No installs required: history search, redirection, job control, completions, and other built-in terminal features that exploit the power of Linux.

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Suppose you are working on a complex bash script to automate a series of tasks on your Linux system. You notice that as it grows, there are certain parts of the script where the same code blocks are ...

The Linux terminal isn't nearly as hard as you think. Understanding the fundamentals will help get you started. These concepts apply to all Linux distributions. When many think about Linux, they think ...

Abstract: The Linux operating system is a powerful, open-source tool that maximizes a computer's potential. It offers advantages over Windows and Mac OS, including stability and reliability, allowing ...

Are you still using the default, slow and uninspiring terminal prompt? Don't be. Say hello to Starship, the minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customisable prompt for any shell. Starship is not ...

The University Research Computing Facility (URCF) is pleased to announce our Summer 2025 workshop series. The URCF provides support for computational research at Drexel. These workshops are open to ...

Semantics-driven static analysis could be used to improve the safety, correctness, and performance of Unix, Linux, and macOS shell scripts, researchers say. Semantics-driven static analysis is being ...

Weird Computing: As the "can it run Doom" phenomenon clearly demonstrates, people will try to do the weirdest things with extensible, accessible software platforms and applications. Excel, a program ...