I am having a scripting problem. Hope someone can see the error of my ways! Long story short, I need to use mkdir in a script to read a text file one line at a time ...

Once you’ve gained a solid understanding of Linux and mastered the various commands available, your next big win comes in the form of shell functions. Code wrapped in a function can be reused by your ...

In the previous two installments in this series, we looked at the basics of using the Terminal to access the Unix command line at the heart of Mac OS X, and then at how to use the Terminal to move ...

Most people learn the mkdir command on the first day they start using Unix. Along with ls, cd and pwd, it’s in the set of the most basic commands that everyone who ventures onto the command line on a ...

Linux/Mac/Cygwin: Creating folders from the terminal and then switching to them can be tedious, especially when the folder names have spaces, but the One Thing Well weblog writes up a simple trick ...