The Linux Shell

let us now talk about the shell of the Linux operating system. So what is a shell? The shell of an operating system is the screen that you use to interact with the operating system. If you’re thinking about Microsoft Windows, the Windows shell is that graphical user interface where we have the little mouse … Read more

GNU utilities

The GNU organization (GNU stands for GNU’s Not Unix) developed a complete set of Unix utilities, but had no kernel system to run them on. These utilities were developed under a software philosophy called open source software (OSS). The concept of OSS allows programmers to develop software and then release it to the world with … Read more

Shortcuts for Working in BASH

lists the most common keyboard shortcuts in BASH (there are many more; see BASH’s man page for details). If you’ve explored the Emacs text editor, you might find these shortcuts familiar. Such keyboard shortcuts are largely the same across many of the software packages that originate from the GNU Project. Often, you’ll find an option within … Read more