This chapter excerpt on Linux Administration (download PDF) is taken from the book The Accidental Administrator: Linux Server Step-by-Step Configuration Guide. Among the topics covered in this book ...

What is the Bourne shell? The Bourne shell is the original Unix shell -- command execution program, often called a command interpreter-- that was developed in 1979 at what at the time was Bell Labs.

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Do you want to create a Shell script in your Linux system? This guide will take you through how to create a shell script using multiple text editors, how to add comments, and how to use Shell ...

In addition to the fairly common forms of input/output redirection the shell recognizes something called process substitution. Although not documented as a form of input/output redirection, its syntax ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell. One of the strengths of the Windows Subsystem for ...

Compare one-off docker run commands with repeatable Compose configuration for single-container and multi-container applications. Compare Git stash, reset, and clean to revert tracked files, clear ...