If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start. Creating a script on a Unix or Linux system can be dead easy or ...

B ash scripts are powerful, but with power comes great responsibility. It’s very easy for sloppy or poorly-planned code to do ...

Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

In 1994, Jon Orwant, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, learned the power of the Unix scripting language Perl. “I bet a friend a six-pack of beer that I could write an ...

This post follows up on Part 1 by examining the many ways that you can test the value of variables – e.g., whether they equal particular strings like “yes” or “no”, if they have a numeric value, if ...

Claim your complimentary copy (valued at $35.99) for free before the offer expires on April 9. Dive into the world of Linux shell scripting with this hands-on guide. If you’re comfortable using the ...

There are many web browsers and FTP clients for Linux, all rich in features and able to satisfy all users, from command-line fanatics to 3-D multiscreen desktop addicts. They all share one common ...

Microsoft has released a beta of its .Net port to Python. IronPython 1.0 Beta 1, which was released at the end of last week, is "well integrated" with the rest of the .Net programming framework and ...