Wicked Cool Shell Scripts 2nd Edition

Shell scripts are an efficient way to interact with your machine and manage your files and system operations. With just a few lines of code your computer will do exactly what you want it to do. But you can also use shell scripts for many other essential (and not-so-essential) tasks. <p/>This second edition of <i>Wicked Cool Shell Scripts</i> offers a collection of useful customizable and fun shell scripts for solving common problems and personalizing your computing environment. Each chapter contains ready-to-use scripts and explanations of how they work why you'd want to use them and suggestions for changing and expanding them. You'll find a mix of classic favorites like a disk backup utility that keeps your files safe when your system crashes a password manager a weather tracker and several games as well as 23 brand-new scripts including: <p/>- ZIP code lookup tool that reports the city and state<br> - Bitcoin address information retriever<br> - suite of tools for working with cloud services like Dropbox and iCloud <br>- for renaming and applying commands to files in bulk <br>- processing and editing tools <p/>Whether you want to save time managing your system or just find new ways to goof off these scripts are wicked cool!