This is an example of a Bash shell script used to loop through a list to compare to text strings found in logs. The script is used to detect and block attacks on a web site.

The first of the bashshell.net "5 Days of find" series, this tutorial breaks down the basics of the find command. With the Linux find utility, you can perform powerful searches on just about any criterion you can think of, and then, from the same command-line entry, invoke another utility to do whatever you need to do with the results.

Using awk scripts expands the possibilities with awk and provides an easy way to repeat searches on a number of files.

Here are 10 Bash tips for making working a terminal faster and more productive.

"Wouldn't it be nice to just start an application at the navigation stage? Well you can. As well as: graphically feed text to Espeak or Festival, graphically display a command's output like a directory listing or a file's contents, graphically start a web browser at a specific website like a Google search with your input, and so much more! This is basic BASH and Zenity, so don't worry, it's easy!"

I decided to try and come up with my own one-liner to remove the old kernels from my system. In this post I'll take you through each portion of this one-liner step by step so you can see how it works.

Terminal is the power tool that every linux user may have to come in contact even once in their computer life. Here is a post about controlling and managing your system using the gnome terminal.

Over the course of writing The Linux Command Line and this blog, I've had frequent need of good reference resources for command line programs including the shell itself. Here is my list of the ones that stand out: