The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells ...

If you're writing a Bash script, you will invariably need to pass values to it—aka arguments or positional parameters. Bash's approach is a little clunky, but it works. Examples are the easiest way to ...

Abstract: POSIX.1-2024 is simultaneously IEEE Std 1003.1™-2024 and The Open Group Standard Base Specifications, Issue 8. POSIX.1-2024 defines a standard operating system interface and environment, ...

The air tightens. Prices shift subtly. And people, like squirrels, begin to stockpile. For good reason too: But that pressure doesn't need to be a threat, it can be read as a message. It’s September.

Bash is the default shell in Ubuntu, and honestly? There’s nothing wrong with it. But if you spend a lot of time in the terminal, it can be worth trying out alternative shells as they often provide ...

a2ps-4.15.7: GNU a2ps converts almost anything to a PostScript file, ready for printing. It accomplishes this by being able to delegate files to external handlers, such as Groff and Gzip. It handles ...

This was created primarily to avoid systemd-ukify on my own systems, but also to be more portable. This script supports both llvm-objcopy and binutils' objcopy to build the UKI. Build a UKI: buki ...

Shell, the major oil and energy company with its U.S. headquarters in Houston, may soon announce it is cutting 20 percent of its upstream workforce, according to a new report. The Houston-based oil ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every shell ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every shell ...

IEEE and The Open Group have released POSIX version 1003.1-2024. The UNIX standard includes many extensions, new functions, options and tools. POSIX is divided into four parts. The basic definitions ...