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

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Simply put, a Shell Script is a program that is run by a UNIX/Linux shell. It is a file that contains a series of commands which are executed sequentially as if they were entered on the command line ...

One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts. These can be shell scripts, or use the Perl, ...

This project demonstrates the fundamental skills of using Linux commands and writing shell scripts to automate tasks. By completing this assignment, the student learns to navigate the Linux filesystem ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script. Image: dennizn/Adobe Stock ...