If you installed OS X 10.3 from scratch, chances are your default Unix shell is bash. Those who upgraded from 10.2 (or earlier) will find that opening a new Terminal windows presents a tcsh shell ...

I tried to do a "curl" on my MacBook laptop on my LAN behind my corporate web proxy server (Squid) and realized bash doesn't honor OS X's proxy settings. <BR><BR>I had to configure my bash environment ...

Linux 101: What does “sourcing a file” mean in Linux? Your email has been sent Jack Wallen explains the Linux source command by way of an example. Sourcing a file in Linux is a very important concept, ...

For many users who get started with the command line in Linux, there’s a good chance they’re using Bourne Again Shell, or Bash. Bash is the default shell on Mac OS X, and Windows users can use Bash ...