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Hashing out the hash command on Linux | Network World [2]
When you type “hash” on a Linux system, you could get one of two very different responses depending on the shell you are using.
If you are using bash or a related shell such as ksh, you should see a list of the commands that you have used since your terminal session began, sometimes with a count of how many times each command was used. This can be more useful than using the history command if you just want to see your very recent command activity, but the hash command is not a single executable. Instead, it relies on your shell.
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Learn About Blender and Maybe Get a Free Book – What’s Not to Like? [3]
The event is Blender 101, an online event from the All Things Open folks, which will feature Jason van Gumster, author of Blender for Dummies, which is popular enough to now be in its fourth edition. Better yet, some copies of the book will be given away “to randomly chosen attendees.”
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Why must you use ./ to run your Ubuntu scripts? The meaning of Linux's dot slash explained. - Coffee Talk: Java, News, Stories and Opinions [4]
When you run your own executable command or shell script on Linux, you must prepend ./ to the Unix command. But why?
Why must you use a dot slash to run commands in Unix? You don’t have to do that in Windows with a batch file.
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What Is Doas and How to Install It [5]
Doas is a privilege escalation program similar to sudo. It is designed to be as lightweight and simple as possible. It is the default privilege escalation program for OpenBSD but also available for other UNIX-like operating systems through the OpenDoas program.
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Shell Aliases Every Linux User Needs - Invidious [6]
One of the most common questions I get from new-to-Linux users is, "How can I become a power user?" Well, learning the terminal and the terminal commands is the best thing you can do. And big part of becoming more proficient at the command line is creating your own Bash aliases. So today, I'm taking a fresh install of Ubuntu and adding aliases to it's bashrc. These are aliases that I think most, if not all, Ubuntu users would find helpful.
