Tag: bash

awk is perfect for parsing logs. Here are 5 patterns that handle filtering, summing, counting, splitting fields, and pretty-printing without reaching for Perl or Python.

Twenty powerful bash one-liners every sysadmin should know—file ops, process hunting, networking, text processing, disk analysis

Control Linux audio volume and mic boost from the terminal with ALSA's amixer — no GUI needed, no remembering cryptic card numbers.

Build a video slideshow from static images with a voiceover track using FFmpeg — concat filters, fade transitions, and audio sync.

nohup, disown, and & all keep processes running after logout — but they work differently. Here's which one to reach for and why.

Shell globbing breaks inside docker exec because of how args are parsed — here's how to pass wildcards and asterisks correctly.

Bash tricks that save keystrokes — history expansion, brace expansion, process substitution, and the shortcuts your fingers will thank you for.

Find your Linux distro version, kernel version, and architecture with uname, lsb_release, /etc/os-release, and hostnamectl.

Fix 'Argument list too long' errors in bash when cp or rsync chokes on thousands of files — xargs and find-based workarounds.

By default bash history is lost across multiple terminal sessions. Fix it with HISTAPPEND and PROMPT_COMMAND so nothing gets overwritten.

Rename files to remove spaces and special characters using bash — rename, tr, and parameter expansion patterns for bulk file cleanup.

Set, verify, and sync your timezone in Ubuntu using timedatectl — one command to fix the clock on a newly provisioned server.