The script command not only makes a record of what commands you run but also allows you to save the output generated so that you can examine it later or easily turn your command sequences into scripts ...

Just like a movie script gives actors an idea of how to act out a particular scene. In the same way, a Bash script is a file containing a series of Linux commands which when executed, work like they ...

If you're using Opera on Linux, you might know that updating the extra media lib is necessary from time to time. To make it easier, I created a script that can set up the extra directory and update ...

You've seen it a million times—the hash-bang (#!) line at the top of a script—whether it be Bash, Python, Perl or some other scripting language. And, I'm sure you know what its purpose is: it ...

Exiting a script and logging out are very different, but sometimes you may need to log out of your Linux system from within a script. Here's how to do it. Most of the time, exiting a script leaves you ...

When last I discussed shell scripts, I was presenting a shell script that offered an alternative to the -C context flag in GNU grep. Although most modern Linux systems have the more capable grep ...