Shell Scripting

In this article, we will understand the concept of Data Purging and learn how to automatically delete archives older than two days using Shell Script and cron tab scheduler.

GNU Tar (Tape Archiver) is an open source file compression and decompression tool. In this article, we will explore how to use it along with its different options.

A crontab (cronjob) is an open source utility tool supported in Linux like operating systems. Its main task is to schedule the execution of programs written in file.

Our main objective in this article is to take backup of a specified folder in Linux by compressing it and storing it in a backup directory.

In this article, we will go through how to use functions in shell scripting and will cover passing parameters, returning values, nested function calls and more

In this article, we will go through how to control the program flow in shell scripting using if else and switch case statements.

In this article, we will understand how to use for and while loops in shell scripts which is widely used implementation technique.

In this article, we will go through the basics of shell scripting, understand how to take input and produce output, working with variable, some basic arithmetic and other concepts.