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I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick

I really have too many tray icons. You know the ones. They sit on your taskbar, perhaps doing something in the background or, ...
Linux Journal

Linux Shell Scripting: A Pathway to Automated System Excellence

The command-line interface (CLI) is the cornerstone of interacting with the Linux operating system. It allows users to enter commands directly, offering greater control and flexibility compared to ...
Ars Technica

Breaking out of a shell script set in passwd file?

I have a RedHat 9.0 system and have set up a shell script that uses /bin/bash for it's execution. I have set up a user for the system that is presented with this script upon login. The script is ...
Ars Technica

Sending a simple text file through a shell script

I simply want to be able to send a file in which I can put in a shell script so it would have to be a one liner. I tried 'mail -s "subject" email@domain.com < textfile' and I had to use sendmail for ...
Hackaday

Pnut: A Self-Compiling C Transpiler Targeting Human-Readable POSIX Shell

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every shell ...