Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

Bash is excellent for simple scripts and system tasks, Python offers extensive libraries and high-level capabilities, and Perl provides unmatched text-processing power.

At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea ...

Unix and Linux custom, as well as several standards, assume you will have /bin/sh available to execute scripts. Of course, a shell script can also ask for a specific interpreter using the #! syntax.

From mastering command redirection and pipelines to writing scripts that work across different Unix-like systems, this book equips you for real-world Linux challenges.

How to launch a Windows 10 executable from WSL Linux Both Windows 10 and Linux use a 'PATH' variable that contains a list of folders that are searched when you execute a program.

Shell scripts are not compiled — at least, not typically — so the shell only reads what it needs to do the work. That means if your script is careful to exit, you can add as much “garbage ...