3 Shell & command line
Every entry filed under Shell & command line and its subtopics.
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5 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
- 0422 Dotfiles: keep your shell setup in git Put .bashrc, .zshrc, .gitconfig and your editor settings into a git repository so a new machine is set up in minutes: a… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Article Modern command-line tools · Setup 15 Oct 2026
- 0366 restic backup wrapper with tagging, retention and a weekly check A bash wrapper that runs restic backup on a fixed list of paths, applies a keep-daily/weekly/monthly policy with forget and prune, runs… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Script Backup tools · Backups & syncing 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
- 0052 Slice and summarize text with grep, sort, uniq, cut, awk and sed A handful of classic tools can filter, count, extract and rewrite text right in the terminal. This guide shows the patterns you… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux, macOS Article Finding files & text · Text processing 15 Oct 2026