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There's more to the lsof command than you might imagine. Check out all the ways that it can be used to help you with your troubleshooting.

Today’s hint will probably only appeal to those of you learning to use the Unix side of OS X. A while back, I was trying to capture the output of the Unix command httpd -t (which runs a syntax ...

Lifehacker reader Michael writes in with a nifty tip that was lurking in our comments all along, but deserves to see the bright light of posting. If you're already using the Unix-like Cygwin, it's ...

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...

Matisse.net hosts a list of Unix commands unique to Mac OS X /Darwin. You'll find a lot of good stuff in that list that you might not have been aware ...

The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app.