I replaced all my bash scripts with Python. Here’s what improved, what broke, and why the switch changed my workflow.

Here are some basic skills to get started with bash, one of the best shells for preparing and using scripts on Linux. Scripting in Linux–putting commands into a file so you can run them as a group—is ...

Once a script is prepared and tested, you can get a significant task completed simply by typing the script's name followed by any required arguments. Developing scripts to handle your more complicated ...

How to use a Bash script for-loop for system administration in Linux Your email has been sent Bash scripting remains a staple of my endeavors in Linux as a system administrator, and I use it every day ...

Hi all! I am new to BASH scripting on Macs. I have started to create simple .sh scripts, but i am looking to advance onto a new skill which involves either: 1. installing .pkg files from my computer ...

Using RH7.0, I've set up a bash script called 'dlist' which is just an 'ls' with the '-s and -h' switches appended. This gives you your normal ls output, with total size of the directory contents and ...

Although bash scripts are regularly maligned, they do have a certain simplicity and ease of creation that makes them hard to resist. But sometimes you really need to do some heavy lifting in another ...

I follow several Web comics. I used to open my Web browser and check out each comic's Web site. That method was fine when I read only a few Web comics, but it became a pain to stay current when I ...

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 ...

Codecov has introduced a new uploader that relies on NodeJS to replace and remove a Bash script responsible for a recent supply chain attack. The San Francisco-based DevOps tool provider said in a ...