One of Linux's strengths as an operating system is its ability to be configured and tweaked to suit your tastes. Using the command line allows you to issue powerful commands that are unavailable to ...

The Linux expect command takes script writing to an entirely new level. Instead of automating processes, it automates running and responding to other scripts. In other words, you can write a script ...

Some of the most versatile commands you can run on the Linux command line are those that enable you to pass the output of one command to another by using something called a “pipe”. You can also set up ...

You normally think of a critical section — that is, a piece of a program that excludes other programs from using a resource — as a pretty advanced technique. You certainly don’t often think of them as ...

On Linux, the umask defines how new files and directories inherit access rights. Linux uses your current umask value to ...

Here’s how you can disable the annoying popup that appears while running scripts in Ubuntu or Linux Mint. 1. Open Nautilus. 2. Go to Edit. 3. Go to Preferences. 4. Go to the Behavior tab. 5. Click the ...

A recent post about debugging constructs surprised me. There were quite a few comments about how you didn’t need a debugger, as long as you had printf. For that matter, we’ve all debugged systems ...