Shell scripting is a lot more powerful than many people realize. With the right commands, shell scripting can automate many tasks and even make life easier for the user. Here's why you shouldn't sleep ...

“Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming” costs US$97.95 and can be ordered on the Web. Developers who are attending next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference can purchase the book at the ...

Unix was created 40 years ago this summer. Computerworld looks back on what some have said is one of the most important pieces of software ever created.

Since Bash is a direct descendant of the Bourne shell, it inherited all the key ideas of how a programming environment works. This includes how it blends the programming language with the command ...

Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this hands-on guide. If you’re comfortable using the command line on Unix or Linux but haven’t fully explored Bash, this book is for you.

To start off the book, Chapter 1 introduces the Linux environment and how it relates to programming, including how to find documentation. The second chapter covers basic shell programming and is ...

Developers who have one of Raspberry Pi's latest gadgets, the Pi Pico, have a newly ported potential operating system to work with called Fuzix, a Unix-like OS for small things. "So you can now ...

It made a big difference to the way that shell programming was done because you could now see and use information that is in the environment and the guy in the middle didn’t have to pass it to you.

Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix in it [Updated] Could allow attackers to execute code on Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X.

Originally written in one month during the summer of '69, a little operating system called Unix would go on to be one of the most important pieces of software ever written. Four decades later, the ...