Bash is a shell and command language. It is distributed widely as the default login shell for most Linux distributions. We've rounded up some of the most popular Bash-related articles for your weekend reading.
Writing More Compact Bash Code
By Mitch Frazier
In most programming languages, non-scripting ones at least, you want to avoid uninitialized variables. In bash, using uninitialized variables can often simplify your code.
Normalizing Filenames and Data with Bash
By Dave Taylor
URLify: convert letter sequences into safe URLs with hex equivalents.
By Dave Taylor
Fun with retro-coding a Roman numeral converter—Dave heads back to his college years and solves homework anew!
Also read Dave's followup article, More Roman Numerals and Bash.
Create Dynamic Wallpaper with a Bash Script
By Patrick Wheelan
Harness the power of bash and learn how to scrape websites for exciting new images every morning.
Developing Console Applications with Bash
By Andy Carlson
Bring the power of the Linux command line into your application development process.
Parsing an RSS News Feed with a Bash Script
By Jim Hall
I can automate an hourly job to retrieve a copy of an RSS feed, parse it, and save the news items to a local file that the website can incorporate. That reduces complexity on the website, with only a little extra work by parsing the RSS news feed with a Bash script.
By Adam Kosmin
Being a minimalist, I have little interest in dealing with GUI applications that slow down my work flow or application-specific solutions (such as browser password vaults) that are applicable only toward a subset of my sensitive data. Working with text files affords greater flexibility over how my data is structured and provides the ability to leverage standard tools I can expect to find most anywhere.
By Shawn Powers
