I have two Macs, both with BASH being the default shell. Mac1 has a tricked-out .bashrc. Mac2 just got a clean OS upgrade, so pretty much everything is stock from Apple. Since file xfer between the ...

Running 10.5.3 Leopard here. I have several alias' and items in my .bashrc file. They dont seem to be recognized until I run the "source ~/.bashrc" command. Shouldn't this file's contents be ...

The .history file in Linux – whether ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history or ~/.history – provides ways to track and reuse commands that you have recently run. This post suggests how you might make good ...

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 ...

Few aspects of Unix system administration are more intimate than the relationship between the admin and their chosen shell. After all, the shell is the most fundamental interface to the system, the ...

We are transitioning to bash as the default shell for all new user accounts. Users who are currently using tcsh may also switch to bash by submitting a support ticket. bash is now the more common ...