If you’re using Linux to host VirtualBox VMs, it’s really quite simple–you create bash scripts to manage the starting, stopping, and resuming of those virtual machines.

If you have hosted Linux servers, or even internal servers at remote sites that need to disappear for good, this type of system-nuking script will do the job handily.

Open a terminal and first update the software repository list, and then install zenity. Open a terminal window and set the ...

A few clever Linux commands can make it a lot easier to create, view and remove complex directory structures.

Learning scripting is a valuable skill, with Python being the most popular language, potentially boosting career prospects. You might think that Linux scripting might only be for wizards.

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of creating simple bash scripts to automate backing up your VirtualBox VMs.

You've seen it a million times—the hash-bang (#!) line at the top of a script—whether it be Bash, Python, Perl or some other scripting language. And, I'm sure you know what its purpose is: it ...