The often overlooked Xcode FileMerge app lets you spot what's changed between two files. Here's how to spot the differences using the tool. Most developers of Apple software are familiar with Apple's ...

CentOS is a free version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. It is built from the same source code as Red Hat and is designed to be used in a business environment. Unlike Red Hat, it ...

And one final great grep feature: recursive search. Running “grep -r pattern” will search all files within your current ...

If you have been following our earlier posts, you may already be aware that OneDrive (SkyDrive) now lets you edit many kinds of text files in the browser. OneDrive.com already offers Office Web Apps, ...

There are basically two kinds of people who want to write things in plain text files: those who have to deal with weird, intractable cross-platform formatting issues, and those who just like the ...

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT with a new interface section, called canvas, that promises to make the chatbot more useful for writing and coding tasks. The company debuted the feature today. It marks ...

Using a plug-in for the popular Windows text editor, Notepad++, you can easily encrypt selected text and entire text files. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is ...

Any file on a computer is basically reduced to a binary code which in turn could be written as a text code. An image file is no exception to this. Since an image file has a form in a text code, you ...

Welcome to part two in a series about steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight. We are practicing steganography because it can be a useful skill if you don't have access to encryption ...