When you use Terminal in 10.3 and 10.4, you’re probably using the bash shell—it’s the default, unless you’re using an upgrade install that was previously using tcsh. If you’re not familiar with what a ...

While Linux systems install with thousands of commands, bash also supplies a large number of “built-ins”—commands that are not sitting in the file system as separate files, but are part of bash itself ...

Markdown has become an extremely popular way to document source code and other projects, thanks in no small part to how well web-based services like GitHub render it. Just sprinkle a few extra ...

Let's explore some cool and useful things you can do directly in the terminal without diving too deep into its complexity.

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Apple hasn’t explained exactly why it’s making this change, but bash isn’t exactly ...