shell News and Articles

If you want to learn a little bit more about the communication between a web browser and an HTTP server, why not build your own web server and take a closer look.

Broken links can wreak havoc in directory structures. This article shows you how to use scripts to avoid having your links lead to a dead end.

A few lines of shell code and the Gawk scripting language make downloading files off the web a breeze.

Asciinema lets you record events at the command line and publish the resulting terminal movie on the web.

Shell scripts are often written for simplicity rather than efficiency. A closer look at the processes can lead to easy optimization.

Armed with the right shell commands, you can quickly identify and evaluate file and directory metadata.

With its innovative scripting language, Oil, the Bash-compatible Oil shell aims to make life easier for script developers.

EasySSH lives up to its name and starts SSH connections at the click of a mouse.

Pass is a simple shell script that helps you manage and synchronize passwords using Git.

Bash is known for admin utilities and text manipulation tools, but the venerable command shell included with most Linux systems also has some powerful commands for manipulating binary data.