Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...

The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app. The UNIX ping command is a tiny UNIX network tool that allows you to test your network, ...

Terminal provides a command line interface to control the UNIX-based operating system that lurks below macOS (or Mac OS X). Here’s everything you need to know about Terminal, and what it can do for ...

One can take advantage of using default submission scripts via NoMachine and pre-defined Unix command wrappers. When using NoMachine, the default submission scripts run in the background and the ...

How to run VirtualBox virtual machines from the command line Your email has been sent VirtualBox virtual machines can be run without working with the GUI. See how to take advantage of the VBoxManage ...

Secure Copy is a UNIX standard used to transfer files from one computer to another. He's how to use the function in macOS, all via the Terminal window. Before personal computers, there were mainframe ...

Have you ever wanted a quick way to compare two directories (folders), in order to see which files may differ between the two? There are third-party GUI tools as well, but there’s actually a free ...