A couple of days ago we discussed some problems that could arise with sizing files with HFS compression. This problem basically arises from there being a lack of consistency in the various utilities ...

In honor of Mexico’s victory over the forces of Napolean III only 153 years ago, today’s post is going to cover five unusual Unix commands that maybe even you have never used. These include ddate, ...

You've been typing the wrong commands for years. Linux moved on, and nobody bothered to tell you.

One of the first things new users might want to know is how to change their prompts. It’s a small change, but one that might make them feel more at home in their new working environment. Besides, it’s ...

Want to do something with those crash dump files other than remove them? Want to extract some useful information without a lot of work? Take a look at Sun’s free crash analysis tool, scat. While “scat ...