How to use a Bash script for-loop for system administration in Linux Your email has been sent Bash scripting remains a staple of my endeavors in Linux as a system administrator, and I use it every day ...

How to create a VirtualBox virtual machine backup on a Linux host Your email has been sent Your data center might depend on virtual machines (VMs), and you might use VirtualBox for some of those VMs.

At times, we need to write shell scripts that are interactive and user executing them need to monitor the progress. For such requirements, we can implement a simple progress bar that gives an idea ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...

Exiting a script and logging out are very different, but sometimes you may need to log out of your Linux system from within a script. Here's how to do it. Most of the time, exiting a script leaves you ...

Learn how to add, delete, and grant sudo privileges to users in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.

Linux marks time in the number of seconds since the start of the Linux epoch. Here's a script for using that information to figure how many days separate two dates expressed in traditional calendar ...

Learn to set up Alpine Linux on Raspberry Pi 5, configure graphics, and create a polished desktop environment in this step-by-step guide.