Developing scripts to handle your more complicated tasks can make your efforts on the Linux command line considerably easier and more reliable – at least once the scripts are written and tested.

The Moving Parts of I18N in Bash Building on the fundamentals outlined above, let's move onto a real example. This section demonstrate how I18N and Localization are supported and applied in a bash ...

We often write quick bash scripts and judging by the comments, half of us use bash or a similar shell to pop out quick, useful scripts, and half of us think that’s an abomination, and you should only ...

When writing scripts, it’s important to know how to test and validate variables.

Hi all! I am new to BASH scripting on Macs. I have started to create simple .sh scripts, but i am looking to advance onto a new skill which involves either: 1. installing .pkg files from my ...

The output is a bash script. Admittedly, sometimes a hard-to-read bash script, but still. If you want to see the source code, it is available on GitHub.

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

Hey,<BR><BR>I've got a script that runs a program in a loop. The program writes a file, and the script extracts a value out of that file. If the value doesn't meet the criteria, the loop ...

Download the official current release of Arch Linux and boot into it. Download the script with curl. Load your preferred keymap with the command loadkeys [keymap] -- for example loadkeys us.