The find command is one of the most basic Unix commands, but that doesn't mean you're making good use of its many features.

If you use PuTTY on a Windows box to connect to your Unix systems, here’s what you have to do to use the pscp command. First, you need to open a DOS command prompt. On some versions of Windows ...

See additional Unix tips and tricks The fuser (pronounced “ef-user”) command is a very handy command for determining who is currently using a particular file or directory.

Conclusion Now that you know how to view the manual pages of *nix commands using man, get out there and explore your operating system. There are many different commands that will be useful to know.

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 ouput of the Unix command httpd -t (which runs a syntax ...

The most standard use of the find command seeks to locate files based on some simple parameter such as their names, owners, size, etc.