For starters, I've previously inherited a sizable number of old (FC1 and redhat 7.x) linux boxes. I've also inherited a built-in set up where they check a remote location for an update script, and if ...

I would open both scripts with vi so you can see control codes, something is getting messed up, and make sure when you are typing it in at the command line that you are typing it, not copying and ...

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...