Sometimes itâ s useful to make sure a Bash shell script doesnâ t run too frequently. Hereâ s a neat way to set a time limit that must expire before the script can run again.

Linux scripting automates repetitive tasks like converting file formats and can save hours of work. You can find and adapt scripts online easily, with plenty of resources and guides available.

The only trick, then, is to find the end of the script and, thus, the start of the payload. Consider this file, deliver.sh: #!/bin/bash WORKDIR=$( mktemp -d ) #find last line +1 SCRIPT_END=$( awk ...

We often write quick bash scripts and judging by the comments, half of us use bash or a similar shell to pop out quick, useful scripts, and half of us think that’s an abomination, and you should ...