Linux systems support pipes that enable passing output from one command to another, but they also support 'named pipes,' which are quite different. Most people who spend time on the Linux command line ...

One of the things that I have always loved about Unix and then Linux is how it allows me to connect a series of commands together with pipes and get a lot of work done without a lot of effort. I can ...

Linux commands can make use of standard streams for input, output, and error messages. Redirection sends an output stream to a file instead of the terminal window ...

Carrying over from yesterday’s examination of the Ubuntu command line, today’s installment of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux is dedicated to ‘man’ and ‘grep’. These commands wield significant power, and ...