How-To Geek on MSN

This bash redirection trick replaces echo | command

The here string is the leaner, more versatile cousin of the here doc.
Network World

Bash: A primer for more effective use of the Linux bash shell

While Linux systems install with thousands of commands, bash also supplies a large number of “built-ins”—commands that are not sitting in the file system as separate files, but are part of bash itself ...
Forbes

[Updated] How They Popped The Penguin: One Bash Tactic And What It Means For Linux Data Security

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive ideas in science, technology and culture. Update, Oct. 11. I've included text below that is taken ...
Network World

Choosing and changing your Linux shell

If you don't love the shell you're using on your Linux system, change it! There are plenty, including bash, fish, ksh, tcsh, zsh. There are quite a few shells on Linux system and more that can be ...
Htxt.Africa

Ubuntu brings Linux Bash Shell to Windows 10

At its annual BUILD conference which started yesterday, Microsoft announced that after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, developers will be able to install and run command line tools and native ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
TechCrunch

Bash on Windows 10 goes beyond Ubuntu and gets support for Fedora and SuSE, too

One of the biggest surprises at Microsoft’s Build developer conference last year was that the company was building support for the Bash shell on top of an Ubuntu-based Linux subsystem right into ...