Every time we publish a Linux hack that uses a shell script, someone will chime in about how awful it is to program shell scripts. While we like the ubiquity and efficiency, we can’t disagree that the ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...

Few aspects of Unix system administration are more intimate than the relationship between the admin and their chosen shell. After all, the shell is the most fundamental interface to the system, the ...

It hurts to see your programs taken apart and their weaknesses exposed, but it will make you a better programmer.

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I haven't dug into any game programming for a while, so I thought it was high time to do something in that realm. At first, I thought "Halo as a shell script?", but then I came to my senses. Instead, ...

Script languages have been experiencing a renaissance over the past few years. There are many open-source projects such as Jython, Groovy and Bean Shell to allow the scripting environment to interact ...

Administrators are typically burdened with tons of tasks, many of which are repetitive. One of the best ways to automate such tasks is to use scripting. Here's a look at how scripting can help ...