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Bash-Oneliner and GameShell Teach Unix Command Line

 Two great resources, one for beginners and one for intermediate users, for learning the Unix, well, Linux shell. Many wanted the command line bashed (pun intended), deprecated or replaced by something else. Still it has never gone away and never will, especially now that it has infiltrated even Windows through WSL. In "The PaSh Project - Advancing the Unix Philosophy One Step Further" I found that: full article on i-programmer: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/126-os/15496-bash-oneliner-and-gameshell-teach-you-the-unix-command-line.html

Dash Dash - Making Linux Documentation More Approachable

  Dash Dash is a new website that aims to prettify the ugly that is the Man Pages. What once felt like a maze of weird symbols and hyper intense colors, now are visually subdued and easier to understand. Navigating Linux documentation when in need is not something enjoyable.Take for instance the Man Pages for chmod : full article on i-programmer: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/81-web-general/15425-dash-dash-making-linux-documentation-more-approachable.html

The PaSh Project gives your POSIX script superpowers by utilizing parallelization in order to speed up execution times.

The PaSh Project gives your POSIX script superpowers by utilizing parallelization in order to speed up execution times. This leads to faster results for data scientists,  engineers,  biologists,  economists,  administrators,  and programmers. I remember the time when the saying was "Learn Perl so you don't have to learn the Shell and its hundreds of utilities". Fast forward some decades and the use of shell scripts still has not been eradicated. On the contrary, their use has increased due to the rise of containers, VM's, administering the cloud, and Linux itself. This also serves as a lesson to those who are quick to denounce technologies as 'dead'. There's a time where a new use case revitalizes an old technology. So what is meant by "Unix philosophy"?  full article on i-programmer: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/14990-the-pash-project-advancing-the-unix-philosophy-one-step-further.html