Oh happy day! I got an e-mail from a reader with a shell script question that didn't appear to be homework from a programming class or anything to do with hacking passwords. The reader wrote: I am ...

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 ...

Developing bash scripts lets you do a lot of work with little or no effort. This bash command cheat sheet will help you get started. Developing scripts in bash (short for Bourne-Again SHell) can be a ...

The first software that I was actually paid to develop was a 2-page shell script that prompted the user for a dozen or so pieces of information, before launching a set of cooperating processes. Those ...

A handful of useful productivity tools wrapped up in a simple shell script.