If you’re just joining us, this is the forth article is a series of introductory articles to the command line. We are continuing from the article “Command Line Terminals”. We’ve gone over a lot to get here. Now we’re going to look at the heart of it all, the command line shell. The shell is… Read More »
If you have ever been on the internet at all there is no doubt you’ve come across this flame war at some point. The debate of which is the better Unix text editor, Vi or Emacs. Both of these programs are just about as old as Unix itself and neither is easy to use for… Read More »
If you’re just joining us, this is the third article is a series of introductory articles to the command line. We are continuing from the article “Command Line TTY Devices”. Before we get to the shell, we’re going to have a quick look at the terminal. The terminal itself is nothing more than a user… Read More »
If you’re just joining us, this is the second article is a series of introductory articles to the command line. The beginning of the series starts with the article “The Command Line”. This might seem like an odd place to start. Most articles would probably start with the shell, but the shell is a large… Read More »
With the invention of the Graphical Interface, GUI, computers became more accessible for the general public. With the increased accessibility, the technology became exceedingly popular and can now be found in every part of our lives. The draw back of the GUI is its inefficiency. From computer resource usage and work flows, there are some… Read More »
There are many advantages to being able to access a remote system through ssh without requiring a password. Automating updates and backups with scripts is one example. Even the need to login into a system frequently is another example. Here, I’ll show you how to setup an RSA public/private key pair to authenticate the connection.… Read More »
The text terminal can be a scary place for those that are new to the Unix/Linux world. That’s where we come in. The terminal has been around since the beginning of Unix in the yearly 1970’s and has yet to be matched in ability and flexibility. The goal of this site is to make sense… Read More »