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.

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 loops One of the major functions that Bash provides is the ability to run commands in a loop. Loops allow you to quickly perform many functions on a file or set of files or just for general ...

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 ...

If you run a bash script while using a different shell, this line ensures that bash—and not your current shell—will run the commands included in the script.

This article will introduce the concept of playing a file line by line in Linux with the help of examples and best user tips. We'll walk you through some of the most common errors made when reading a ...

Either Linux or bash prints that the program run by my script seg faulted. Is there any way for me to capture the seg fault when it happens by my script so I can end the script properly?

Jack Wallen shows you a nifty trick for easily starting, stopping, pausing, and resuming your VirtualBox virtual machines on a headless Linux server.