The ls command is probably one of the first commands that anyone using Unix learns, but it only shows a small portion of the information that is available with the stat command. The stat command pulls ...

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 ...

Whether you're curious or need to get something done, if you're on Linux, sooner or later, you're going to have to deal with the terminal. It's not so scary. Here's how to get started on the Linux ...

I use the Linux command line daily, but that's because I learned Linux the hard way and those old lessons stuck. Most users could go their entire Linux lifetime and never run a single command. Some ...

Working on the command line is an integral part of being a successful Linux user. You need to have a firm grasp of certain commands to work effectively. There are even certain commands that you must ...

Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.