3.1.4 Shell scripting
Every entry filed under Shell scripting and its subtopics.
What kind of help
What do these mean?
- Beginner
- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
- Guided project
- Build something small from start to finish, step by step.
- Explains an idea
- Plain words on how something works and why.
- Step by step
- Numbered steps to get one task done.
- Cheat sheet
- Commands and options in a table, to look up fast.
- Fixes an error
- An error message, what it means, and how to solve it.
2 entries match these filters
- 0424 Cron-safe wrapper: lock, log and report failures for any scheduled command Wrap any cron or timer job so it never runs twice at once, writes a timestamped log, keeps the exit code and… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Script cron & timers · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026
- 0109 A vzdump wrapper script with checks, retention and a log file A Bash wrapper around vzdump that checks the target storage first, backs up chosen guests or all guests with zstd and keep-last… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Script Backup & restore · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026