A command like this one will create a file containing a list of files that start with the word “Lab” but, again, only looks in the current directory and immediate subdirectories.

First, you must open a shell, sometimes called a terminal window. Often Unix distributions put this under the Administration or System menus. In MacOS, you’ll find the terminal in Applications ...

Grep is fast, powerful, and the workhouse of the command line. We’ll show you how to become a command-line wizard by using grep to quickly find text hidden in your files.

Of course, you can also use the pscp command to copy files from a Unix system to your Windows box. As with scp, you simply reverse the order in which you specify the files: pscp user @myserver ...

Windows search is not without certain charms, but when I need to find files or their contents, or search for specific system information, the grep command in Linux never ceases to amaze me through ...

These commands can be as useful on the Windows command line (i.e., within the command prompt window) or within scripts (e.g., .bat files) as they are on Unix.

Unix systems provide numerous ways to compare files. The most common way to verify that you have received or downloaded the proper file is to compute a checksum and compare it against one computed ...

Finding files using Find Yesterday we covered a limitation of OS X's Find command/dialog where certain system-level and Unix directories are not searched by default. We suggested using the ...