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 ...

Need a jump start on Unix networking? Whether you're working on your home network or setting up systems at work, here are some basic Unix commands and insights that might prove helpful. Once upon a ...

Click to viewThat Mac you're viewing this web page on using a pretty graphical interface? That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced ...

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. I will never forget my first ping. Working on ...

You are not alone. In fact, I was pretty confused by file permissions for a long time, but it’s actually very simple! Here’s why you should care, and how to understand the permissions that keep your ...

Given the comments and questions I’ve received since last week’s column on using rsync to move a file system from one disk to another, I thought we might run through some simple exercises to gain more ...

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.

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs. Unix operating systems are widely used in both servers and workstations. The ...