How-To Geek on MSN

These 8 useful Bash patterns are hiding in real projects—here's how to use them

Discover the techniques that help popular scripts succeed.
Ars Technica

Shell script to download entire directory via ftp?

This thread is quite obviously about how to write a script to get an entire directory (including subs). Since Unix shell scripting isn't traditionally an MA specialty I was wondering if my comrades in ...
XDA Developers on MSN

PowerShell is way more powerful than most Windows users realize

PowerShell's scripting language and ability to interact directly with Windows system elements give it a superpower that ...
MCPmag

5 Cool PowerShell Cmdlets for Speeding Up Active Directory Tasks

While I don't pretend to be an expert in Windows PowerShell scripting by any means, I use PowerShell whenever I can because I find it very useful to manage my servers. For network administrators who ...
Linux Journal

Work the Shell - Understanding Shell Script Shorthand

Oh happy day! I got an e-mail from a reader with a shell script question that didn't appear to be homework from a programming class or anything to do with hacking passwords. The reader wrote: I am ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell: An In-Depth Scripting Crash Course

More of you are getting used to Windows PowerShell and realizing its advantages. With that in mind, this month's column is going to be a long one. This is a lightning overview of Windows PowerShell ...
Linux Journal

DirB, Directory Bookmarks for Bash

Imagine browsing the Web and having to type the full Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) path each time you visit a Web page—painful. However, since 1993, when browser bookmarks were added to the Mosaic ...