[shell-scripting] Forum Topics

Grabs the location and name of the script file itself.

I'm no pro when it comes to BASH, but I have been known to shell-script my way out of a problem here and there. One of the useful things you can do is a for-loop, whether it be used on file names, script arguments, or just a string of words. …

I'm no pro when it comes to BASH, but I have been known to shell-script my way out of a problem here and there. One of the useful things you can do is a for-loop, whether it be used on file names, script arguments, or just a string of words. …

This is another useful script I came across. It prints a color-code chart in your terminal. It can help you find the color-code you are looking for, or view the current color-scheme you are using (people use it on reddit/r/unixporn to show off their system's theme, I use it to …

I didn't write this, the credits are in the code. It's a code-golf version, and I'm sorry about that. I am trying to 'decode' it but I don't have the skills, so the 'decoded' version doesn't have the right colors. This is an example of what you can do with …

I ran across the need to view a specific line of a file so I wrote this up. You can view a line or a range of lines for a file or compare two files. Check the command for the syntax. Drop it in /usr/bin/sln and enjoy.

This code changes color of prompt according to user, suppose if user is root then color would be red and normal user would have color black. This'll diffrentiate in users.

Here is a little spinner thing for the command line, used when your current bash script is waiting on a background/system process. The weird character is ^H or a backspace.

I know what your thinking, You and everyone else has always wanted a clock that sits at the top of your command prompt and tells you the time. Why ? I made this in first year when i spent countless hours programming and little in bed. I decided i needed …