Hackaday

Linux Fu: Shell Script File Embedding

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...
How-To Geek on MSN

These 8 useful Bash patterns are hiding in real projects—here's how to use them

Discover the techniques that help popular scripts succeed.
Ars Technica

PowerShell script to copy files with logging

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...
Linux Journal

Using Named Pipes (FIFOs) with Bash

It's hard to write a bash script of much import without using a pipe or two. Named pipes, on the other hand, are much rarer. Like un-named/anonymous pipes, named pipes provide a form of IPC ...
Linux Journal

How to Add a Simple Progress Bar in Shell Script

At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea ...
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 3

Learn how to leverage configuration files to customize PowerShell scripts, including language, formatting and display settings, in this conclusion to a three-part series. In the previous article in ...