Skills

Paul Troncone

Jul 10, 20213 min read

Customizing Your Linux bash Prompt

Customize the text and font of your Linux bash prompt by using the $PS1 variable.

Paul Troncone

Jun 17, 20211 min read

How to Open the Windows Command Prompt

Before you can leverage the power of the command line you first need to open it. In Windows 10 you have two primary options.

Paul Troncone

Jun 4, 20212 min read

Creating Hybrid Scripts - Leveraging the Power of Multiple Shells

You may think of command line scripts as using one specific shell or language, but depending on your environment you can combine multiple...

Paul Troncone

May 28, 20212 min read

Traversing and Creating Directories in Windows Command Prompt (cmd)

From the Windows Command Prompt you can use the cd command to display your current working directory or change to a different directory.

Paul Troncone

May 21, 20214 min read

Creating Windows Batch Scripts

The Windows command prompt is not the most powerful option available, but it is fairly full featured for scripting.

Paul Troncone

May 7, 20214 min read

Dynamically Building Commands Using xargs, bash, and foreach

Dynamic pipelines allow you to create powerful one-liners where mere mortals would need an entire script.

Paul Troncone

Jul 22, 20202 min read

Using the Linux awk Command to Slice and Dice data

The Linux awk command is a powerful alternative to the cut command for slicing columnar data.

Paul Troncone

Apr 22, 20201 min read

Linux cut Command Overview

Use the cut command to extract columnar data from files by using character or field location Common Command Options -c Character ...

Paul Troncone

Apr 21, 20201 min read

Linux tr Command Overview

In this video we look at the tr command and its uses: Replacing characters Deleting characters Squeezing characters Common Command...