Today I cover the idea of bash shortcuts, including scripts, aliases and functions. I also go over a couple of short answers to listener questiosn and praise for ffmpeg.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-

E[isode 33 - More on shell variables and tab completion

Nov 6th, 2023 14m 42s

In this episode we cover more on how to ues the tab key for command and variable name completion; we also cover some accounting information.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 32 - Shell Variables - Basics

Aug 6th, 2023 20m 35s

This episode covers some of the basics about Linux Shell variables.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 31 - Command Line, Windows and Shell Functions continued

Apr 23rd, 2023 25m 34s

Feel free to let me know if you like this, if you have questions, even if you hated it - I'm hre to serve you. [email protected] Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 30 - Bash Shell Functions and why

Feb 27th, 2023 17m 56s

All mentions of the word "bracket" or "brackets" should be read/heard as "brace" and "braces" - these { } instead of these [ ]. My goof, correction at the end of the episode.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/

Bonus

Brief Message of Thanksgiving

Nov 24th, 2022 2m 27s

I am grateful to all my listeners, contributors, questioners and feedback-senders. More to come soon...--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 29 - More on the Command Line - Options

Sep 25th, 2022 20m 1s

More information about command line options, and also help/man pages.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 28 - Variety of Subjects

Aug 28th, 2022 19m 21s

I misspoke in the audio - RAID is Redundant Array of Independent Devices. There, now you can have an extra laugh at me. Invite your friends to have one too, or more than one! :-)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s

Episode 27: Basic requirements to be a Linux administrator

Aug 7th, 2022 14m 41s

Skeleton of fundamentals to begin with on your quest to become an administrator - more to come in episodes to follow.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Recovering from Disaster

Jul 25th, 2022 13m 10s

A tale of woe and triumph.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 25: Containers, Virtual Machines and "bare metal"

Apr 25th, 2022 16m 21s

I talk about these three constructs, in the opposite order :-), to give you a better understanding of what they are and why you may care.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 24 - bash variables, aliases and functions

Mar 27th, 2022 14m 30s

I also explain my long gap between episode 23 and now.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 23 - Devices, mount points, and links

Jan 9th, 2022 14m 58s

In this episode I talk a little about how devices are accessed through file system mount points and also how files can be linked together.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 22 - What are folders, directories, files, and how do we use them

Sep 30th, 2021 15m 56s

Based on this artivle in the Verge, https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z, I decided to take a side trip and discuss what kinds of storage there are on a computer and how file systems, files

Episode 21 - More special characters, file naming conventions and file organization

Sep 25th, 2021 16m 46s

We go into a few more bits about shell special characters, then discuss good Linux file naming conventions and a brief sketch of how to organize your files. Feel free to let me know what you like, don't like, want to know - anything.--- Su

Episode 20 - Special characters to the shell

Aug 30th, 2021 18m 8s

Today we'll cover a few more of the characters that the bash shell, your command line interpreter, treats as something other than what they look like - wildcards and more.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mar

Episode 19 - More about the command shell, special characters and a little bit about variables

Aug 9th, 2021 21m 52s

This is scratching the surface of some of the flexibility of the terminal interface, the command shell (bash) and ways to use it.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 18 - File Permissions and More on the "Dreaded" Command Line Interface

Aug 1st, 2021 21m 46s

Come with me to understand more about how little there is to dread in the Command Line (or Terminal) Interface to your computer in Linux.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 17 - the "Dreaded" Terminal Interface

Jun 18th, 2021 18m 32s

This is the first of several episodes where I discuss the terminal interface, or command line interface, and it's command shell, bash. We start simple and move on to progress to some of the more powerful commands. Today, it's just some basics

Episode 16: File Organization

Jun 3rd, 2021 19m 38s

This is a general discussion of how to organize files on your computer, with specific emphasis on Linux distributions.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Task scheduling with cron and crontab commands

May 13th, 2021 15m 29s

We also cover briefly zeit and at/batch. Command line oriented material.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

Episode 14: A few new keyboard and mouse opinions, and more

Apr 30th, 2021 13m 46s

Tell me what you'd like to hear about in the podcast. This is a service for you - help me out. Gie a listen and see what else you want to hear about. My office is open! :-)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show

The command line makes this easy

Apr 11th, 2021 15m 4s

I'll explain one of the ways in which the command line can do things simply that might otherwise be more complex in a GUI.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-richter0/support

The keyboard and the mouse

Mar 14th, 2021 13m 49s

I'm an old keyboard hack, so I love the keyboard, possibly more than the mouse. However, there are many good uses for the mouse as well where the keyboard may be inadequate. Tell me what you think...--- Support this podcast: https://podca

Episode 11 - The Keyboard and the Mouse

Feb 25th, 2021 18m 29s

This is a love story - ways in which the keyboard and the mouse can do for each other (and you) some of the things you may have thought only one or the other can do. Enjoy!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/m