The problem with most introductions to Unix is that they cover too much too quickly. Even just the most important 20 or 30 commands, crisply covered in a table with examples, can be overwhelming.

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

Command-line Perl scripts can make adminstering a UNIX box easier by replacing certain commands with some routine scripts. Find out how to take advantage of this approach. Perl is everywhere. Most ...