The Linux expect command takes script writing to an entirely new level. Instead of automating processes, it automates running and responding to other scripts. In other words, you can write a script ...

The command-line interface (CLI) is the cornerstone of interacting with the Linux operating system. It allows users to enter commands directly, offering greater control and flexibility compared to ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script. Image: dennizn/Adobe Stock ...

Imagine that you want to output multiple lines of text in Bash, or any shell script. Maybe it’s for a help string for a particularly convoluted shell script you’re writing. You could have a separate ...

The pa.sh tool finds sections of code that can run independently, then runs them in parallel to save time. Researchers have open-sourced pa.sh (also called pash), a tool that can dramatically speed up ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

Among all the Linux samples that we receive every day, we noticed one sample detected only by Dr.Web - their detection name was Linux.LuaBot. We deemed this to be suspicious as our detection rates for ...