I have a fairly clear idea of what I'm trying to do, but not of the syntax needed to do it. I have a short shell script that I've used for a while to run software updates via ARD. It simply verifies ...

Does anyone have any guides to the details of the syntax of command-line arguments? Specifically, how the command line interpreter works with complex string arguments.<BR><BR>Originally, only 8.3 ...

One of the nice things about the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment is that it includes a GUI that's sufficient for performing most administrative tasks. Even so, most administrators eventually ...

File creation is perhaps one of the most trivial tasks you perform on your computer almost every day. If you’re a Windows user, you probably do it via the graphical interface. Although this approach ...

Using bash aliases in Linux can save time and having to remember complex commands - and it can be fun, too. Want to get work done a little faster, spend less time remembering commands and maybe even ...

Have you ever heard of FINDSTR and Select-String? Select-String is a cmdlet that is used to search text & the patterns in input strings & files. It is similar to grep on Linux & FINDSTR on Windows. In ...

The Windows Command Prompt certainly isn't the most friendly terminal around, and if you're coming from a UNIX background, it can feel like moving from a Ferrari to Fred Flintstone's car. Luckily, ...

Before we see how to send command output to a text file in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Terminal, let us see how the command runs. When you enter a command and hit enter, its output will get ...

Your terminal doesn't have to look like a boring block of white-on-black text. Personalizing it so much easier than it seems.