When using Ubuntu, user-defined tasks can be performed by executing a script at startup and shutdown. Each of these scripts is a little particular and requires subtle modifications in order to include ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

To avoid that problem, you'll want to set -o noclobber in scripts or, better, for your login shell, and let it be inherited by subshells, including those that run your shell scripts. A good place to ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script.