Unlike shell scripts on Unix systems, batch files are run by typing their names without their extensions. So to run a batch file named mapdrive.bat, you would type only “mapdrive”.

Here at work we use an old SCO UNIX system for some of the day to day operations. To make my role as desktop support a little faster I was hoping to write a script that would kill all of the TTYs ...

One of the most universal experiences of any Linux or Unix user is working through a guide or handbook and coming across an almost unbelievably complex line of code meant to be executed with a shel… ...

His “Log2Ram” is a simple Unix shell script that sets up a mount point for logging in RAM rather than on the SD card.

Developer Andy Szybalski has released Shellsilver 1.0, a Mac OS X tool that lets you execute UNIX shell scripts directly from the Finder. You execute the scripts by double-clicking on them.

Computer scientists have developed a new system to speed up computer programs in the Unix Shell. A new system, PaSH, has been developed to make computer programs run faster while also delivering ...

Equivalent shell scripts are messy, and such libraries are not as easily accessible, if they exist at all. In order to send the e-mails to the top ten users sorted by comment frequency, first you must ...

To see how associative arrays work, we’re going to look at both the Korn shell and Perl, though only the newest version of the Korn shell (referred to as “korn93”) supports associative arrays.

This provides users with a wide choice of programming environments and APIs (application programming interfaces), including Carbon, Cocoa, Classic, Unix-based Mach-O, Unix shell scripts and ...