Wicked Cool Shell Scripts

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wait call, 109

Warez files, 280

watch-and-nice script, 289 “90

wc command, 52, 57, 60, 98, 177

weather script, 180 “82

weather, tracking, 180 “82

web and Internet administration, 229 “54

See also Internet server administration

identifying broken internal links, 230 “32

managing Apache passwords, 237 “44

reporting broken external links, 232 “35

synchronizing directories with ftp, 244 “47

synchronizing files with sftp, 249 “53

synchronizing to remote directory via ftp, 247 “49

verifying spelling on web pages, 235 “37

web and Internet users, 165 “200

calculating currency values, 188 “92

calculating time spent online, 166 “68

checking overdue books at library, 182 “86

defining words online, 178 “80

downloading files via ftp, 169 “72

extracting URLs from web pages, 175 “78

movie info from IMDb, 186 “88

tracking BBC news with lynx, 172 “75

tracking changes on web pages, 196 “200

tracking stock portfolio, 193 “95

tracking weather, 180 “82

web events, logging, 205 “8

web pages

building, 208 “11

extracting URLs from, 175 “78

text-based counter, 221 “25

tracking changes on, 196 “200

turning into email messages, 210

verifying spelling, 235 “37

webaccess script, 257 “60

web-based photo album, creating, 216

weberrors script, 264 “68

webhome directory, 274

webmaster hacks, 201 “28

building guest book, 217 “21

building web pages, 208 “11

CGI environment, 204 “5

creating text-based web page counter, 221 “25

creating web-based photo album, 214 “17

displaying random text, 226

logging web events, 205 “8

processing contact forms, 211 “14

running scripts in chapter, 203

/web/mirror directory, 275

websites , mirroring, 272 “75

webspell script, 235 “37

whatis command, 63

which command, 224

whoami script, 59

word game, 316 “19

WordNet lexical database, 178

words, defining, 178 “80

wrappers, 44, 54

wrapping long lines, 97 “98