Get started with Bash, Unix pipes, directory navigation, sudo, Nano, and other command-line essentials ...

Delete Backs up to erase one character. Backspace Mapped as a backspace key, displaying ^H. Ctrl-u Erases the command line. Ctrl-w Erases the last word on the command line. Ctrl-s Stops flow of output ...

Today’s hint will probably only appeal to those of you learning to use the Unix side of OS X. A while back, I was trying to capture the output of the Unix command httpd -t (which runs a syntax ...

Under UNIX, you can use the FILENAME statement to assign filerefs not only to external files and I/O devices, but also to a pipe. Pipes enable your SAS application to receive input from any UNIX ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want.

If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's an easy hack to embed Cygwin's commands into your standard Windows comand prompt; if not, it might be worth checking out the free download.

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we ...