Sandra Henry-Stocker has been administering Unix systems for more than 30 years. She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language) but remembers enough English to write books and buy groceries. She lives in the mountains in Virginia where, when not working with or writing about Unix, she's chasing the bears away from her bird feeders.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Sandra Henry-Stocker and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications, Inc., its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
Aliases provide an easy way to reuse complicated or often-used commands.
While the desktop is not Linux's claim to fame, Linux still offers a huge number of distributions that can make your desktop computer work just like you'd want.
Open source code makes a lot of difference when it comes to how you can tailor an OS, adjust it to meet your needs, and fit it to the required tasks – whether large or huge.
You can use the stat command to view dates and times associated with Linux files, and the date command can do some handy conversions if you’d like to display the current time in the epoch format.
Configuring and managing Linux accounts is fairly easy once you get used to a handful of commands.
Red Hat executive Francis Chow outlines the company's strategy for using Red Hat Linux for flexible manufacturing.
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With the right command, you can do anything from simple math to fairly complex calculations on Linux.
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