On a typical Linux/UNIX system, a number of common commands are both built-in in Bash and also exist as independent executables with the same name. Examples of this include echo (built-in) and ...

The following excerpt is from chapter 3, User-Level Memory Management, of Arnold Robbins’ book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals, Prentice Hall PTR; (April 12, 2004), used with ...

NEW YORK -- Internet security experts are warning a new programming flaw known as the "Bash Bug" may pose a serious threat to millions of computers and other devices such as home Internet routers.