Last time I talked about how to use AWK (or, more probably the GNU AWK known as GAWK) to process text files. You might be thinking: why did I care? Hardware hackers don’t need text files, right? Maybe ...

If you ever need to write a binary file from a traditional language like C, it isn’t all that hard to do. About the worst thing you might have to deal with is attempts to fake line endings across ...

Set up zero-click CD ripping, get reports on user accounts with awk, and get started with the fine points of directory permissions. If you browse around any Linux forum, you’ll come upon a question ...