Effective Shell Part 7: The Subtleties of Shell Commands
In this chapter, we'll take a look at the various different types of shell commands that exist and how this can affect your work. By the end of this chapter, you might even be able…
Effective Shell Part 6: Everything You Don't Need To Know About Job Control
Job control is a feature of most shells, which is generally not particularly intuitive to work with. However, knowing the basics can help prevent you from getting yourself into a tangle, and can from time…
Effective Shell Interlude: Understanding the Shell
You may be familar with the shell, but it can be useful to understand some of the surrounding concepts in detail. How does a shell differ from a terminal? What is a tty? How do shells really work? Hopefully as you read this article you'll discovery something that you didn't know about shells.…
Effective Shell 4: Move Around!
This is the fourth part of my Effective Shell series, a set of practical examples of ways to be more efficient with everyday tasks in the shell or at the command line. Part 1: Navigating…
Dynamic and Configurable Availability Zones in Terraform
When building Terraform modules, it is a common requirement to want to allow the client to be able to choose which region resources are created in, and which availability zones are used. I've seen a…