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Linux Shell Scripting Solutions [Video]

By : Sarath Lakshman, Shantanu Tushar
Book Image

Linux Shell Scripting Solutions [Video]

By: Sarath Lakshman, Shantanu Tushar

Overview of this book

<p>The shell remains one of the most powerful tools on a computer system yet a large number of users are unaware of how much can be accomplished with it. Using a combination of simple commands, you will see how to solve complex problems in day-to-day computer usage.</p> <p>This video will take you through useful real-world examples to make your daily life easy when working with the shell. It shows you how to effectively use the shell to accomplish complex tasks with ease. Starting with the basics of the shell, you will learn simple commands and their usages, allowing you to perform operations on different kinds of files. We then explain text processing and web interaction, and conclude with backups, monitoring, and other sysadmin tasks.</p> <p>This is an an excellent guide on solving day-to-day problems using the shell and a few powerful commands together to create solutions.</p> <h1>Style and Approach</h1> <p>This course will take you through useful real-world solutions designed to make your daily life easy when working with the shell.</p>
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Chapter 2
Have a Good Command
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Section 6
Checksum and Verification
Compute checksums to verify integrity of data. - Redirect the checksum output into a file - Calculate the checksum for the original file as well as the received file - Generate checksum strings by applying the corresponding algorithm