Well, after writing 25,000 characters (and no end), I decided that my #moss special for the podcast comeback will come in two parts. There's so much fascinating to tell about #mosses! *At least* one hour for the first part.

Now I need a short brain break outside in nature ... then back to #scripting. With a big coffee.

Spaß am Amiga am Samstagmorgen...

Wir schreiben uns ein Script zum starten von IMP3 mit ein paar komfortablen Optionen zur Auswahl...

Struggling with Linux for loops? Master the basics with our beginner's guide! Learn common syntax patterns, avoid infinite loops, and write cleaner scripts. Perfect for those starting their Linux journey!

#bash #code #tech #gnu #linux #blog #technology #Scripting #loops #forloop

Read more here: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2025-04-25/

Struggling with Linux for loops? Master the basics with our beginner's guide! Learn common syntax patterns, avoid infinite loops, and write cleaner scripts. Perfect for those starting their Linux journey!

#bash #code #tech #gnu #linux #blog #technology #Scripting #loops #forloop

Read more here: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2025-04-25/

Today I learned from the flock(1) man page (on Debian) that you can put this line at the top of a shell script to prevent more than one copy of it from ever running at a time:

[ "${FLOCKER}" != "$0" ] && exec env FLOCKER="$0" flock -en "$0" "$0" "$@" || :

This is an extremely clever hack and I don't know how I've never stumbled upon it in 38 years of writing shell scripts.
#unix #linux #scripting #shellScripting

Using #scripting and #automation to web scrape PDFs from newspaper archives for #genealogy. https://pedigreepipeline.com/post/pdf-slurping/

Nested Hashtables in PowerShell Tip #50 #PowerShellScripting #csharp #CodingForBeginners #coding #softwaredeveloper #Scripting #softwareengineering

For anyone who upgraded their non-GNOME *buntu and discovered that one of their scripts suddenly has a very out-of-place libadwaita-style Zenity dialog popping up, `yad` is in the package repository and only differs by the --info/--question/--warning/--error arguments according to their compatibility wrapper at https://github.com/v1cont/yad/blob/master/data/misc/zenity.sh #linux #scripting

Hashtable vs Array Difference in PowerShell Tip #49 #softwaredeveloper #softwareengineering #coding #CodingForBeginners #csharp #PowerShellScripting #LearnPowerShell #bash #Scripting #PowerShellTutorial #linux #windows

External Command Errors in PowerShell Tip #48 #LearnPowerShell #PowerShellScripting #softwaredeveloper #coding #softwareengineering #CodingForBeginners #csharp #bash #Scripting

Directly Handling Errors in PowerShell Tip #47 #softwareengineering #coding #LearnPowerShell #softwaredeveloper #PowerShellScripting #CodingForBeginners #csharp #bash #Scripting #PowerShellTutorial #linux #windows

Error Handling Options in PowerShell Tip #46 #softwareengineering #coding #LearnPowerShell #softwaredeveloper #PowerShellScripting #Scripting #CodingForBeginners #PowerShellTutorial #csharp #linux #bash

PowerShell ModuleManager 2.0.31 has been released with various updates and fixes.

Product version history:
https://bit.ly/42i3Wme

Error Handling with a Difference in PowerShell Tip #45 #coding #softwareengineering #LearnPowerShell #softwaredeveloper #PowerShellScripting #Scripting #CodingForBeginners #PowerShellTutorial #csharp #linux #bash

Is Python causing performance issues with your small embedded machine? The Lua programming language may be a better alternative
https://www.makerspace-online.com/rpi-plus-temperature-sensor-to-talk-to-a-ps-vita-display-2/?utm_source=mms
#RaspberryPi #Lua #Python #programming #languages #performance #Bash #scripting #PSVita

RegEx Match and IF statement in PowerShell Tip #44 #softwareengineering #PowerShellScripting #coding #CodingForBeginners #LearnPowerShell #Scripting #softwaredeveloper #csharp #bash #linux #PowerShellTutorial

You can't imagine the effort I have to put in to write a podcast episode (will be about moss). First of all, I have to understand everything myself so that I can then tell you all about it in three sentences in the most entertaining way possible.

Idea for a debugging script

This might already exist for FreeBSD, and if so.. let me know!

- 1) keeps record of OS core/default settings: loader.conf, rc.conf, sysctl.conf, devfs.rules, login.conf etc
- 2) keeps record of file checksum on those OS core files (similar to the app, tripwire)
- 3) mode which shows divergence on current state vs known-default state in configs (1) and checksums (2)
-4) mode which tracks the files and their change-sets over time, similar to a zfs snapshot but at a single file-level

Advanced Shell Scripting with Bash (2006) [pdf]

http://uniforumchicago.org/slides/bash1.pdf

#HackerNews #AdvancedShellScripting #Bash #Scripting #PDF #2006 #Programming #Tutorials

Here's a demo of the mp3 glitching script I wrote about here: reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/0... #Python #Programming #Coding #Shell #Bash #Zsh #Scripting #Glitch #GlitchArt #ExperimentalMusic #SoundDesign #ElectronicMusic #MusicProduction