How to avoid alias recursion loops in any Linux or Unix shell.
Read more »Linux and Unix Humor With The Operator From Hell
Linux and Unix humor from the unique perspective of the bastard operator from Hell
Read more »The Hacker's Dictionary And Anxiety Meds
A classic of Linux/Unix humor and a funny fake ad for anxiety medication ...together at last ;)
Read more »Using Grep To Streamline Your Shell And Command Line Scripting
Some interesting ways to use grep to shorten your command lines. Not to be confused with efficiency ;)
Read more »Using Bash To Feed Command Output To A While Loop Without Using Pipes!
How to feed command output to a while loop in bash without using pipes.
Read more »Absolute Nonsense - More Weekend Unix and Linux Levity
Random nonsense for your amusement. Links to sites containing random humor generators :)
Read more »The Thesaurus Shell Script - New And Improved!
An updated version of the updated version of the Thesaurus script we put up a while ago. Many thanks :)
Read more »More Linux and Unix Laughs For The Weekend
Mostly Linux and Unix humor with some unavoidable MS-bashing :)
Read more »The Easy Way To Convert Binary To Decimal
Response to some criticism of the past two posts, mostly regurgitated from my interactions on other sites, and a little line of code.
Read more »Perl and Bash Versions Of Binary To Decimal Conversion Script
Perl and Bash ports of our newbie program to convert binary numbers to decimal. Code written for ease-of-reading, where possible. If you don't script already; start! :)
Read more »A Little Linux and Unix Humor - Error Messages
A list I found on the net of some hilarious error messages. Possibly for the Linux and Unix enthusiast only ;)
Read more »Using Traps Outside Of Shell Scripts On Unix Or Linux
How to set, and reset, traps at the command line, and login, level to enhance system security.
Read more »Basic I/O Redirection Differences In Sh/Ksh, Bash and Zsh On Linux And Unix
A look at how I/O redirection works slightly differently in different shells.
Read more »UnConfusing The Issue Of Disabling Root On Linux or Unix
A look at various ways to secure the root account against system users and some in-use methods that seem to cause more harm than good.
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Using Strings To Safely Get Program Usage Information On Linux And Unix
How to find out what options a command takes, and what it does, when you have no clue what it's used for and don't want to make a huge mess!
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