Open Source Unix Shell System Shells for Linux

Latexss is a program that can transform a text file with a very minimal style syntax into a self contained LaTeX spreadsheet powered by the fp package. A graphical front-end (klatexss) is provided to generate both the text and the LaTeX file.

A short & sweet BASH script for rotating and archiving Apache log files. Easy to modify and use. Keywords: Log, Rotate, Apache, Archive, Backlog

BashCronBackup is a backup script written in bash that can create full database and file backups. Before the database is dumped it will be optimized and repaired. Further, it will delete old backups for you. Available formats: Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2

Multiple Remote SHell Management On Demand aids in the management of multiple systems via SSH and shared keys. In its simplest form one can run one script on multiple systems returning and logging stdout and stderr for each system on demand.

There are times, when it becomes hectic to manage files we download or take from friends. Its a burden to arrange them in a defined fashion. Sort'EmUp is a shell script that does it for you. Also, you can edit this as you want things to happen.

Bash script to monitor and adjust dirty cache size, writeback speed, bcache, device disk load. Simple to use, various options, good error handling and usage and debug information, and it can be used as a service. Example start bcacheMonitor --backend sdb --action setusage,waitlog shutdown bcacheMonitor --action sendzero setusage,waitlog Sets writeback optimizations and (default) mininum writeback rate, reads disk usage, and (deafult) sets the writeback rate so as not to overload the disks. Wait for infinite loop and redirect the output to the (printed) log file. The contents of the log file can be viewed in a desktop gadget or other commands that display it. sendzero Sends to all active monitors the 'setmax,waitzero' request action, to force flush the dirty cache. Wait for zero dirty cache (currently for 90 seconds maximum). bcache-backup.service is a sample service for systemd to handle bcacheMonitor on startup and shutdown of the operating system.

cptree.sh is a simple bash script to clone a directory. It is like an updating 'cp' that erases non existing files.

A shell script to automate backup of del.icio.us bookmark.

Extends shell * and ? wildcards to allow inserting matched strings like Windows 'copy *.old =.new' Some examples: # Rename current files as old doall 'mv *.cur *.old' # Compress camcorder DV files doall 'ffmpeg -i *.dv *.mp4' # Move files into directories according to their extension doall 'mv *.* $2/$1.$2' # Symbolic links from vmlinuz.new to vmlinuz-5.12.6-foo, similarly config.new System.map.new doall 'ln -s /boot/*-5.12.6-* /boot/$1.new' # Hard link 3-character abbreviations for file extensions doall 'ln *.???* $1.$2' As shown above, instead of '=' to indicate insertions, doall uses either * or $1 etc. doall -p (pretend mode) shows a list of commands instead of executing them doall -i (interactive mode) asks for confirmation for each command in turn doall -k (keep-running mode) ignores failing commands