When using Ubuntu, user-defined tasks can be performed by executing a script at startup and shutdown. Each of these scripts is a little particular and requires subtle modifications in order to include ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.

A script file: This is a text file written in a human-readable language that can be run with another program, an interpreter. It might be a shell script or a program in a scripting language like ...

Bash scripting is every Linux administrator's Swiss Army knife. Learn how using a for-loop in conjunction with Bash scripts can produce powerful results.