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I need to create a nice installer for a Mac application. I want it to be a disk image (DMG), with a predefined ...

I can express my need with the following scenario: Write a function that accepts a string to be run as a native command. ...

Given an absolute or relative path (in a Unix-like system), I would like to determine the full path of the target after resolving ...

I have a PowerShell script for which I would like to redirect the output to a file. The problem is that I cannot ...

I run across many shell scripts with variables in all caps, and I’ve always thought that there is a severe misunderstanding with that. ...

I need to generate a random port number between 2000-65000 from a shell script. The problem is $RANDOM is a 15-bit number, so ...

I have a shell script that has user execution permission on OS X, but when I double click on it, it opens in ...

What does echo $? mean in shell programming? 8 Answers 8

I normally have several problems with how cron executes scripts as they normally don’t have my environment setup. Is there a way to ...

Suppose you have a file that contains IP addresses, one address in each line: 10.0.10.1 10.0.10.1 10.0.10.3 10.0.10.2 10.0.10.1 You need a shell ...