Monthly Archives: April 2013

Back in episode 7 the chown command and UNIX file permissions were discussed. This episode is going to extend that and talk about file system attributes, or more appropriately named extended attributes. Recall that Linux file systems support three permission … Continue reading →

The last two episodes of Linux in the Shell discussed the use of bc as a command line scientific calculator and units for converting between different units. This episode will continue along the lines of mathematics by highlighting some other … Continue reading →