Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

While administrators scramble to fix the newly discovered Shellshock vulnerability, Harvard University researchers are putting the finishing touches on a scripting language built to mitigate the ...

Linux, known for its robustness and flexibility, has been a favorite among developers, system administrators, and technology enthusiasts. One of the pillars of Linux's capabilities is its inherent ...

Linux Journal, representing 25+ years of publication, is the original magazine of the global Open Source community.

Monad, also known more formally as the MSH Command Shell, is a next generation Windows command shell. Built on top of the .NET Framework, MSH provides a powerful infrastructure for the automation of a ...

Scripts are part of the foundation for efficient network administration. Network administrators are generally not programmers, but they need tools that will let them automate certain tasks and ...

Open source development tool GitHub released its annual ranking of programming languages. JavaScript claimed the top spot, a position its held since 2014. Most languages remained stagnant, with ...

Since 2014, GitHub's annual State of the Octoverse report has tracked various developer trends. That includes the top 10 programming languages each year, which, in 2020, included Java, Python, and C.