How to use awk to select data from commands and ... and I recently got into using some more advanced (for me) Linux commands on my scripts. SEE: Top 5 programming languages for systems admins ...

Whether you squeeze your awk permutations onto the command line or prefer to build them into scripts, the language is clever and versatile and well worth using even as it joins the ranks of middle ...

Using variables and “for loops” in a command string simplifies the reuse of existing scripts and helps automate their operation. While you can’t use these scripts in the Windows Command window, you ...

How to use a Bash script for-loop for system administration in Linux Your email has been sent Bash scripting remains a staple of my endeavors in Linux as a system administrator, and I use it every ...

In this post I'll show you how to create a self extracting bash script to automate the installation of files on your system. This script requires coreutils (for cat, tail), awk, gzip, tar and bash.

especially when the process is turned into a script. First, the awk command that we’ll be using starts by running through each letter in the string. In a more common command, you might see awk ...

Do you want to create a Shell script in your Linux system? This guide will take you through how to create a shell script using multiple text editors, how to add comments, and how to use Shell ...

Init scripts differ greatly from OS to OS, even from distribution to distribution in the case of Linux, but they are all rooted in sh, and they all use core CLI tools like sed, awk, and grep.