Ebook: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems
Author: Dave Taylor Brandon Perry
- Tags: Linux & UNIX Administration, Network Administration, Networking & Cloud Computing, Computers & Technology, Networking & System Administration, Linux, Operating Systems, Computers & Technology, Programming, Linux, Operating Systems, Computers & Technology, Shell, Unix, Macintosh
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: No Starch Press
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
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Shell scripts are an efficient way to interact with your machine and manage your files and system operations. With just a few lines of code, your computer will do exactly what you want it to do. But you can also use shell scripts for many other essential (and not-so-essential) tasks.
This second edition of Wicked Cool Shell Scripts offers a collection of useful, customizable, and fun shell scripts for solving common problems and personalizing your computing environment. Each chapter contains ready-to-use scripts and explanations of how they work, why you'd want to use them, and suggestions for changing and expanding them. You'll find a mix of classic favorites, like a disk backup utility that keeps your files safe when your system crashes, a password manager, a weather tracker, and several games, as well as 23 brand-new scripts, including:
- A ZIP code lookup tool that reports the city and state
- A Bitcoin address information retriever
- A suite of tools for working with cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud
- Tools for renaming and applying commands to files in bulk
- Image processing and editing tools