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15 Useful Bash Shell Built-in Commands (With Examples)

by Sasikala on August 3, 2010

Bash has several commands that comes with the shell (i.e built inside the bash shell).

When you execute a built-in command, bash shell executes it immediately, without invoking any other program.

Bash shell built-in commands are faster than external commands, because external commands usually fork a process to execute it.

In this article let us review some useful bash shell builtins with examples.
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Holiday Giveaway: Win Learning Nagios 3.0 Book

by Ramesh Natarajan on December 15, 2008

Learning Nagios 3.0 BookIt’s Holiday Season and I have a gift for you.

As part of the first contest at The Geek Stuff, I will be giving away three copies of Learning Nagios 3.0 PDF version of the book written by Wojciech Kocjan. All you have to do is let us know your favorite Unix command with a sample usage.

For those who’ve been following this blog for a while already know that I love Nagios and I have written few article on Nagios earlier.

For beginners, Learning Nagios 3.0 book will give you an introduction to Nagios and a jumpstart on how to setup and configure Nagios 3.0. For advanced users, this book explains about the Nagios 3.0 new features and details of advanced Nagios configuration.
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