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Bash Linux

Linux Shell Incremental Search

February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 admin

You probably use (and rely) on command search a lot already but thought I would add something about fish. If

Bash Gnome

Gnome Desktop Shortcut Exec

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 admin

Executing commands or scripts from a GNOME desktop shortcut I have a few scripts that I only periodically execute. For

Bash

bash-scan-text-block-reverse

April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 admin

example finding a block. start string and reverse search up to next string. then replacing a line inside the block

Bash jq json restic Uncategorized

Bash Read Json Config File

December 14, 2019April 12, 2020 admin

Couple of things here: I wanted to do some restic scripts At the same time use a configuration file. The

Backups Bash restic

Restic create backup and set tag with date logic

November 21, 2019April 12, 2020 admin

Also see previous post https://blog.ls-al.com/bash-date-usage-for-naming if you are interested. This post is similar but more specific to restic tagging. Below

Bash

Bash Read Array From Config File

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 admin

I was recently needing to read values from a configuration file into bash and had some success with reading json

Bash

Bash History Plus Comment

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 admin

If you like using Control-R in bash to find previous commands here is a useful tip. You can add a

Bash

Test Tcp Open Port

August 15, 2018 admin

If you don’t have telnet or nc installed and want to quickly test firewall traffic to a server and specific

Backups Bash

Bash Date Usage For Naming

July 20, 2018 admin

I am recording some scripting I used to create backup classification/retention naming. It can be simplified into one function easily

Bash Expect

Expect and bash

January 19, 2017 admin

Quick example of spawning a problem that have a password prompt and can’t accept a documented parameter for a password.

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