Does anyone have a good recommendation for shell/bash script replacements in 2025?

Thinking maybe guile?

I am in urgent job search mode, so I'm gonna throw this out here and see if anything comes of it.

I am a #Canadian, fluent in both #English and #French. I have experience with several programming languages. My strongest proficiency is with #Haskell and #C. I also have a reasonable grasp of #HTML, #JavaScript, #SQL, #Python, #Lua, #Linux system administration, #bash scripting, #Perl, #AWK, some #Lisp (common, scheme, and emacs), and probably several others I've forgotten to mention.

I am not necessarily looking for something in tech. I just need something stable. I have done everything from software development, to customer support, to factory work, though my current circumstances make in-person work more difficult than remote work. I have been regarded as a hard worker in every job I have ever held.

so today we have 2 legendary scripts using xdotool and wmctrl to bring focus (if the app is already opened, otherwise it'll open it) to a running app AND bring the mouse to the center of the application... the perfect combo for testing a custom mouse with custom keys firing pie-menus!

After putting it off for too long, I'm finally diving into Bash scripting to enhance my system administration skills! Automating tasks and improving efficiency are my goals. Tips and resources are welcome!

#Bash
#Automation
#linux

Useful alias I use all the time...

```
export ymd='date +%Y%m%d'
```

I can then use it when I want to create directories/files that are date stamped...

```
mkdir something-$(ymd)
```

Zautomatyzujmy bezpieczeństwo – zobacz prelekcję z Jesieni Linuksowej 2024.

@rathann pokazuje, jak dzięki Compliance As Code można automatycznie sprawdzać i wdrażać polityki bezpieczeństwa, np. CIS Benchmark, za pomocą skryptów w Bashu lub Ansible.

Link do nagrania: https://tube.pol.social/w/5bBvy8awY1SsMhCvBoBrZ9

#security #automation #compliance #bash #ansible #linux #opensource #⁠jesieńlinuksowa

Big news!

Testing is officially complete! BashCore is ready and will soon be available on SourceForge. A minimalist, fast, and powerful operating system designed for those who love simplicity without compromise.

Stay tuned for the release!

https://bashcore.org

[razzlom@void clojure]$ lein​​ ​​new​​ ​​luminus​​ ​​guestbook​​ ​​--template-version​​ ​​3.91​​ ​​--​​ ​​+h2​​ ​​+http-kit
bash: lein​​: command not found

[razzlom@void clojure]$ lein​​ version
Leiningen 2.11.2 on Java 11.0.25 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM

[razzlom@void clojure]$ whereis lein
lein: /usr/bin/lein /usr/share/man/man1/lein.1

[razzlom@void clojure]$ /usr/bin/lein​​ ​​new​​ ​​luminus​​ ​​guestbook​​ ​​--template-version​​ ​​3.91​​ ​​--​​ ​​+h2​​ ​​+http-kit
bash: /usr/bin/lein​​: No such file or directory

I was bulk downloading #TheSims2 mods. #Zip archives. Had 50 - 80 of them per directory. Wanted to unpack this fast, tried in one line for loop in bash. Cool. But few days later I started downloading grom other website. When some archives had spaces in filenames. And my smart way stopped working... Now time to create whole #Bash script for this, I guess...

From this week's Linux Update newsletter, Pete Metcalfe gives you some simple Bash commands for website maintenance
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/290/Bash-Web-Maintenance
#Bash #web #maintenance #tools #OpenSource

Command line video magic for ARTISTS

A cookbook by @madskjeldgaard for audio and video processing on the command line – with examples!

Includes how to generate a spectrum video from an audio file. How to combine an audio file and an image into a video. Among other things.

And it includes full #bash scripts and examples for for-loops, so you could do this on tons of audio files, if you so fancied

#ffmpeg #linux #unix #commandline #terminal #cli

https://hyaline.systems/blog/ffmpeg-for-artists

OpenAI API Key Validator

Hast du einen OpenAI API-Schlüssel und willst schnell checken, ob er gültig ist? Dieses kleine Bash-Skript erledigt das für dich! Einfach ausführen und sofort Bescheid wissen.

Code & Anleitung:
GitHub Gist: https://gist.github.com/Friedjof/94bfade9ac9163cc9e22c862edd6359e

It is once again time to give thanks to Brian Fox, the Black American programmer that has given us BASH and echo! Thank you for your INCREDIBLE contributions to open source software, Unix, and Linux. It literally would not be the same without you. BASH is still absolutely foundational to all computing today. Happy Black History Month to an absolute icon!

Are you just like me? Do you want to make fantastically beautiful posts and not be limited by a silly 500 character fence, but want to BANG intricate stories of 10.000 characters?

Don't be limited by those silly 500 character servers!

Browse over here, find an instance that's suitable to you and go there. The list doesn't have everyone who has that massive 5,000 character size, but the list has a lot of servers, so pick one, choose one, and go be the literary giant that you are!

And yes there are servers which have a fantastically glorious 10,000 character limit!

@altbot @FediTips

https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-size/

Good morning #Fediverse!

Busy week ahead with #Coding, #Scripting, and #Automation topics at work besides daily #Cybersecurity tasks. Wish you all a good start into the new week!

What‘s going on with you?

Analyze your startup logs with

$ `dmesg | less`

#bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #WomenWhoCode #100DaysOfCode #1000DaysOfCode #Linux #POSIX #Programming

I went to Calm Coding at @varia and it was very cool! We listened to #cumbia, ate cookies and talked about #servers, #microblogging, #sftp, #texteditors, #obsidian, #emacs, #vim, #bash, #zotero, #mastodon, #bluesky, #wikimedia, #hibiscus, #markdown, #orgmode, #hugo, #knitting, #happenings, #websites, #rent and #bread. Admittedly there was some coding as well.
I felt very welcome and I think it's pretty dope that I already met real peoples through Mastodon! 8-)
Ty @bene & @ccl for organizing!

The website is live!

https://www.bashcore.org/