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

This is the code repository for Mastering Linux Shell Scripting - Second Edition, published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the book from start to ...

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 ...

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells and systems. Where echo often fails with escape sequences, printf handles ...

It also saves a log in the same location as the backup file, including: Logging the start and end time plus how long the backup took. Logging every file that was ...

Once a script is prepared and tested, you can get a significant task completed simply by typing the script's name followed by any required arguments. Developing scripts to handle your more complicated ...