I wanted the ability to review the output from a shell script. I could always re-direct output to a log file, but then I don’t see where in the script I am currently at. I can always open a second terminal and then tail the lot file I used …

Ever tried to copy or move a bunch of files on unix/linux from one location to another and see this error message spit out back at you??

$ cp /var/www/* /var/tmp  
-bash: /bin/cp: Argument list too long

UNIX find to the rescue…

$ find /var/www -type f …

I constantly connect to linux or unix machines using ssh and it can get a little bothersome typing out the IP address repeatedly. Here is the typical syntax to connect to a linux box (random IP address)

ssh username@111.11.11.1

Now imagine typing this again and again …

One of the most common programs on Linux systems for packaging files is the venerable tar. tar is short for tape archive, and originally, it would archive your files to a tape device. Now, you’re more likely to use a file to make your archive. To use a tarfile …

It is easy to send a text file as the body of an email from UNIX. You can do it using the command below

mail -s "Email with file as body" email@domain.com < message.txt

Now if you want to send a file as an attachment, you would need …