Ever type “rm -rf dirname” and then realize you’ve just blown away the wrong directory? You can always alias the rm command to “rm -i”, but let’s look at a way that you can selectively determine which ...

Even if you’re brand new to Terminal, I hope someone has given you this valuable advice: Be very careful when using the rm command to remove files and folders! The Unix file and folder deletion tool ...

The following is the continuation of a series of columns on Linux disasters and how to recover from them, inspired in part by a Halloween Linux Journal Live episode titled “Horror Stories”. You can ...

To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...