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Change Many Files by Editing Just One Publish Date: Feb. 24, 2000
Use ed and diff to edit mulitple files.
Context diffs Publish Date: Feb. 24, 2000
Context diffs show the lines around changes in similar files.
Using Standard Input and Output Publish Date: Feb. 24, 2000
A quick review of basic redirection techniques used by every Unix guru.
The exec Command Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2000
There is more than one use for exec , learn a couple of new ones in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2000
If your shell script is terminated prematurely it could get messy. Learn how to trap those unruly interrupts in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Handling Command-Line Arguments with a for Loop Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2000
Need a shell script that can step through its command line arguments one by one? Read how to do it with a for loop in this excerpt from
Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Making a for Loop with Multiple Variables Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2000
Got more than one variable you want to use in your for loop? Find out how in this excerpt from
Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Standard Input to a for Loop Publish Date: Feb. 10, 2000
A for loop can be used to step through a list of arguments from standard input. Find out how in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
xargs: Problems with Spaces and Newlines Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2000
Gnu's xargs patches up a sticky problem in the original - it choked on filenames with spaces or newlines. Find out how to take advantage of that patch in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Handle Too-Long Command Lines with xargs Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2000
That command line getting too long? Conquer it with one of the tools that makes Unix "weird and wonderful" in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Telling tar Which Files to Exclude or Include Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2000
Sometimes you don't want to tar just everything in a directory. Or maybe you want to include some subdirectories and exclude others. Find out how in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Copying Directory Trees with (tar | tar) Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2000
Not just for tape archives, tar can overcome several of the pitfalls of using cp -r. Find out how in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Copying Directory Trees with cp -r Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2000
Want to recursively copy everything under a given directory? Don't get caught by the gotcha's. Learn about cp -r in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Hacking on Characters with tr Publish Date: Jan. 27, 2000
Want to quickly strip special characters from a file or change a mac text
file into a Unix text file? Learn how in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
Protecting Files with the Sticky Bit Publish Date: Jan. 27, 2000
Want to keep others from altering or deleting your files even if they have
write permissions to your directory? Learn about the sticky bit in this excerpt from Unix Power Tools, 2nd Edition .
