I'm posting this here because OS X is my main unix system, though I also use some linux stuff (synology and a ubuntu virtual machine in my mac). I've dabbled with unix off and on for more than 20 ...

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 ...

Need a jump start on Unix networking? Whether you're working on your home network or setting up systems at work, here are some basic Unix commands and insights that might prove helpful. Once upon a ...

These are the formal rules for forming basic UNIX regular expressions. For some simple examples, skip to Simple Examples. The rules come from the Solaris 7 regexp(5) manual page. The I2A2 reflector ...

Click to viewThat Mac you're viewing this web page on using a pretty graphical interface? That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced ...

William & Mary's HPC clusters run on a mixture of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivative CentOS, so you will need basic Unix/Linux knowledge to use the university's HPC systems. If you are ...

The cost, performance, and software availability consequences of the basic Unix commitment to openness and communication have made Unix, including variants like BSD and Linux, the dominant academic ...

ITworld.com – Often referred to as a “chroot jail” or a “padded cell” because users cannot escape from the directories into which they are put when they log in, the basic concept of a “chroot” (change ...

A fascinating little point made in a much longer piece about the smartphone wars. One that makes me wonder whether Unix can now be considered to be the most successful operating system of all time.