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Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition
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Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

by Shantanu Tushar, Sarath Lakshman
May 2013
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
7h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

Chapter 9. Administration Calls

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Gathering information about processes
  • Killing processes and send or respond to signals
  • Sending messages to user terminals
  • Gathering system information
  • Using /proc for gathering information
  • Scheduling with cron
  • Writing and reading the MySQL database from Bash
  • User administration script
  • Bulk image resizing and format conversion
  • Taking screenshots from the terminal
  • Managing multiple terminals from one

Introduction

A GNU/Linux ecosystem consists of running programs, services, connected devices, filesystems, users, and a lot more. Having an overview of the entire system and managing the OS as a whole is the primary purpose of system administration. One should be armed with enough knowledge of commonly-used ...

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