{"product_id":"wicked-cool-shell-scripts-2nd-edition-isbn-9781593276027","title":"Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, 2nd Edition","description":"Shell scripts are an efficient way to interact with your machine and manage your files and system operations. With just a few lines of code, your computer will do exactly what you want it to do. But you can also use shell scripts for many other essential (and not-so-essential) tasks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eWicked Cool Shell Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e offers a collection of useful, customizable, and fun shell scripts for solving common problems and personalizing your computing environment. Each chapter contains ready-to-use scripts and explanations of how they work, why you’d want to use them, and suggestions for changing and expanding them. You'll find a mix of classic favorites, like a disk backup utility that keeps your files safe when your system crashes, a password manager, a weather tracker, and several games, as well as 23 brand-new scripts, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– ZIP code lookup tool that reports the city and state\u003cbr\u003e – Bitcoin address information retriever\u003cbr\u003e – suite of tools for working with cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud \u003cbr\u003e– for renaming and applying commands to files in bulk \u003cbr\u003e– processing and editing tools\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you want to save time managing your system or just find new ways to goof off, these scripts are wicked cool!Chapter 1: The Missing Code Library\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Improving on User Commands \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Creating Utilities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Tweaking Unix\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: System Administration: Managing Users\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: System Administration: System Maintenance \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Web and Internet Users \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Webmaster Hacks\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Web and Internet Administration \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Internet Server Administration \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: OS X Scripts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Shell Script Fun and Games\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Working with the Cloud\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: ImageMagick and Working with Graphics Files\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Days and Dates \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Installing Bash on Windows 10\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Bonus Scripts“This new edition covers a lot of important ground and is well worth that special spot you've on your bookshelf for the book that you need to be able to reach without standing up. This is one of those books you are likely to make very good use of in your Unix work life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Computerworld\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent book if you want some ideas and inspiration on what's made possible by writing bash scripts. There are some really interesting techniques, and the book is fun to read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—I Programmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Whether users want to save time managing their systems or just find new ways to goof off, these scripts are just the ticket.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Linux Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you’re just getting to grips with Bash scripting, following these examples will give you a great insight into how it all works.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Network Security Newsletter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My current day job has a variety of CLI tools written in Bash, Perl and Python. Previous to reading this book I wasn’t confident in modifying the old Bash scripts and would rewrite them in Perl or Python. Now I have more confidence and understanding.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Paul Baccas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you want to get more out of using the command line (on pretty much any UNIX like OS) this could be the book for you.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—euro tech news\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e has been in the computer industry since 1980. He was a contributor to BSD 4.4 UNIX, and his software is included in all major UNIX distributions. He is an award-winning public speaker and has written thousands of magazine and newspaper articles. He is the author of 20 books, including \u003ci\u003eLearning UNIX for Mac OS X\u003c\/i\u003e (O'Reilly), \u003ci\u003eSolaris for Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e (Hungry Minds), and \u003ci\u003eTeach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (SAMS). 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