Scripting in Linux–putting commands into a file so you can run them as a group—is a lot easier than running them from the command line because you don’t have to figure out the process over ...

So, you want a cool dynamic desktop wallpaper without dodgy programs and a million viruses? The good news is, this is Linux, and anything is possible. I started this project because I was bored of my ...

A program (binary, or executable) is a file on disk somewhere, in a recognized format. Common formats include ELF on Linux, ...

However, you can easily create a shell script that contains a file — even an archive of many files — and then retrieve the file and act on it at run time. This is much simpler from the remote ...

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.

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...

For example, you could run the stop script at 10 p.m., the export script at midnight, and the start script at 2 a.m. Those cron jobs would something look like: ...