7 hidden features of bash

7 hidden features of bash

Today I want to share with you some of my favorite features of bash, I called them hidden because I’ve discovered that a lot of people don’t know or don’t use them, but to be honest they are not so hidden after all, they are in the man page of bash, but how many of […]

Uniq, comm and join 3 Linux command for the CLI

These small commands are not so known, but i think they can do miracles for you when you have to work from the terminal on text files and you need to compare them, or do operation on lines inside 1 file or merge 2 files applying some criteria. In this article I’ll show you the […]

shelr, broadcast your Linux shell on the net

Thanks to Edmond, i’ve found a new and interesting online service shelr.tv. Shelr.tv allows you to record something interesting from your terminal and share it to your followers. It is almost the same thing as YouTube but for plain text shellcasts. You can copy and paste everything you see. The nice thing is that you […]

2 practical examples of Expect on the Linux CLI

In my work I’ve not used “Expect” many times, but to do some jobs I’ve learnt how to use it, and I must say that to complete some tasks this program can help a lot and be a valid alternative to more complex solutions, like a complete program in python, php or your favorite scripting […]

eBook “The Linux Command Line”, a complete guide to using the command line

William E. Shotts, Jr., published a few years ago a useful ebook entitled “The Linux Command Line”, a guide to learn and know more about the Command Line Interface (CLI) on GNU / Linux. The ebook is still available for download and is released under a Creative Commons license. Although most distributions have graphical environments […]