The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...

One of Linux's strengths as an operating system is its ability to be configured and tweaked to suit your tastes. Using the command line allows you to issue powerful commands that are unavailable to ...

Before we see how to run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, here’s a little bit about Microsoft’s amazing step of integrating user mode Linux and its tools into Windows OS. Who would have thought one would be ...

One of the things that makes Linux and Unix-like systems both powerful and frustrating is that there are many ways to accomplish any particular goal. Take something simple like running a bunch of ...

This is not native Linux. WSL emulates a Linux kernel interface on top of the Windows NT kernel. For system programmers, that's not good enough, but for developers, it enables you to combine the best ...

After typing “at” and the time the command should be run, at prompts you for the command to be run (in this case, the date command). Type ^D to complete your request. Assuming we set up this at ...

The eval command allows you to run the contents of variables as commands and can be very useful, especially in scripts. There are probably a lot of Linux users who have never encountered the eval ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell. One of the strengths of the Windows Subsystem for ...