How shall I reuse a function in multiple scripts?
In bash, sometimes I would like to reuse a function in several scripts.
Is it bad to repeat the definition of the function in all the scripts?
If so, what is some good practice?
scripting
How to automatically record all your terminal sessions with script utility
What I want to achieve is be able to record my terminal sessions to file automatically whenever I use Yakuake/Konsole.
intersection of two files according to the first column
I have two files
in file A, there are sequence_numbers
in the other file B, there are many columns, and the first column is sequnce numbers,
I want to get a files with all the lines in the B with the sequence numbers which are in the A
how can I achieve this?
thanks
Running a script during booting/startup; init.d vs cron @reboot
I am currently trying to understand the difference between init.d and cron @reboot for running a script at startup/booting of the system.
How to get whole command line from a process?
How can I get the command arguments or the whole command line from a running process using its process name?
Check if script is started by cron, rather than invoked manually
Is there any variable that cron sets when it runs a program ? If the script is run by cron, I would like to skip some parts; otherwise invoke those parts.
Send email written in markdown using mutt
Sometimes I need to send a fragment of code on google-group inline. Text does not help here; I can type it in markdown, convert it to html (using pandoc etc.), attach to mutt as text/html and send it.
Increase %e precision with /usr/bin/time shell command
When I run the time command in shell time ./myapp I get an output like the following:
How to run ssh command until succeeded?
Sometimes I restart a device and need to ssh back in when it’s ready.
Create sub-directories and organize files by date
I have some directories of files copied from my security camera that I would like to organize into sub-directories by file date. So for example;