Hello,<BR><BR><BR>I am trying to learn shell scripting and am <BR>presently writing some simple scripts I want<BR>to write a script that will check each directory<BR>to see if a file of a certain name ...

This Wiley Publishing tome is big (more than 650 pages), useful and very complete. Be warned, however, that its scope is limited to system administration. The purpose of the book is to solve “real ...

If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start. Creating a script on a Unix or Linux system can be dead easy or ...

Attaching a remote drive or directory on a Windows box is called “drive mapping” though the process is essentially the same as what we call mounting in the Unix world. While I rarely spend any ...

Don't expose your system with sloppy scripts! Although a Linux desktop or server is less susceptible to viruses and malware than a typical Windows device, there isn't a device on the internet that isn ...

I know "encrypt" isn't the right description here. It's more like trying to "obfuscate" or "scramble" a password in a plaintext shell script. Say you have a UNIX shell script that does FTP to Windows ...

One of the most universal experiences of any Linux or Unix user is working through a guide or handbook and coming across an almost unbelievably complex line of code meant to be executed with a shell.

Clearly, other vital information concerning a script can be displayed using a series of echo commands — all related to where we are when we run the script and how we call it. If we run a script like ...