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.

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

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 ...

How to install Kali Linux tools on Ubuntu with this easy script Your email has been sent If you want to get some of the power of Kali Linux on your Ubuntu ...

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 ...

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells and systems. Where echo often fails with escape sequences, printf handles ...

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 ...

Of all the things a body can write, a great number of them these days require something a little different from the good-old word processor. Podcasts, corporate video presentations, radio and ...

BASH is a Unix shell and command language which can run Shell Script files. You do not need to install Ubuntu or any other Linux Distros unless your scripts need the ...