Jack Wallen introduces you to Linux environment variables. What are they and how are they set and unset? How many times have you installed something on Linux, only to find out that you need to set ...

Variables often look like $var, but they also look like $1, $*, $? and $$. Let's take a look at what all these $ values can tell you. A lot of important values are ...

Using bash and tcsh on the RC clusters: NOTE: to tcsh users, adding a .tcshrc to your home folder will prevent the usual RC environment from being created. Please put ...

In our first tutorial on command line wizardry, we covered simple redirection and the basics of sed, awk, and grep. Today, we’re going to introduce the concepts of simple variable substitution and ...

We are transitioning to bash as the default shell for all new user accounts. Users who are currently using tcsh may also switch to bash by submitting a support ticket. bash is now the more common ...

Linux 101: What are environment variables? Your email has been sent Jack Wallen introduces you to Linux environment variables. What are they and how are they set and ...