How can I simplify and improve my Bash backup script?
I'm fairly new to Bash scripting and am trying to tidy up a personal backup script. It creates date-stamped tar.xz archives from several folders, then transfers them to…
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How can I simplify and make my Bash backup script more reliable?
I'm new to Bash scripting and I'm working on a personal backup script. It accepts up to four arguments, such as "essentials", "archive", and "paperwork". For each selected…
Why can’t watch run my shell function?
I have a command that finds files changed within the last minute, sorts them by modification time, and displays the ten most recent results: ```sh find -not (…
Why can’t watch run my Bash function?
I have a command that lists the ten most recently changed files, excluding a couple of directories: ```bash find -not ( -path './snap/firefox/common' -prune ) -not ( -path…