This month, Charly considers Jacobin rule, Napoleon Bonaparte’s neoconservatism, Jewish and Islamic tradition, and a cronjob that nearly worked.

Firewalls often block shell access for remote users on a corporate network or at an Internet cafe. Luckily, tools like PHP Shell and Shell in a Box put the shell in a browser window.

Shell scripts are now bourne-compatible

Even beginners can benefit from a greater understanding of the Bash shell’s many builtin commands.

Ease into your comfort zone with these tips for customizing Bash.

Professional users are always searching for an edge. Whether you work with Linux as a webmaster, programmer, system administrator, or security consultant, you know the best solution depends on finding the right tool for the job.

With version 1.0, log4bash makes its first appearance in providing logging functions for shell scripts.

Zenity and KDialog let you integrate your scripts with the native KDE or Gnome environment.