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2+ YearsPublisher | No Starch Press,US |
ISBN 13 | 9781593276027 |
ISBN 10 | 1593276028 |
Book Subtitle | 101 Scripts For Linux, OS X, And Unix Systems |
Book Description | 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: - ZIP code lookup tool that reports the city and state- Bitcoin address information retriever- suite of tools for working with cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud - for renaming and applying commands to files in bulk - processing and editing tools Whether you want to save time managing your system or just find new ways to goof off, these scripts are wicked cool! |
About the Author | Dave Taylor has been in the computer industry since 1980. He was a contributor to BSD 4.4 UNIX, and his software is included in all major UNIX distributions. He is an award-winning public speaker and has written thousands of magazine and newspaper articles. He is the author of 20 books, including Learning UNIX for Mac OS X (O'Reilly), Solaris for Dummies (Hungry Minds), and Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours (SAMS). A popular columnist for Linux Journal magazine, he also maintains a customer tech support website.Brandon Perry started writing C# applications with the advent of the open source .NET implementation called Mono. In his free time, he enjoys writing modules for the Metasploit framework, parsing binary files, and fuzzing things. |
Language | English |
Author | Brandon Perry, Dave Taylor |
Publication Date | 28/Nov/16 |
Number of Pages | 392 |
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts For Linux, OS X, And Unix Systems paperback english - 28/Nov/16