Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, 2nd Edition - 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems

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!

Product details

• Authors: Brandon Perry, Brandon Taylor Perry, Dav Taylor, Dave Taylor, Dave Perry Taylor
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2017
• EAN: 9781593276027
• ISBN: 978-1-59327-602-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; UNIX, COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / General, COMPUTERS / Programming / Open Source, Open source and other operating systems