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

Delete Backs up to erase one character. Backspace Mapped as a backspace key, displaying ^H. Ctrl-u Erases the command line. Ctrl-w Erases the last word on the command line. Ctrl-s Stops flow of output ...

You can make your life a little easier and more productive by adding some Unix power to your Windows system.

Today’s hint will probably only appeal to those of you learning to use the Unix side of OS X. A while back, I was trying to capture the output of the Unix command httpd -t (which runs a syntax ...

The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app.

The "What's the difference between UNIX and Linux?" question can be answered similar to the analogy section that many of us had to complete on the SAT ...

Users can run almost all UNIX commands in a less intimidating environment than Terminal, whilst still having access to most of its power. XMorph 1.2 is a utility to change OS X's appearance/theme.

Lifehacker reader Michael writes in with a nifty tip that was lurking in our comments all along, but deserves to see the bright light of posting. If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's ...