Several weeks ago, I shared some of my favorite Unix “tricks” and invited readers to tell me about some of theirs. Quite a few people responded, so this week’s column reflects some of the submitted ...
After two and a half decades of working with Unix, I’ve seen a lot of change in my favorite OS and, at the same time, retained a number of favorite commands that continue to keep my job as a Unix ...
One particular frustration with the UNIX shell is the inability to easily schedule multiple, concurrent tasks that fully utilize CPU cores presented on modern systems. The example of focus in this ...