Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

It would be interesting to learn why shell programming is still going strong. There are several contenders in the land of scripting languages for Unix systems; some of them really strong and well ...

Quoting the Squirrel shell manual: "Squirrel Shell 1.0rc2 and newer support input, output and error streams redirection for child processes." I believe it is done ...

Everything you do on the Linux command line involves a shell, whether you pay it any mind or not. It’s probably Bash, possibly Zsh, but either way, it’s highly relevant to all shell scripting, big and ...

GitHub's annual Octoverse report reveals the top 10 most popular programming languages in the world.

Shell scripts enable every level of system administration and user interaction on Unix and Linux systems. Several system administration tasks can be automated with shell scripts. Disaster recovery ...

Semantics-driven static analysis could be used to improve the safety, correctness, and performance of Unix, Linux, and macOS shell scripts, researchers say. Semantics-driven static analysis is being ...

If you’re comfortable using the command line on Unix or Linux but haven’t fully explored Bash, this book is for you. It’s designed for programmers familiar with languages like Python, JavaScript, or ...

Microsoft’s recent move to open-source its once Windows-exclusive PowerShell appears to paying off, with the language now popping up in the top 50 of the Tiobe index of the world’s most popular ...