The Fastest Way to Back Up a File in Bash (You’re Probably Not Using It)
When working in the terminal, backing up a file before editing it is a habit that saves time, nerves, and sometimes entire systems. There’s……
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Oops, I Did It Again — Diffing My Bash Functions to Find My Mistakes
Yesterday, I had a small failure. I’m the kind of person who makes many small mistakes but also often feels quite confident that things……
Linux Storage Testing: Generate Random-Sized Files in Parallel with This Bash Script
Ever needed to generate a batch of random-sized files for testing or development purposes? Whether you’re stress-testing file systems……
How to Create a ‘Disappearing’ Bash Script
Imagine a script that deletes itself after it runs — poof, gone, like it never existed. While this might sound like something out of a spy……
Identifying Failures in Bash Pipelines
Bash pipelines are an essential feature for chaining commands, but managing errors effectively within a pipeline can be challenging. By……
How to Create a Bash Script That Only Executes from Cron
Bash scripts are a powerful way to automate tasks on Linux systems. However, in some cases, you may want a script to only execute under……
Linux: How to colorize text in bash scripts
Assume the following scenario, you want to create a script that will colorize strings! simple right? and it is simple but we need first to……
Bash: How to manage crontabs remotely
Working with crontabs in remote servers usually takes place with the following procedure, Assuming that you follow bad practices like me……
How to handle ctrl+c in bash scripts
Assume that you want to create a script that will run forever unless ctrl+c is pressed.. well as you might already know is that you can do……
How to Set Default Values for Bash Variables
Bash, or the Bourne-Again Shell, is a powerful and widely used command-line interpreter in Unix-like operating systems. In Bash scripting……