Sometimes you don’t want binary characters cluttering up your shell script. Maybe you want to e-mail the script and you are afraid of what the various mail systems in the path might do to your data.

It's not hard to create and run a shell script in Linux distros like Ubuntu, but there are a few non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid. Here's a quick example of how to execute a script in Linux.

With Linux and most other modern operating systems, both programs will run together with the input of the second program connected to the first program’s output.

Here are some basic skills to get started with bash, one of the best shells for preparing and using scripts on Linux.

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

Uptycs Threat Research outline how malicious Linux shell scripts are used to cloak attacks and how defenders can detect and mitigate against them.

The examples I have given here are all for a fictional service that logs to a file. As a real-world example, recently I have been working with gigabytes of CSV files that I have been converting using ...

Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors ...

Exiting a script and logging out are very different, but sometimes you may need to log out of your Linux system from within a script. Here's how to do it.

This article will introduce the concept of playing a file line by line in Linux with the help of examples and best user tips. We'll walk you through some of the most common errors made when reading a ...