How-To Geek on MSN

These 6 Linux pipelines are unnecessary, complex, and inefficient; here's how to fix them

You probably use these all the time, but there are faster, simpler alternatives.
Network World

The Unix stat command gives you more than ls

The ls command is probably one of the first commands that anyone using Unix learns, but it only shows a small portion of the information that is available with the stat command. The stat command pulls ...
How-To Geek on MSN

These 6 Linux command defaults make the terminal much less frustrating

Make your most-used commands work the way you want them to.
Ars Technica

Using ls to display files with no extensions

Ok, I need to know how to display files like with ls -l except I only want to display files with no file extension. Anybody have any ideas?