While Linux systems install with thousands of commands, bash also supplies a large number of “built-ins”—commands that are not sitting in the file system as separate files, but are part of ...

How to toggle specific features to control the way BASH executes certain commands.

One of the simplest ways to run a command in the background is by appending an ampersand (&) at the end of the command. This method instructs the shell to execute the command as a separate ...

A remote and critical vulnerability known as Bash, aka the GNU Bourne Again Shell, has been found in Linux and Unix command-line shell. It has left several websites, PC's, servers, OS and Macs ...

If you've worked in the terminal, it's likely you're in some way proficient with the command history features of your shell. There's a lot more functionality than many realise however, and ...

One of the most confusing things when starting with Linux is the terminology. Some people will use terms interchangeably, ...

The popular Linux and Unix shell has a serious security problem that means real trouble for many web servers. Fortunately, a patch -- as source code -- is available.

The company is integrating the Bash command-line shell and support for Ubuntu Linux binaries into Windows 10's Anniversary Update.