Bash scripting is every Linux administrator's Swiss Army knife. Learn how using a for-loop in conjunction with Bash scripts can produce powerful results. Skip to content ...

The bash shell provides numerous ways to loop through data to make your work – especially scripting challenges – easier. You can loop through a pile of data so you can get a lot done just by ...

Hey,<BR><BR>I've got a script that runs a program in a loop. The program writes a file, and the script extracts a value out of that file. If the value doesn't meet the criteria, the loop continues ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming using simple static command lines. Using variables and 'for loops' in a command string ...

Of course, you’re not ever going to want to loop forever, but having loops run until you stop them can often be very useful. The script below runs until 5:00 p.m.

Today, we're going to introduce the concepts of simple variable substitution and loops—again, with a specific focus on the Bash command line itself, rather than Bash scripting.

Bash is among the most portable scripting languages, allowing users to write their script on any Unix machine and run it on any other compatible Unix machine. However, there are a few exceptions ...

Line 1 – All Bash files need to start with what’s called the shebang, or #!/bin/bash.This tells Ubuntu that it’s a Bash script. Line 3 – We’re using a "for loop" for this Bash file that has two ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t pres… ...