simple_bash

Notes on some basic utilities for the shell

Single files

• 1_bash_command_list.md: a list with short explanations of what each command is good for

• bash_history_usage.md: basic usage of the bash history

• regex_1.md: basic theory on regular expressions and a table listing operators to create the most common expressions

• run_custom_shell_scripts.md: a tutorial on how to create and prepare a script so that it runs as a command in the shell

Folders

• basic_utilities contains tutorials on the following BASH utilities: awk grep, sed, cat, shred

• other_utilities contains notes on: gs(ghostscript), gpg (GNU privacy guard), nano, find

• linux_package_mgmt contains:

  • theory.md, basic package management in Linux (how programs are installed)
  • apt_1_basics.md, a basic tutorial on the apt utility for common tasks like installing, uninstalling, and updating
  • apt_example_installing_R.md, a guide on how to install R¹

• my_shell_scripts contains:
  • count_files: count the files in a folder
  • create_files: create files given a file prefix/suffix, an extension, and the desired number of files to create
  • remember: write things to a "notepad"
  • remindme: to read the notes made with remember
  • template_simple_file_opener: to open commonly used files with a single command on the terminal
  • shrinkpdf: a simple wrapper around Ghostscript to reduce the file size of PDFs; written by Alfred Klomp. See usage instructions here!!

Footnotes

1. (There's not much to learn about apt, to be fair, but it's a practical example of installing a program from start to finish. And, considering all the little tricks involved, such an example might actually be useful.) ↩