You can use the expect scripting language in quality assurance, network measurements such as echo response time, automate file transfers, updates, and many other uses. I hope you now supercharged with some of the most important aspects of expect command, autoexpect command, and how to use it t...
Shell scripting, specifically Bash scripting, is a great way to automate repetitive or tedious tasks on your systems. Why type when you can schedule and run scripts in a hands-free manner? One of the many scripting constructs is the loop. A loop is a section of code that picks up data ...
How to run Playwright debug mode? Playwright is a powerful end-to-end testing framework that allows developers to automate interactions with web browsers. One of its important features is the ability to run tests in “debug mode” which provides detailed insights into test execution, helping ident...
In the previous post, we talked about writingpractical shell scriptsand we saw how it is easy to write a shell script. Today we are going to talk about a tool that does magic to our shell scripts, that tool is the Expect command or Expect scripting language. Expect command or expect scr...
The relationships of these tasks can be seen in the GUI. In this case, the graph mode is displayed. There is a lot more to explore with Airflow. You are more than welcome tolook aroundto get more details and learn more. [ Download aBash Shell Scripting Cheat Sheet. ] ...
The ‘Discover’ is a collection of custom bash scripts that can help penetration testers in automating reconnaissance and scanning tasks. The tool supports
Bashscripting enables us to automate tasks in Linux and Unix-based systems. For certain tasks, we may need to output text in a loop until a specific event occurs. For example, when a service is down, we could printlog messagesorsend email notificationsperiodically until the service is restore...
Sometime ago I had posted a Korn script toautomate FTP loginand upload of file on a Unix or Linux computer. The default shell for most Linux servers is bash. I ran into a situation on a VMware ESX server where the only shell available is bash. I had rewrite my script in the bash ...
One of the main strengths of shell scripts is that they can simplify and automate tasks that you can otherwise perform at the shell prompt, like manipulating batches of files. But if you’re trying to pick apart strings, perform repeated arithmetic computations, or access complex databases, or...
In the next section, we’ll take a look at more complex uses of loops with arrays in Bash. Advanced Techniques: Bash Array Looping As you become more comfortable with Bash scripting, you’ll find that there are more complex scenarios where you need to loop through arrays. This might includ...