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… ...

With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity ...

This includes how it blends the programming language with the command interpreter. And for that purpose, UNIX shells have evolved some ingenious solutions. In Bash, the programming constructs look ...

In your project directory, create a subdirectory called .devcontainer. To be clear, the directory should start with a period ...

Programming language tools: Windows gets versatile new open-source terminal Microsoft's new open-source Windows Terminal command-line tool is the future of Windows Console Host.

In the first article in this series focusing on the top 5 languages for systems admins, I wrote about not being too fond of programming. To recap, it’s not because I don’t see the value behind ...

Zig makes debugging easier Debugging may very well be easier in Zig than in any other programming language. A big problem with debuggers in general is that to execute a program step by step, one must ...