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 ...

Linux Scripting & Automation Objective The goal of this lab was to develop foundational skills in Bash scripting using a Linux terminal environment. Students learned how to create and execute scripts ...

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.

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 ...

In this how-to, we will create a simple application launcher using a Bash script. Selecting an application will trigger the terminal command and open the application.

Managing directories on Linux is easy, but the process gets more complex when you need to create, empty or remove large, complex directory structures.

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