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Directory's disk usage list

For my classes i had to finish this task. Problem 5.5 Directory's disk usage list For indicated directory print a list of files and subdirectories in descending order according to their total disk ...
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Simple IPSec/tunnel setup script

I've developed a script to set up an encrypted tunnel between two Linux hosts, using iproute2, ssh and setkey. The goal is to allow setting up ad-hoc secure tunnels with minimum of setup and ...
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Bash script to manage multiple Java Development Kits installations

I'm writing a bash script to manage multiple JDKs, the script is very simple, you have to choose a directory when you store all the jdk's, and the script maintain a symlink to the current jdk'. ...
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Bash script that can uncompress: tar, gzip, rar

This code generally works exactly as it is supposed to. I'm learning bash I'm looking for some constructive help that could help me improve my work. #!/bin/bash usage() { echo "Program for ...
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bash file manipulation [closed]

I have files in a directory named so: 1welcome.avi 2introdution.avi I have a rhcsa.txt file that has what these files should be named as: rhcsa_1_welcome.avi rhcsa_2_introduction.avi both the ...
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Need some advice and feedback on my C code calling Bash functions

My intent is to use Bash functions defined in functions.sh in a C program. I am doing this so that I don't have to rewrite the Bash functionality again in C. I want to use one common library for ...
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Can I speed up this simple versioning/backup script?

I'm writing a simple automatic backup/versioning bash script. It should basically mirror a directory structure somewhere, and then copy files over there when they've been altered. The ghost files ...
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Bash script to swap out, edit host files

So this is my first useful bash script. It's meant to make it easy to switch between a "work" hosts file (that blocks sites like reddit.com, youtube.com, etc.) and my normal hosts file, and also to ...
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How to improve the way I handle greping in this script

What my script does is: Append data to a file on a continuous basis. If an error pattern is observed, then do something. I need feedback on the way I am grepping for patterns in the continuously ...
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Suggestions needed to improve my code ( bash script)

I wrote a bash script to print contents of files in a given directory in a loop. I kindly need suggestions mainly on the following aspect: How can I improve command line parameters handling to the ...