A file of executable commands for Unix and Linux. Created in a text editor, when the file is run, each command is executed until the end of the file is reached. After the shell script is written, it ...

KADAPA: In a significant archaeological breakthrough, three rare shell character inscriptions dating back to the 6th century CE have been discovered in Lankamalla forest of Siddhavatam range, Kadapa ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...

"How does a geek-pastor use a computer?" is a question that I assume a lot of people ask themselves, although they probably don't. But if they did, this would be one answer: I need to make a list of ...

Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

hey all, I need to set up a shell script that ssh's into a remote server then runs some commands. I have minimal control over the remote server, and only slightly more control over the server the ...

So, we have a shell script that starts james (the JAVA mail server). I was alerted to the fact that despite the script being the last line in rc.local, it wasn't starting on boot. So, I went to the ...