Sudo is a widely used Unix and Linux command line-based tool that can restrict what operations a user can perform on a computer.

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment is highly regarded as solid reference on the UNIX environment. InfoQ speaks with coauthor Stephen Rago about this latest edition.

If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's an easy hack to embed Cygwin's commands into your standard Windows comand prompt; if not, it might be worth checking out the free download.

More interesting are the totally new (or substantially revised) Unix commands in 10.5. Here are my picks for the five most interesting and useful ones.

That's a Unix-based system which can run the powerful and age old command line utilities of the most advanced Unix beard.

All in all, Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition is a great book; it's well written, interesting and full of examples. It's a great resource for beginning and intermediate programmers who want to ...