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# Description: This script provides functions to encrypt and decrypt files or # directories using AES-256 encryption algorithm with OpenSSL. # Function to decrypt files or directories encrypted with ...

This project establishes a standard library of Bash shell script functions and generally-useful helper tools. This is a living standard, meaning that its author and maintainer(s) will grow it over ...

For this article, I thought it would be beneficial to go back to some basics of shell scripting and look at how functions work. Most script writers probably eschew using functions because it's a bit ...

If your automated script takes action based on a value, it's critical to make sure the value is correct. Good thing PowerShell has ways to validate the values that are passed to a function. In recent ...

The first software that I was actually paid to develop was a 2-page shell script that prompted the user for a dozen or so pieces of information, before launching a set of cooperating processes. Those ...

This shell’s approachability and clever features will make your coding life easier.