Network World

Using bash options to change the behavior of scripts

Here are some of the more popular bash options to control how scripts work on Linux and how to list the available options, including seeing which ones are turned on. Bash provides a large number of ...
Network World

Using the script command on Linux to record command line activity

The script command not only makes a record of what commands you run but also allows you to save the output generated so that you can examine it later or easily turn your command sequences into scripts ...
Ars Technica

mount: only root can use "--options" option even though script is u+s

cat /usr/bin/mount_music.sh #!/bin/bash mount -t cifs -o ro,username=utwig,password=sekrit,vers=3\.0 //10.13.37.137/music /mnt/music ls /usr/bin/mount_music.sh -l ...
TechRepublic

How to create a bash script for starting VirtualBox VMs

How to create a bash script for starting VirtualBox VMs Your email has been sent Jack Wallen shows you a nifty trick for easily starting, stopping, pausing, and resuming your VirtualBox virtual ...
Linux Journal

Work the Shell - Parsing Command-Line Options with getopt

I've talked before about how I am a lazy shell script programmer. It might be because I'm simply not a full-time professional software developer, and I don't even administer my own servers anymore—I ...