever would have thought of putting a space in a filename. It simply wasn't done—just as you'd never do that on a DOS or Windows system. Filenames were ...