Memory is one of the most important parts of your Unix system for performance. Let's look at some commands that will tell you what you need to know about the memory on the systems you manage is ...

Get started with Bash, Unix pipes, directory navigation, sudo, Nano, and other command-line essentials ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want.

NET USE without arguments prints a list of the drives that are mapped along with any that were previously mapped and since disconnected. The command is similar to the Unix mount command.

If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's an easy hack to embed Cygwin's commands into your standard Windows comand prompt; if not, it might be worth checking out the free download.

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...

If you regularly use networks that change your OS X, Linux, or Unix system's host name, you may notice the Terminal command prompt reflect this. Here is how to prevent this from happening.

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we ...

In the world of Unix-based operating systems like Linux, file packaging and compression utilities play a pivotal role. One such utility is the zip command, an effective tool for compressing files to ...

IBM last week unveiled upgrades to the high end of its System p5 Unix server line that add dual-core Power5+ processors. The new chips help boost system performance by 25 percent, the company said.