If you run a bash script while using a different shell, this line ensures that bash—and not your current shell—will run the commands included in the script.

Many bash scripts use arguments to control the commands that they will run and the information that will be provided to the people running them. This post examines a number of ways that you can ...

Using nohup to Keep Commands Running After Terminal Closure The nohup command allows you to run a command in the background and keep it running even after the terminal session is closed.

Autocomplete—found everywhere from text messaging apps to IDEs—can seem like a fairly modern innovation, but it’s been present in various forms of Unix since the early 80s, if not earlier. Linux ...

Some Linux scripts have such an execution overhead, running several instances at once needs to be prevented. Thankfully, there are several ways you can to achieve this in your own Bash scripts.

I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When you do, consider these commands.

I have minimal control over the remote server, and only slightly more control over the server the script will be running from.<BR><BR>I have a novice-level understanding of bash shell scripting ...

I have a bash script that needs to be able to mount/umount and write to a DVD burner. It all works when it is run as root, but even if I chmod u+s it and leave it owned as root, my other user ...