If you're new to Linux, the biggest change from Windows or macOS is probably the command line. Depending on how you use Linux, you might not have to dip into the terminal often, but you will have to ...

The Bash Terminal shell in OS X (or other Unix-like systems, for that matter) contains a history feature that can be quite useful. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past ...

Here's how I make every Linux terminal feel like home.

A Linux terminal has a lot more features than the TeleType of yore. On a TeleType, text spews out and scrolls up and is gone forever. A real terminal can use escape characters to do navigate around ...

When you use Terminal in 10.3 and 10.4, you’re probably using the bash shell—it’s the default, unless you’re using an upgrade install that was previously using tcsh. If you’re not familiar with what a ...

I get a lot of questions on how to perform various tasks from a Linux shell/terminal. In the interest of making a simple cheat sheet—something I can point people to that will help them get rolling ...

With the Terminal in macOS, you can save lots of time and type less by using the command history functions built into the Terminal shell. The shell keeps a record of the commands you run, and you can ...