If you're not yet comfortable with writing scripts on Unix and Linux systems, this post might get you off to a healthy start.

I'm looking for info on using "if" with errorlevels but I may be using the wrong term because I keep coming up with nt shell scripting info.So here is what I want to do...I want to run "ls" on an ...

It will help you dramatically when doing basic maintenance and troubleshooting on your Linux machine. Finally, the most important thing you need to have a complete understanding of is your text editor ...

Is there a language similar to BASIC that I can use for general-purpose programming tasks under Linux? I know that shell scripting is much more powerful than MS batch files, but the syntax seems ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every ...

Learning a basic scripting language can elevate your PC skills.

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