If you use Windows today and type ls, cat, grep, or awk in a terminal, there is a good chance something useful will happen. That was not always true. For most of the history of personal computing, ...

Maybe WSL did it better all along.

Bash is the default shell in Ubuntu, and honestly? There’s nothing wrong with it. But if you spend a lot of time in the terminal, it can be worth trying out alternative shells as they often provide ...

The Mac Terminal app is your window into macOS's UNIX underpinnings. Here's how to customize the appearance of Terminal in macOS. The UNIX operating system standard goes back decades. To 1970 in fact, ...

This comprehensive guide covers essential PowerShell information, including features, system requirements, and how Microsoft’s framework extends to task automation and management. PowerShell was ...

Ubuntu 24.04.x LTS (Noble Numbat) - runs on all of CSIL workstations, and all MPCS workstations. - exception: workstations in SRYE 3024 and SRYE 4024 run Windows only since Fall 2025. Please read ...

So here's a really in depth, good comparison of fundamentals of NT (kernel ) vs Unix designs. Although it's not the modern NT, but earlier, it's still generally valid for design comparisons. Over the ...

Jq is a powerful and highly flexible parser program that can stream and filter JSON data out of files and UNIX pipes. This article will teach you the basics of jq, present code examples, as well as ...

PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language developed by Microsoft. It allows users to navigate, create, delete, and manipulate directories using various commands. You can check if a ...