This thread is quite obviously about how to write a script to get an entire directory (including subs). Since Unix shell scripting isn't traditionally an MA specialty I was wondering if my comrades in ...

Check if a file is really a file, whether a string contains anything, and whether you can run a program with these vital patterns.

Oh happy day! I got an e-mail from a reader with a shell script question that didn't appear to be homework from a programming class or anything to do with hacking passwords. The reader wrote: I am ...

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Don't expose your system with sloppy scripts! Although a Linux desktop or server is less susceptible to viruses and malware than a typical Windows device, there isn't a device on the internet that isn ...