If you’re new to the world of the Linux command line, then you know how eye-openingly powerful it can be. In fact, the sky’s the limit with what you can do from the Command Line interface. But, ...

Hello,<BR><BR>My bro downloaded some avi file that's been causing problems. Whenever I go into the directory it's in to delete it, once I click on it, my system resources shoot up to 100% and stay ...

The script command not only makes a record of what commands you run but also allows you to save the output generated so that you can examine it later or easily turn your command sequences into scripts ...

Have you ever wanted to read a file one line at a time in a shell script and found the task to be a lot more trouble than you ever imagined? If you use a “for line ...

Of course, the arguments that you pass to the basename and dirname commands don’t actually have to be paths. They don’t have to exist on your system or any system for that matter. They just have to ...

If you can't back up your data in an air-gapped solution, here's an alternative to saving your files. In my own organization, I back up my data using a continuous data protection system. In addition, ...

I have a script for Maya and Photoshop that I'm trying to make compatible for Windows users. Maya's MEL scripting lets you send system commands so I have a simple command line script for OS X that ...

Learn how to do basic CRUD operations on JAR, WAR, and EAR files using the command line. Although Java IDEs and numerous graphical tools make it easier than ever to view and manipulate the contents of ...