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 ...

Hey,<BR><BR>I've got a script that runs a program in a loop. The program writes a file, and the script extracts a value out of that file. If the value doesn't meet the criteria, the loop ...

Looping in bash is easy. You just use a for or a while statement. But, when you want to process a complete line of text from a file in each pass through the loop, you might have to work a little ...

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 ...

How to create a bash script for starting VirtualBox VMs Your email has been sent Jack Wallen shows you a nifty trick for easily starting, stopping, pausing, and resuming your VirtualBox virtual ...

Recently I needed to create a script that processed two input files. By processed I mean that the script needed to get a line from one file, then get a line from the second file, and then do something ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...