One particular frustration with the UNIX shell is the inability to easily schedule multiple, concurrent tasks that fully utilize CPU cores presented on modern systems. The example of focus in this ...

So I might have to break this up into a script, and I think I could throw it together in ruby in a couple of minute but might as well take a minute to learn something. I've got a bunch of AAC (itunes) ...

These common commands pair perfectly for productive piping.

POSIX, which defines how to call functions common to UNIX-like OSs, is a standard that guarantees that 'it will work in any environment as long as it complies with POSIX.' POSIX has supported the ...

You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts. Using a series ...

There are some commands that turn out to be more useful than first meets the eye. In my opinion, xargs is one of those commands. It takes the standard input and uses it to build a command line. It's ...

I am trying to use xargs on a file containg a long list of other filenames in conjunction with another command. It will run for about a tenth of the file, then I guess it sees something that it does ...

Sometimes a new way of getting work done on the Linux command line can be both interesting and time-saving One of the really nice things about working on the Linux command line is that you can get a ...