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How to use traps and error-handling options in Bash

Elevate your Bash skills with three must-know patterns for robust error handling.
Linux Journal

Bash Shell Script: Building a Better March Madness Bracket

Last year, I wrote an article for Linux Journal titled "Building Your March Madness Bracket" My article was timely, arriving just in time for the "March Madness" college basketball series. You see, I ...
Lifehacker

Play Music in the Terminal with a Bash Script

Whether you do a lot of work in the Terminal or you just don't feel like opening iTunes and searching through your library, reader CamJN's fplay script will get you listening to music in seconds. The ...
Linux Journal

Create Dynamic Wallpaper with a Bash Script

Harness the power of bash and learn how to scrape websites for exciting new images every morning. So, you want a cool dynamic desktop wallpaper without dodgy programs and a million viruses? The good ...
Hackaday

Linux Fu: Better Bash Scripting

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...
Streaming Media Magazine

How to Automate FFmpeg and Bento4 With Bash Scripts

In this tutorial, you will learn how to write Bash scripts that run on Ubuntu and encode and package multiple files to HLS/DASH output using open-source tools FFmpeg and Bento4. You’ll learn how to ...