Terminating processes on Unix systems is not quite an art, but there are sure a lot more options for how to select and terminate Unix processes than there are ways to skin a cat. In this post, we take ...

On Unix/Linux systems, there are quite a few commands that can provide insights into the processes that are running, the resources those processes use, and the users responsible for them. Some of ...

The fuser (pronounced “ef-user”) command is a very handy command for determining who is currently using a particular file or directory. If one user can’t access a file because another user has it ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...